Women of Mersin

Mersin Women in History


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  • Berenike

    In 1975, in Gokada near Tisan, the land-owner Ahmet Selcuk finds a ring in his field. He hands in the ring he found to Silifke Museum. The bronze ringRead More

  • Myrrha

    The musician named Kinyras who was born in ancient Cilicia, Cukurova went to Cyprus and became the king there. The beautiful daughter of Kinyras who was the...
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  • Arsinoe

    The mother of Ptolemaios is the Macedonian Arsino. It is for no doubt that Ptolemaios is one of the most reliable generals of Alexander the Great. He was a ...
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  • Goddess Nemesis

    In Greek Mythology, Nemesis is the goddess of holy revenge. According to Hesiodos, Nemesis is one of the childen of the Nyks who were born without a father ...
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  • Sahmeran

    There is no one who never heard of Sahmeran Legend. In order to understand this legendary hero next to us; let’s have a look at the interesting story of ...
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  • Lady Gulnar

    Gulnar means the branch of pomogranate or the garnet in Persian. Although that is the dictionary definition of it, what is told about Gulnar is different. Gulnar  was a source...
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  • Queen Mother Bezmi Alem

    Queen Bezmi Alem (1807-2 May 1853) is the wife of Ottoman King Mahmut II and King Abdulmecit’s mother. (Bezmi Alem, means the world assembly, conversation...
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  • Mufide Ilhan

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  • Maiden Castle Princess

    There is nobody who does not know  the story of “the king’s daughter killed by the snake which hid itself in t...
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  • Ave Aya Tekla

    There was a temple in Silifke named after goddess Athena in the dwelling place known as Kokysionoros in the Helenistic or Early Roman era for the Christian Ave. Athena Kannetis and ...
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  • Queen Aba

    The father of Queen Aba is Ksenophanes who was one of the most strong persons of Olba Priest Kingdom. He conqueers the Olba Kingdom with many people in disg...
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  • Queen Cleopatra

    She became the Queen at the age of 18. She got educated on various subjects ranging from foreign language to philosophy; from rhetoric to astronomy. She sho...
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  • Puduhepa

    Puduhepa owes thanks for its name not to preventive goddess Istar but to Hepat. According to one of her prayers, “Hepat” was the equilavent of Sun goddess in Hurri language. “...
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  • Three beautiful women

    There is a small Mosaic Museum in Narlikuyu, a few metres within the sea. The mosaic remnants of a structure having a great art value which are dated AD IV ...
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  • Aphrodite

    The Cilicia Aphrodisias which is 48 km distant to Silifke is known as Koreselik/ Gokada/ Ada among the local people. The Aphrodisias ancient city was sold to the summer house Cooper...
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  • Goddess Athena

    Athena is one of the 12 goddesses in Greek Mythology and the goddess of knowledge and sophistication; war and science. We see the relief of Somek Goddess At...
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  • Andromakhe

    Many women are mentioned Cilicia mythology. But among them, the most famous is Adromakhe who was sent as a bride to the Court of Troy. In the work identifie...
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  • Marpessa

    The point of establishment for the widespread beliefs in Tasucu village and a mermaid’s being extracted from the sea at the end of the celebrations of the Firshery F...
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  • Stratoni

    According to what Plutarkhos mentions the city of Stratonike got its name from a young and beautiful woman and her enthusiastic love; according to a mythologic story. Selef...
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  • Takkadin

    Sole woman… Whose name is lost but whose city is existent – The archaeological site that is reached after Gokburc. When the road of Susanoglu-Pasli-Ovacik is taken, to a very wi...
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