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Cemilli Castle is a medieval castle in the rural area of Mersin in southern Turkey.GeographyThe castle is in the southern slopes of Toros Mountains at. It is situated to the east of Cemilli village and to the west of Mersin. Its distance to Mersin is. Its altitude is 540m. It overlooks to village and the road connecting Mersin to Fındıkpınarı.BuildingBoth Cemilli and Kaleburnu are Turkish names. The original name of the castle is not known. It is a small medieval age castle. It was built probably to control the road to north. Presently most of the building has been demolished. There are cracked pieces of ceramic coating from the Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman eras around the castle.