Geography

Göksu at 36°45′N 33°11′E is a part of Mut

Mut, Mersin

Mut is a town and district of Mersin Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey.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...

 district of Mersin Province. It is 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Mut and 205 kilometres (127.4 mi) from Mersin

Mersin

-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

. The population is 2348 as of 2010 The road to the town diverges from the Mersin-Karaman

Karaman

Karaman is a town in south central Turkey, located north of the Taurus Mountains, about south of Konya. It is the capital district of the Karaman Province. According to 2000 census, the population of the province is 231 872 of which 132,064 live in the town of Karaman. The district covers an area...

 highway at around the Alahan Monastery

Alahan Monastery

The Alahan Monastery is a one hour walking distance from the village of Alahan, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world....

. (But while the monastery is to the east, the town is to the west)

History

The town is established in 1995 by merging four neighboring villages, namely Kravga, Bayır, Esen and Köprübaşı. Kravga, the central village is older than the present Turkmen population evident from its non Turkish name which is in Luwian and means mountain peak probably referring to high mountains at the west of the town. But the town itself is situated in the Göksu

Göksu

The Göksu is a river in Taşeli Peninsula . Both its sources arise in the Taurus Mountains—the northern in the Geyik Mountains and the southern in the Haydar Mountains...

 river valley. (In fact the town has recently been renamed after the river. But residents still prefer the name Kravga)

Historical bridge

The bridge in the Kravga quarter of the town dates back to Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

 times. It was later restored by the Karamanoğlu Beylik in ca 14th century. The bridge was in use up to 1985 when a modern bridge had been constructed just next to the old one.

Economy

Economy of the town like most other towns depend on agriculture. Fruits like pomegranates, plums, apricots, grapes, figgs as well as olives are the most pronounced products There is also a trout farm in the town.