Mut, Mersin
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = metro district
| name = Mut
| image_skyline = Mut, Mersin..JPG
| image_caption = A view from the west
| image_map = Mersin location Mut.svg
| map_caption = Map showing Mut District in Mersin Province
| coordinates = {{coord|36|38|45|N|33|26|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province = Mersin
| leader_party = İYİ
| leader_name = Murat Orhan
| leader_name1 =
| area_total_km2 = 2718
| elevation_m =
| population_total = 62874
| population_as_of = 2022
| postal_code = 33600
| area_code = 0324
| website = {{url|https://mut.bel.tr/}}
}}
Mut is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its area is 2,718 km2,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=12 July 2023}} and its population is 62,874 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=12 July 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}}
Mut is a rural district at the foot of the Sertavul Pass on the road over the Taurus Mountains from Ankara and Konya to the Mediterranean coast at Anamur or Silifke. Mut is known for its special apricot variety, Mut şekerparesi, and a statue of a girl carrying a basket of them stands at the entrance to the town. The summer is hot and the people of Mut retreat to high meadows (so called yayla) even further up the mountainside. The forests up here are home to wild boar, and the Gezende reservoir on the Ermenek River is a welcome patch of blue in this dry district. The dam has a hydro-electric power station built in Romania.
History
=Roman period=
Under the Roman Empire, the town was called Claudiopolis.Alahan Monastery: A Masterpiece of Early Christian Architecture, Michael Gough, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 26, No. 10 (Jun., 1968), 457.JSTOR Alahan Monastery, {{convert|15|km}} north of Claudiopolis, was started in the second half of the fifth century by the Emperor Leo I and later finish by Emperor Zeno.The Emperor Zeno and Some Cilician Churches, Michael Gough, Anatolian Studies, Vol. 22, Special Number in Honour of the Seventieth Birthday of Professor Seton Lloyd (1972), 201.JSTOR
=Middle ages=
The Romans were succeeded by the Kingdom of Armenia. In the 13th century the Armenians were replaced by the Karamanid clan who founded the state of the same name. The mosque of Lal Pasha, and the Red Minaret (Kızılminare) are among the buildings from the Karamanids that still stand in Mut today.
Economy
Small cattle breeding is one of the important livelihoods of the region.{{Cite news|last=Gazete|first=Banka|date=17 November 2021|title=ORKÖY'den üreten orman köylülerine ve kooperatiflere destek|work=Gazetebanka.com|url=https://gazetebanka.com/orkoy-den-ureten-orman-koylulerine-ve-kooperatiflere-destek/11101/|access-date=17 November 2021}}
Composition
There are 102 neighbourhoods in Mut District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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- Alaçam
- Aşağıköselerli
- Aydınoğlu
- Bağcağız
- Ballı
- Barabanlı
- Bozdoğan
- Burunköy
- Çağlayangedik
- Çaltılı
- Çamlıca
- Çampınar
- Çatakbağ
- Çatalharman
- Ceritler
- Çınarlı
- Çivi
- Çömelek
- Çortak
- Çukurbağ
- Cumhuriyet
- Dağpazarı
- Demirkapı
- Dereköy
- Derinçay
- Deveci
- Diştaş
- Doğancı
- Elbeyli
- Elmapınar
- Esençay
- Evren
- Fakırca
- Geçimli
- Gençali
- Göcekler
- Gökçetaş
- Göksu
- Güllük
- Güme
- Güzelköy
- Güzelyurt
- Hacıahmetli
- Hacıilyaslı
- Hacınuhlu
- Hacısait
- Hamamköy
- Haydarköy
- Hisarköy
- Hocalı
- İbrahimli
- Ilıca
- Irmaklı
- Işıklar
- Kadıköy
- Kale
- Karacaoğlan
- Karadiken
- Karşıyaka
- Kavaklı
- Kavaközü
- Kayabaşı
- Kayaönü
- Kelceköy
- Kemenli
- Kırkkavak
- Kışlaköy
- Kızılalan
- Köselerli
- Kültür
- Kumaçukuru
- Kürkçü
- Kurtsuyu
- Kurtuluş
- Meydan
- Mirahor
- Mucuk
- Narlı
- Narlıdere
- Ortaköy
- Özköy
- Özlü
- Palantepe
- Pamuklu
- Pınarbaşı
- Sakız
- Sarıveliler
- Selamlı
- Suçatı
- Tekeli
- Topkaya
- Topluca
- Tuğrul
- Yalnızcabağ
- Yapıntı
- Yatırtaş
- Yazalanı
- Yeşilköy
- Yeşilyurt
- Yıldızköy
- Yukarıköselerli
- Zeytinçukuru
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Climate
Mut has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSh), with very hot, dry summers, and cool, somewhat rainy winters.{{Cite journal |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}}{{Weather box
| width = auto
| collapsed = yes
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| location = Mut (1991–2020)
| Jan high C = 11.2
| Feb high C = 13.4
| Mar high C = 18.0
| Apr high C = 23.0
| May high C = 28.6
| Jun high C = 33.7
| Jul high C = 37.4
| Aug high C = 37.2
| Sep high C = 33.1
| Oct high C = 26.7
| Nov high C = 18.6
| Dec high C = 12.7
| year high C = 24.5
| Jan mean C = 6.8
| Feb mean C = 8.4
| Mar mean C = 12.3
| Apr mean C = 16.7
| May mean C = 21.9
| Jun mean C = 27.0
| Jul mean C = 30.6
| Aug mean C = 30.4
| Sep mean C = 26.2
| Oct mean C = 20.3
| Nov mean C = 13.0
| Dec mean C = 8.1
| year mean C = 18.5
| Jan low C = 3.2
| Feb low C = 4.2
| Mar low C = 7.3
| Apr low C = 11.0
| May low C = 15.7
| Jun low C = 20.7
| Jul low C = 24.1
| Aug low C = 24.1
| Sep low C = 19.9
| Oct low C = 14.7
| Nov low C = 8.5
| Dec low C = 4.6
| year low C = 13.2
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 67.76
| Feb precipitation mm = 50.76
| Mar precipitation mm = 35.03
| Apr precipitation mm = 21.82
| May precipitation mm = 25.78
| Jun precipitation mm = 12.18
| Jul precipitation mm = 0.94
| Aug precipitation mm = 2.73
| Sep precipitation mm = 5.46
| Oct precipitation mm = 20.02
| Nov precipitation mm = 43.28
| Dec precipitation mm = 75.66
| year precipitation mm = 361.42
| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 6.5
| Feb precipitation days = 5.5
| Mar precipitation days = 3.9
| Apr precipitation days = 3.5
| May precipitation days = 3.8
| Jun precipitation days = 2.3
| Jul precipitation days = 1.4
| Aug precipitation days = 1.1
| Sep precipitation days = 1.8
| Oct precipitation days = 3.1
| Nov precipitation days = 4.1
| Dec precipitation days = 7.3
| year precipitation days = 44.3
| source = NOAA{{cite web
|url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Turkiye/CSV/Mut_17956.csv
|title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Mut
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = January 15, 2024}}
}}
Notable natives
- Durmuş Yalçın (politician)
- Mut is one of the places in the area that claims to be the burial place of the folk poet Karacaoğlan.
- Musa Eroğlu (musician, bağlama player) was born in Mut.
- Hüseyin Gezer (sculptor)
- Seyhan Kurt (poet, writer)
- Fikri Sağlar (politician)
One of the last sightings of the Anatolian leopard was near Mut, in the locality called "Dandi" in 2001.
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.mut.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
{{Districts of Turkey|provname=Mersin}}
{{Mersin Province}}
{{Mut District}}
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Category:Populated places in Mut District