Ballıca, Tarsus

Ballıca
Village
Ballıca

Location in Turkey

Coordinates: 36°54′N 35°01′E / 36.900°N 35.017°E / 36.900; 35.017Coordinates: 36°54′N 35°01′E / 36.900°N 35.017°E / 36.900; 35.017
Country  Turkey
Province Mersin Province
District Tarsus
Elevation 10 m (35 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 170
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 33400
Area code(s) 0324
Licence plate 33

Ballıca is a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is situated in the plains of Çukurova (Cilicia of the antiquity). Its distance to Tarsus is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) and its distance to Mersin is 42 kilometres (26 mi). The population of Ballıca was 170[1] as of 2011. There are tumuli of ancient ages around the village, but the modern village was founded in 1730 by Yörüks (once-nomadic Turkmens). During the brief occupation by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt in the 19th century, cotton farming was introduced to village. After the village was returned to the Ottoman Empire, Turkmens from Elazığ were settled in the village to work in cotton fields. After irrigation facilities were improved during the republican era after 1923, cotton production increased.[2]

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