Toroslar is a municipality and district governorate in Greater Mersin, Turkey. Mersin is one of 16 metropolitan centers in Turkey with more than one municipality within city borders. Now in Mersin there are four intracity municipalities in addition of Greater Mersin (büyükşehir) municipality. The mayor of Toroslar is Hamit Tuna (member of MHP, elected in 2009)).
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Yumuktepe, the ruins of one of the earliest human settlements in Anatolia is in Toroslar. Excavations by John Garstang and Seton Lloyd both of which were directors of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, revealed 23 levels of occupation, the earliest dating from ca. 6300 BC. The site however was abandoned during Byzantine Empire period.[1] Modern settlement began in 19 th century. Originally a part of Mersin municipality, the municipality of Toroslar was established in 1993 and the corresponding district governorate was established in 2008.
Toroslar composes the northern quarters of Mersin at about . The sister municipality of Akdeniz lies in the south and the sister municipality of Yenişehir lies in the south west. Southern slopes of Toros mountains lie in the North. .[2]
According to 2010 figures the population of Toroslar is 250.034. (124.665 male and 125.369 female citizens.) [3] Approximately, % 30 of Mersin citizens live in Toroslar.
There are 32 villages and five towns in the rural area of Toroslar. The total population of the district is (urban and rural) 274,982 [3]
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