Çiftepınar

Çiftepınar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,111. It lies along the west bank of Karakız creek. It was split off from Pınarbaşı, a nearby village, in 1954, and it makes up a larger conglomeration, along with both Pınarbaşı and Elvanlı, another village to the south. Its distance to Erdemli is and to Mersin is. The town was founded by a Turkmen tribe named Keşli Türkmen. The village economy depends agriculture and especially citrus farming.