Emirler, Tarsus


Emirler is a village in Tarsus district of Mersin Province, Turkey. It is situated in the Toros Mountains and extreme east of the province. At it is about to Tarsus and to Mersin. The population of village was 181 as of 2012. According to oral tradition, the village was founded by a tribe from Turkestan. The tribe was split into three and while two other parts founded the villages with the same name near Mersin and near Ulukışla the third part founded Emirler in Tarsus district.