Kalecik is a municipality and

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Ankara Province Ankara Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Its area is 25,632 km2, and its population is 5,782,285 (2022). History The site of the modern city has been home to settlements ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its area is 1,110 km², and its population is 12,794 (2022). Its elevation is . Kalecik stands on a plain with the eastern boundary formed by the River Kızılırmak while there are mountains to the south and the west. This agricultural district is known for its wine; other major crops include sugar beet and grains. The popular grape variety

Kalecik Karası Kalecik Karası is a Turkish grape variety and a Turkish wine produced from this grape. This grape and wine are called by the name of area, the Kalecik district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Kalecik Karası grows successfully near Kalecik. In its ...

grows successfully near the Kızılırmak and is used to make some of Turkey's best red wine.

History

The area has a history going back to the

Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

and even never earlier (4000 BC). In the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

period this was a thriving town recorded by the 17th-century traveler

Evliya Çelebi Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...

as being a trading city with tanneries, coppersmiths, and weavers.

Education

The vocational school of higher education in Kalecik (), part of

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

, educates in

viticulture Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine ...

and

winemaking Winemaking, wine-making, or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its Ethanol fermentation, fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid. The history of wine-making stretches over ...

Places of interest

* Kalecik Castle, an

Ancient Roman In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

ruin on the rock above the town * Kalecik Bridge *

Ottoman architecture Ottoman architecture is an architectural style or tradition that developed under the Ottoman Empire over a long period, undergoing some significant changes during its history. It first emerged in northwestern Anatolia in the late 13th century an ...

, including a number of mosques and the seven-arch Develioğlu Köprüsü bridge over the Kızılırmak at .

Composition

There are 57

neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in Kalecik District:Mahalle
, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. * Afşar * Ahikemalşenyurt * Ahiler Yenice * Akcataş * Akkaynak * Akkuzulu * Aktepe * Alibeyli *

Altıntaş Altıntaş is a town in Kütahya Province in the Aegean Region, Turkey, Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Altıntaş District.

* Arkbürk * Beykavağı * Buğra *

Çandır Çandır is a town in Yozgat Province in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Çandır District.

* Çanşa Kale * Çaykaya *

Çiftlikköy Çiftlikköy is a town in Yalova Province in the Marmara region of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Eur ...

* Cuma Saray * Dağdemir * Değirmenkaya * Demirtaş * Elmapınar * Eskiköy * Eşmedere * Gökçeören * Gökdere * Gölköy * Gümüşpınar * Hacıköy * Halilağa Tabakhane * Halitcevriaslangil * Hançılı * Hasayaz * Karahöyük * Karalar * Karatepe * Kargın * Keklicek * Kılçak * Kınık * Kızılkaya * Koyunbaba * Kuyucak * Mahmutlar * Samanlık * Satılar * Şemsettin * Şeyhmahmut * Tavşancık * Tilki * Uyurca * Yalımköy * Yeniçöte * Yenidoğan Yeşilyurt * Yeşilöz * Yılanlı * Yurtyenice * Yüzbey

References

External links

Kalecik Tanıtım Gönüllüleri & www.kalecik.com.tr
* Populated places in Ankara Province Districts of Ankara Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey {{KalecikAnkara-geo-stub