Geography

Akdere is in the rural area of Silifke

Silifke

-Antiquity:Located a few miles from the mouth of the Calycadnus River, Seleucia was founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the early 3rd century BCE, one of several cities he named after himself. It is probable that there were already towns called Olbia and Hyria and that Seleucus I merely united them...

 district which itself is a part of Mersin Province. The distance to Silifke is 33 kilometres (20.5 mi) and to Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

 is 115 kilometres (71.5 mi). The coordinates of the town are about 36°15′N 33°45′E. Akdere is in a narrow valley which runs parallel to Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

. So although the bird’s flight diatance to sea side is about 3 km., the town is not considered as a coastal town. The population is 2201 as of 2010