Christianity entered Tarsus very early. First selectors of Christianity are long-established persons from Jewry. Saint Paulus is known as an Hebrew named as Saul in his life’s first terms. He was born in 10 İS. The years in which his family lives in Tarsus are the years in which a new social and economical restructuring was making and people not from Rome were being granted Rome nation in the city. Family of Paules got Rome nation by this way. Saul name which is the first king of Jewry was given to Paulus after he was circumcised. Apostle took Paulus name after he got Rome nation. In that time, two names- one was in the Hebrew language, other one was in the Latin were common within Jewry.

Paulus’s father who was manufacturer of tent, taught his son this job. Furthermore Paulus continued to his job when he got around to it. Cilicia was famous with a woven made from goat hair named as “Cilicium” which was used to producing tents and military clothes. By producing this, people living in the region got a lot of income. Migratory Turkmen in Tarsus... Full Story