İshaklar

İshaklar
Village
İshaklar

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 36°19′N 33°06′E / 36.317°N 33.100°E / 36.317; 33.100Coordinates: 36°19′N 33°06′E / 36.317°N 33.100°E / 36.317; 33.100
Country  Turkey
Province Mersin Province
District Gülnar
Elevation 1,160 m (3,800 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 651
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 33700
Area code(s) 0324
Licence plate 33

İshaklar is village in Gülnar district of Mersin Province, Turkey. At 36°19′N 33°06′E / 36.317°N 33.100°E / 36.317; 33.100 it is situated in Toros Mountains. Distance to Gülnar is 28 kilometres (17 mi) and to Mersin is 175 kilometres (109 mi). The population of the village was 651 [1] as of 2012. (According to a personal page the original name of the village was İyisaklar ("good keeper") referring to an old event in which lost sheep of the village were found and kept by a shepherd.[2])

References

  1. ↑ "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. ↑ Personal page of Saadet Bilir (Turkish)


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