T.C. Tarsus Belediyesi / T.R Tarsus Municipality

Tarsus Municipality is one of the oldest municipalies in our country with its 152 year history. Tarsus is a historical city with 10,000 years of uninterrupted life and traces of many civilizations according to the archaeological excavations. Also have an important value in terms of religious tourism with the fact that 3 divine religions is the meeting point. It's the birthplace of St. Paul who is working to spread Christianity. Hz. Danyal is an important prophet for Jewish belief and the grave of Danyal's prophet is here. According to Muslim belief, there is the Eshab-i Keyf Cemetery in our city where the seven sleepers who bet on the Qur'an are found. Our municipality aims; preserving its culture and history, national and international recognized at a high level, attaching importance to science and art, sensitive to people and the environment, developed local economy, the city to be aesthetically provided, unhindered, producing, educating, healthy city.