Nallıhan is a rural town and district of

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in the

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region of

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, 157km from the city of

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. According to the 2010 census, population of the district is 30,571 of which 12,457 live in the town of Nallıhan. The district covers an area of 1,978km², and the average elevation is 625 m. Nallıhan is one of many towns that claim to be the burial place of Taptuk Emre, who lived in the 12-13 century, and was the teacher of the folk poet and dervish

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. Nallıhan ''Davutoğlan Bird Paradise'' attracts local and foreign tourists.

Name

Nallıhan is named after a caravanserai on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient next to the river ''Nallı''. There has been a settlement here for thousands of years.

Today

Today the town is known for its needlework and local cuisine including stuffed vine-leaves,

pilav Pilaf ( US spelling) or pilau ( UK spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat, and employing some techni ...

, pumpkin dessert, gozleme (flat bread with cheese and potatoes filling), and many other types of more fine pastries such as baklava with locally grown walnut. The countryside is used for growing rice, wheat, barley, grapes, apples, tomatoes, and lavender. Almost everything grows in the fertile soils of Nalliah such as figs, olives, mulberry, pears, apple, persimmons, quince, hazelnut, pecans, squashes, beans, and melons. Visitors can walk through the idyllic Ottoman villages (e.g., Akdere) and have local cuisine in the ottoman era Caravan Palace.

Administrative structure

Towns

Çayırhan Çayırhan is a town in Ankara Province, Turkey Geography Çayırhan is in Nallıhan district of Ankara Province. It is situated to the north of Sarıyar Dam reservoir and on Turkish state highway at . The distance to Nallıhan is and to An ...

* Sarıyar

Villages

* Akdere * Aksu * Alanköy * Aliefe * Alpağut * Arkutça * Atça * Aydoğmuş * Aşağıbağdere * Aşağıbağlıca * Aşağıkavacık * Belenalan * Belenören * Beyalan * Beycik * Beydili * Bozyaka * Cendere * Çalıcaalan * Çamalan * Çiller * Çive * Çulhalar * Danişment * Davutoğlan * Demirköy * Dereköy * Doğandere * Döğmeci * Emremsultan * Epçeler * Ericek * Eymir * Eğriköy * Gökçeöz * Güzelöz * Hacıhasanlar * Hıdırlar * İslamalanı * Kabaca *

Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea o ...

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* Karahisar * Karahisargölcük * Karahisarkozlu *

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* Kulu * Kuruca * Kuzucular * Meyildere * Meyilhacılar * Nallıdere * Nallıgölcük * Nebioğlu * Osmanköy * Ozanköy * Ömerşeyhler * Öşürler * Sarıkaya * Soğukkuyu * Subaşı * Tekirler *

Tekkeköy Tekkeköy is a district of Samsun Province in Turkey located on the western side of the Çarşamba Plain. The Mayor of Tekkeköy Municipality is Hasan Togar. Agriculture and animal breeding are the main sources of income. Black Sea Copper Works ...

* Tepeköy * Uluhan * Uluköy * Uzunöz *

Yakapınar Mopsuestia and Mopsuhestia ( grc, Μοψουεστία and Μόψου ἑστία, Mopsou(h)estia and Μόψου ''Mopsou'' and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: ''Mamista'', ''Manistra'', ''Mampsista''; Arabic: ''al-Maṣṣ ...

* Yenice * Yeşilyurt * Yukarıbağdere * Yukarıbağlıca * Yukarıkavacık

Places of interest

*Nallıhan Kuş Cenneti - Sarıyar reservoir is teeming with bird-life. It is a natural habitat for several endangered bird species in Turkey. *Kocahan - Ottoman vizier Nasuh Pasha stopped by this place in 1599 and made it built. It is in a rectangular shape and has cafes and shops in its 46 rooms. *Ilıca/Uyuzsuyu waterfall - The waterfall that reside in the road to Göynük, is the only waterfall in the borders of Turkey's capital, Ankara. It got its name "Uyuzsuyu" because there is a belief that its water cures skin diseases.

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External links

Nallıhan website

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website

A local information website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nallihan Populated places in Ankara Province Districts of Ankara Province