Narlıkuyu

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Narlıkuyu ( Turkish for pomegranate fountain ), former name Tatlu Su ( Tasteful water) is a town on the southern coast of Turkey, about 25 km east of Silifke and two kilometers west of Kızkalesi in the province of Mersin.

Narlıkuyu has 2798 inhabitants ( 2010), mayor since 2004, Ali Okur. The former fishing village lives mainly from tourism. It is worth mentioning in addition to several fish restaurants especially an ancient bath house, under the name Narlıkuyu mosaic Müzesi ( Narlıkuyu Mosaic Museum ) as the only exhibit shows the mosaic of the Three Graces. Nearby are caves in the north of the Korykischen ( Acanthus ve Cehennem ) and on the same route, 2.5 km further, the Church of Hasanaliler. The coming from there underground river flows into the Mediterranean, resulting in some bays of the environment to brackish water deposits.

The place was in ancient times the port for Korykion Antron and the Places of the leading on Hasanaliler after olba road. In the Pisan chart of 1300 it is under the name p. Calamie recorded.