About Tarsus
Tarsus is a city in Mersin, Turkey with a population of 350,732. It is the 42nd largest of the 416 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Turkey, and the 1,626th largest worldwide. It lies 378 km from Ankara.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 8
Elevation
21 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Istanbul
Coordinates
36.918, 34.893
Record updated
2025-06-03
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 416 in TurkeyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.