Ashab-ı Kehf Mağarası, Tarsus

Natural site· Tarsus, Mersin

Ashab-ı Kehf Mağarası, Tarsus

Ashab-ı Kehf Mağarası, Tarsus is a natural site in Tarsus, Mersin; This is one of the four caves in Turkey traditionally believed to belong to the People of the Cave (Ashab-i Kehf) - the seven companions mentioned in verses 9-26 of the Surah al-Kahf in the Holy Quran (see also Mersin-Tarsus, Kahramanmaras-Afsin, Diyarbakir-Lice, and Izmir-Selcuk).

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This is one of the four caves in Turkey traditionally believed to belong to the People of the Cave (Ashab-i Kehf) - the seven companions mentioned in verses 9-26 of the Surah al-Kahf in the Holy Quran (see also Mersin-Tarsus, Kahramanmaras-Afsin, Diyarbakir-Lice, and Izmir-Selcuk).

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