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Kushimoto Street

Coordinates: 36°47′N 34°36′E / 36.783°N 34.600°E / 36.783; 34.600
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Kushimoto Street
Native nameKushimoto Sokağı (Turkish)
Former name(s)4002 Street
Addressesİnönü mah., Yenişehir, Mersin
LocationYenişehir, Mersin, Turkey
Coordinates36°47′N 34°36′E / 36.783°N 34.600°E / 36.783; 34.600
north endGazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard ( D.400)
south endAdnan Menderes Boulevard
Construction
Inauguration1996 (renamed)

Kushimoto Street (Turkish: Kushimoto Sokağı) is a business street located in Yenişehir, Mersin district of Mersin, southern Turkey.

Formerly known as the "4002 Street", it connects Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard ( D.400) in the north with Adnan Menderes Boulevard in the south.[1] In 1996, Mersin municipality renamed the street after Kushimoto, which is the Japanese twin city of Mersin. Kushimoto hosts the Turkish Memorial and Museum in commemoration of the 1890-sunken Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul .[2]

Presently, the street, as well as the four intersecting second level streets, have a wide variety of shops and restaurants. A small park is situated to the west of the Kushimoto Street.

İnönü Park to the west of the street

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