Tarsus
Tarsus is a city on the Çukurova or Cilician Plains of Mediterranean Turkey, with a population of 631,000 in 2022. It's modern and industrial, hosting the regional airport, but with a few antiquities. Wikivoyage
Population 346,715 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Turkey
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Tarsus Saat Kulesi Attraction · 230 m
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Ancient Road Archaeological site · 650 m -
Cleopatra's Gate Attraction · 810 m - Bilal-i Habeşi Makamı ve Mescidi Attraction · 320 m
- Çerkez Şakir Çeşmesi Attraction · 530 m
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Tarsus Müzesi Museum · 700 m
- At Üstünde Atatürk Anıtı, Tarsus Monument · 900 m
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Tarsus Archaeological site · 590 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.