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Silifke (Selefke; Greek: Σελεύκεια, Seleucia or Seleukeia) is a town and district in south-central Mersin Province, Turkey, 80 km (50 mi) west of the city of Mersin.
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Seleucia Tracheotis, city of ancient Cilicia, on the site of modern Silifke, near the mouth of the Calycadnus (Göksu) River in southern Turkey. Founded by King Seleucus I in the 3rd century bc, Seleucia Tracheotis was a thriving port in Hellenistic and Roman times. A synod of the Christian church was held in the city in ad359, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I died there in 1190.

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