Ardıçkaya (formerly ''Nadire'') is a village in

Ermenek District Ermenek District is a Districts of Turkey, district of the Karaman Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Ermenek.

Karaman Province Karaman Province ( tr, ) is a province of south-central Turkey. It has an area of . A 2010 estimate puts the population at 232,633 people. According to the 2000 census, the population was 243,210. The population density is 27.54 people/km. The ...

Central Anatolia The Central Anatolia Region ( tr, İç Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey. The largest city in the region is Ankara. Other big cities are Konya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Sivas, and Aksaray. Located in Central Turkey, it is bordered ...

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. Its population is 955 (2022). It is situated in a high plateau of

Taurus Mountains The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar'') are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a curve from Lake Eğirdir ...

. Distance to Ermenek is and to Karaman is . The name of the town refers to junipers around the village (''Ardıçkaya'' means "juniper rock"). The old name of the village is Nadire.

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Villages in Ermenek District {{Karaman-geo-stub