Type: | neighbourhood |
Province: | Mersin |
District: | Akdeniz |
Yanpar | |
Population Total: | 712 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Coordinates: | 36.9167°N 77°W |
Other Name: | Gökkuşağı |
Elevation M: | 135 |
Postal Code: | 33261 |
Area Code: | 0324 |
Yanpar (also known as Gökkuşağı) is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Akdeniz, Mersin Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 712 (2022).[2] It is situated just south of the Çukurova motorway. The distance to Mersin is . The name of the village refers to the Yanpar tribe. Although there are no references to this tribe in historical records, according to the village website,[3] Yanpar is the original name of the Yaparlu tribe of the historical records. Yanpar tribe is a Turkmen tribe that migrated from Central Anatolia to the present area during the short Egyptian rule in the 1830s.