Doğlu


Doğlu is a village in Mezitli district which is a part of Greater Mersin, Mersin Province, Turkey. Situated at in the peneplane area at the south of Toros Mountains, its distance to Mersin is about . The population of Doğlu was 591. as of 2012. The village may be an old village. But in 1800s the village was almost emptied because of an epidemic. The Ottoman government settled people from the eastern parts of the empire. The present name Doğlu may be a corrupt form of Doğulu. The main agricultural products of the village are olive and citrus.