Taşucu
Taşucu is a small town of Silifke, Mersin Province, Turkey. It obtained the status of Municipality after the local elections in Turkey, 1955. By the new regulations on the constitution, it legally got the status of Mahalle again in 2014. The population was 8,847 as of 2012.
In 2000 a military pier, Agalar, was built south-west of the town. During the Syrian Civil War the pier was used to ship weapons to Syrian rebel groups as part of the U.S. Timber Sycamore program.Transportation
Taşucu is the main ferry terminal to Kyrenia, the main port of Northern Cyprus.Culture
The collections of amphoras donated by Arslan Eyce were gathered in Arslan Eyce Private Amphora Museum of Taşucu by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 1997.International relations
Before the regulation on the constitution of Turkey, the town used to be twinned with:
