Tömük
{{short description|Settlement in Turkey}}
{{Infobox Turkey place
| type = neighbourhood
| province = Mersin
| district = Erdemli
| name = Tömük
| population_total = 12170
| population_as_of = 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|36|40|N|34|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| image_skyline = Tömük, Mersin Province, Turkey.JPG
| image_caption =
| postal_code = 33730
| area_code = 0324
}}
Tömük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023. Its population is 12,170 (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}} Before the 2013 reorganisation, Tömük was a town (belde).{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=Official Gazette|language=tr}}{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=Official Gazette|language=tr|format=DOC}} It is inhabited by Tahtacı.{{cite journal |last1=Çıblak Coşkun |first1=Nilgün |title=Tahtacılar ve Tahtacı Ocaklarına Bağlı Oymakların Yerleşim Alanları |journal=Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Veli Araştırma Dergisi |date=2013 |issue=68 |pages=34–54 |url=https://www.academia.edu/36766170/TAHTACILAR_VE_OCAKLARI |access-date=22 September 2023 |lang=tr}}
Geography
Tömük is in the rural area of Erdemli district. Although the midtown is {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the seaside, newer quarters of the town are founded at the seaside just to the south of the main highway D.400 connecting Mersin to the west. The highway distance to Mersin is {{convert|27|km|mi|abbr=on}} and {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} to Erdemli.
History
File:Tömük, Mersin Province.jpg
The earliest settlers were the members of a Turkmen tribe of a certain Elvan Bey in the 14th century. They founded the village of Elvanlı a few kilometers east of Tömük. Tömük was a just a hamlet used occasionally by the Elvanlı residents. But, early in the last years of the 18th century, people from other villages began to populate Tömük. In 1969, Tömük was declared a township.{{cite web|url=http://www.tomuk.bel.tr/index.php?p=icerik&id=83|title=Mayor's page |language=Turkish|publisher=www.tomuk.bel.tr}}
Tömük is home to a large Tahtacı population.{{cite web |last1=Üçyıldız |first1=Celal Necati |title=Eski İçel'de Tahtacılar |url=https://www.yereldenevrensele.com/2022/07/01/eski-icelde-tahtacilar-2/ |access-date=13 May 2024}}
Economy
The major economic activity is citrus horticulture. Olive, tomato and green pepper are among the other important crops. Services for summer houses in the coastal band also contribute to the economy of the town.
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References
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Category:Populated coastal places in Turkey
Category:Seaside resorts in Turkey