What is Aydıncık, Mersin?
{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Aydıncık | image_skyline = AydincikBucht.JPG | image_caption = | image_shield = | pushpin_map = Turkey |coordinates = {{coord|36|08|30|N|33|19|04|E||display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Turkey]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Turkey|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Mersin Province|Mersin]] | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | elevation_m = | postal_code_type = Post code | postal_code = 33840 | website = {{URL| www.mersinaydincik.bel.tr | www.mersinaydincik.bel.tr }} }} '''Aydıncık''' is a district of [[Mersin Province]] on the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast of [[Turkey]]. It is {{convert|173|km}} from [[Mersin]] and {{convert|325|km}} from [[Antalya]]. ==History== Aydıncık has also been called ''Celenderis'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.triposo.com/loc/AydC4B1ncC4B1k2C_Mersin/history |title=History |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Triposo |access-date=3 January 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ''Gilindire'', '''Kelenderis''' (Κελενδερίς in ancient Greek). In 1228 Celenderis castle was captured from the [[Armenians|Armenian]]s by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.penelopecoins.com/index.php?p=item&cid=1&id=1162 |title=Ancient Greek Coins |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 2009|publisher=Penelope Coins and Collecting |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> The coast was settled by [[Turkish people|Turkish]] peoples. The town's name changed to Gilindere. It continued to be an important [[port]] between [[Anatolia]] and [[Cyprus]] until the beginning of the [[20th century]]. It was re[[name]]d Aydıncık in 1965. ==Geography== [[File:aydincik uzaktan.jpg|thumb|150px]] Aydın