Toros, Erdemli

Toros (Küçüksorgun)
Village
Toros Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 36°53′N 34°07′E / 36.883°N 34.117°ECoordinates: 36°53′N 34°07′E / 36.883°N 34.117°E
Country	Turkey
Province	Mersin Province
District	Erdemli
Elevation	1,580 m (5,180 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	162
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	33730
Area code(s)	0324
Licence plate	33

Toros (named after the mountain range in which the village has been founded) or Küçüksorgun, as it is popularly called, is a village in the Erdemli district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its distance to Erdemli is 55 kilometres (34 mi) and its distance to Mersin is 90 kilometres (56 mi). It is also connected to north (Ayrancı in Karaman Province) over the mountains by a stabilized road through 300-year-old cedar forests.The village is situated in the Taurus Mountains and iIt is one of the highest locations of Mersin Province. In summers it is used as a summer resort so called yayla. The settled (winter) population of Toros was 162^[1] as of 2012.

Around Toros, there are ruins dating back to the Roman and Byzantine eras and tombstones from the Ottoman era. The main economic activities of the village are vegetable agriculture and beekeeping. The main crops are tomato, cucumber, beans and cabbage.^[2]

References

1. "Turkstat". Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "Toros köyü". Agricultural chamber of Erdemli. Retrieved 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help) (Turkish)