Balandız

Balandız

Balandız is a village in Silifke district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is situated in Toros Mountains . At it is to Silifke and to Mersin. The population of Balandız is 172 as of 2010. Balandız is an agricultural viilage. But during summers it is also a yayla . Now an unused building is...

 (Gümüşlü) is a village in 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 of Mersin Province

Mersin Province

The Mersin Province is a province in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean coast between Antalya and Adana. The provincial capital is the city of Mersin and the other major town is Tarsus, birthplace of St Paul...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It is situated in Toros Mountains . At 36°21′N 33°44′E it is 22 kilometres (13.7 mi) to Silifke and 105 kilometres (65.2 mi) 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...

. The population of Balandız is 172 as of 2010. Balandız is an agricultural viilage. But during summers it is also a yayla (resort)

Yayla (resort)

Yayla is a name given to the summer mountain resorts in Turkey.- Etymology :Nomadic herdsmen of Turkic origin used to call their herding locations by different names depending on the season. Yazlak, yaylak, güzlek and kışlak referred to herding locations of different seasons of the year...

. Now an unused building is under renovation to be put into service as a village museum and a library .