Balcı (formerly Cücü) is a village in
Bor District of
Niğde Province,
Turkey
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. Its population is 663 (2022).
It is situated in the southern slopes of
Melendiz Mountain. Distance to Bor is to
Niğde
Niğde (; grc, Νίγδη; Hittite: Nahita, Naxita) is a city and the capital of Niğde province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey at an elevation of 1,299 m. In 2017 the city population was 141,010 people.
The city is small with plenty ...
is . The village was founded in the Middle Ages by a rebellious commander of
Karamanoğlu Beylik
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(a
Turkmen
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principality between 13th-15thy centuries) in a remote valley of the mountain. In 1940s the village was relocated following an earthquake. Main economic activities of the village are agriculture and beehiving. ( ''Bal'' means "honey") . Cereals, sugar beet and fodder are the crops of the village.
References
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Villages in Bor District, Niğde