Tapureli ruins Tapureli ruins Tapureli ruins are in Mersin Province, Turkey. Limonlu River is a small river in Erdemli district of Mersin Province. It was named "Lamos River" in the antiquity and it was usually taken as the borderline between "Cilicia Trachaea" and "Cilicia Pedias". Tapureli ruins are situated on a plateau which overlooks the canyon of the river at about . The ruins are named after the Turkmen village about north east of the ruins. The altitude of the ruins which are embosomed by the dense forestry is . The distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is The original settlement
Tongoni Ruins Tongoni. The ruins at Tongoni are under the Antiquities department. The ruins are open to the public but there have been no Phase III excavations. Decades ago, a small test excavation was conducted at the site and a site plan was drawn. In 2006, an American archaeologist conducted additional test excavations and mapped the site using modern methods of site survey. A resident guide, Mr. Job Tengamaso is available to show visitors around. A more recent ruin of a mosque (of about one hundred years) at the other end of the village, on the beach, can also be visited. Tongoni