Editing Cilicia (section)

=== Commerce ===
[[Adana]] is the commercial centre of the region where many of the public and private institutions have their regional offices. [[Mersin]] and [[Antakya]] are also home to regional offices of public institutions. Many industry fairs and congresses are held in the region at venues such as the TÜYAP Congress and Exhibition Centre in [[Adana]] and the Mersin Congress Centre.

'''Mersin Seaport''' is the third largest seaport in Turkey, after [[Istanbul]] and [[İzmir]]. There are 45 piers in the port. The total area of the port is {{convert|785|km2|acre|abbr=off}}, and the capacity is 6,000 ships per year.

'''İskenderun Seaport''' is used mostly for transfers to Middle East and Southeastern Turkey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oib.gov.tr/portfoy/tcdd_iskenderun.htm |title=İskenderun Port Authority |publisher=Republic of Turkey Privatization Administration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227012007/http://www.oib.gov.tr/portfoy/tcdd_iskenderun.htm |archive-date=27 December 2016 |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>

'''Ceyhan Oil Terminal''' is a marine transport terminal for the [[Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline]] (the "BTC"), the [[Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline]], the planned [[Samsun-Ceyhan pipeline|Samsun-Ceyhan]] and the Ceyhan-Red Sea pipelines. Ceyhan will also be a natural gas terminal for a planned pipeline to be constructed parallel to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline, and for a planned extension of the [[Blue Stream]] Gas Pipeline from Samsun to Ceyhan.

[[Dörtyol]] Oil Terminal is a marine transport terminal for Batman-Dörtyol oil pipeline which started operating in 1967 to market [[Batman Province|Batman]] oil. The pipeline is 511&nbsp;km long and has an annual capacity of 3.5&nbsp;million tons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.botas.gov.tr/index.asp |title=Batman-Dörtyol Petrol Boru Hattı (Turkish) |publisher=BOTAŞ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827162929/http://www.botas.gov.tr/index.asp |archive-date=27 August 2011 |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref>