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Mersin

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Mersin (mĕrsĭn`), formerly Içel (ēchĕl`), city (1990 pop. 420,750), capital of Içel prov., S Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea. A rail terminus and modern seaport, it exports cotton, petroleum products, chrome, copper, and agricultural produce. Excavations at Mersin in the 1930s showed that the site was occupied in early Neolithic times (c.3600 B.C.).
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On the Turkish side of the long frontier, violent incidents have punctuated the news, from last November's bomb attack against a pro-Kurdish bookstore in Semdinli, at the Iranian end, to gun battles at Sirnak, near the Iraqi border, and riots as far as Mersin, opposite Syria.
Turkish-Kurdish clashes continue, in an increasingly uncertain ... by Gorvett, Jon / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Simultaneously, the battalion coordinated to receive sustainment supplies through the port of Mersin and ammunition stocks at the new NATO pier at Agalar.
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The remaining two units will be shipped to the Canakkale and Mersin plants in November of 2001 and commercial operation scheduled to begin in August of 2002.
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