Kushimoto Street

36°47′N 34°36′E / 36.783°N 34.600°E / 36.783; 34.600north endGazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard ( D.400)south endAdnan Menderes BoulevardConstructionInauguration1996 (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.

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