梅尔辛是土耳其的城市，由梅尔辛省负责管辖，位于该国南部，面积1,772平方公里，海拔高度100米，受地中海气候影响，每年平均降雨量661毫米，2011年人口859,680。

• Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites
• Catholic Encyclopedia "Zephyrium"
• Mersin Guide

Mersin is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is part of an interurban agglomeration – the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area – and lies on the western part of Çukurova, a geographical, economical, and cultural region. According to the 17th-century traveler Evliya Çelebi, the city was named after the Mersinoğulları clan; another theory is that its name originates from the myrtle (Turkish:mersin) which grows abundantly in the region.