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Niğde Province
Niğde Province ( tr, ) is a province in the southern part of Central Anatolia, Turkey. Population is 341,412 (2013 est) of which 141,360 live in the city of Niğde. The population was 348,081 in 2000 and 305,861 in 1990. It covers an area of 7,312 km2. Neighbouring provinces are Kayseri, Adana, Mersin, Konya, Aksaray and Nevşehir. The province is surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges: the Taurus Mountains, Mount Hasan, and the Melendiz Mountains. Districts Niğde province is divided into 6 districts (capital district in bold): * Altunhisar * Bor * Çamardı * Çiftlik *Niğde *Ulukışla Some of the towns within these districts are Bademdere, Bahçeli, Çiftehan, Darboğaz, Fertek and Kemerhisar. Etymology Known in antiquity as ''Nakita'' or ''Nahita'' the name derived from the Iranian goddess ''Anahita''. It has mutated through ''Nekidâ'', ''Nekide'', ''Nikde'' and lastly to ''Niğde'' by the republican regime of Turkey. History The area has been settled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Turkey
Turkey is divided into 81 provinces ( tr, il). Each province is divided into a number of districts (). Each provincial government is seated in the central district (). For non- metropolitan municipality designated provinces, the central district bears the name of the province (e.g. the city/district of Rize is the central district of Rize Province). Each province is administered by an appointed governor () from the Ministry of the Interior. List of provinces Below is a list of the 81 provinces of Turkey, sorted according to their license plate codes. Initially, the order of the codes matched the alphabetical order of the province names. After Zonguldak (code 67), the ordering is not alphabetical, but in the order of the creation of provinces, as these provinces were created more recently and thus their plate numbers were assigned after the initial set of codes had been assigned. Codes The province's ISO code suffix number, the first two digits of the vehicle regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Hasan
Mount Hasan ( tr, Hasan Dağı) is a volcano in Anatolia, Turkey. It has two summits, the high eastern Small Hasan Dagi and the high Big Hasan Dagi, and rises about above the surrounding terrain. It consists of various volcanic deposits, including several calderas, and its activity has been related to the presence of several faults in the area and to regional tectonics. Activity began in the Miocene and continued into the Holocene; a mural found in the archeological site of Çatalhöyük have been controversially interpreted as showing a volcanic eruption or even a primitive map. It was the second mountain from the south in the Byzantine beacon system used to warn the Byzantine capital of Constantinople of incursions during the Arab–Byzantine wars. Etymology The modern name of Mount Hasan is widely accepted to be in dedication to Ebu'l-Gazi (El-Hasan), brother of Ebu'l-Kasım during the reign of the Anatolian Seljuks. It is hypothesized that Mount Hasan’s name was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemerhisar
Kemerhisar is a belde (town) in Niğde Province, Turkey Geography Kemerhisar at is a part of Bor district of Niğde Province. Distance to Bor is and to Niğde is . It is only west of Bahçeli another town of Niğde. The population is 5,348 as of 2011. History The earliest name of Kemerhisar was ''Tuwanuwa''. It was an important Hitite city on the way to Cicilian Gates in Toros Mountains. During the Hellenistic age, the name was Tyana. It was briefly the capital of Cappadocia, the vassal of Roman Empire. Apollonius of Tyana, a contemporary of Christ, was born in Tyana. The town was an important settlement during Roman Empire domination and the aqueduct, which is the symbol of the town, had been constructed by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. After the town was incorporated into the Seljuk Empire in the 11th century, the Turks Turk or Turks may refer to: Communities and ethnic groups * Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages * Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fertek
Fertek is an Anatolian town in Niğde Province, Turkey. It has a history going back to 3rd century, starting with the settlement of Karamanlides. The town went through Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman histories. History In Turkish, Arabic, and Persian, the word “Rum” refers to Rome and the Romans. Thus, the Greeks living in Fertek were referred to as Rum, by the Turks. Rum also implies the continuity of the ancient Roman Empire in the Byzantine millennium, as well as meaning “Romans of Asia Minor”. However, the Greeks living in Fertek referred to themselves as "Karamanlides, meaning Greeks of Karaman. Karamanlides. Thus, in this article, the Greek Orthodox community, or Rum, is referred to as Karamanlides. Early History There is no strong evidence as to when exactly was Fertek settled. From the existence of the “underground city”, the beginnings are traced to 3rd and 4th centuries, when the town started as an underground city like the ones in Capadocia to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darboğaz
Darboğaz is a village in Ulukışla District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,479 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography Darboğaz is a mountain town with an average altitude of . The highway distance to Ulukışla is and to Niğde is . History There are no written sources of the deep history of the town. But probably the vicinity was inhabited during Byzantine Empire era. The earliest settlers of the town were the members of a Turkmen tribe in the 17th century. According to legend, the tribe leader was playing tar, a musical instrument and the earliest name of the settlement was tarbaz or tar player. (The legend, if true, may show an Azerbaijani origin of the tribe.) That name may be the source of the modern name which also means "narrow pass". Darboğaz was declared township in 1968. Economy The main economic activity is agriculture, especially cherry horticulture. The annual cherry production exceeds . Beekeeping an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çiftehan
Çiftehan is a resort village in Ulukışla District, Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 958 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''belde''). Geography Çiftehan is in the Toros Mountains at an altitude of about , north of the main passage of the mountain system known as Cilician Gates ( tr, Gülek Boğazı). It is east of Ulukışla and south of Niğde. History The vicinity was the southern gate of the Roman Province, Cappadocia. A Roman settlement sprung up named Aquae Calidae (meaning 'hot waters' for the nearby thermal springs). The thermal baths around were famous during Roman Empire era and according to unproven claims Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt also visited the baths. The spa pools constructed by the Seljuk Turks (11th century-13th century) still survive. But there were no permanent settlements. The village was formed as recently as the first half of the 20th century and after the rapid increase of population the village was decla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahçeli, Niğde
Bahçeli is a belde (town) in Niğde Province, Turkey. Geography Bahçeli is a part of Bor district of Niğde Province. At it is very close to Kemerhisar, another town in Niğde Province. Distance to Kemerhisar is to Bor is and to Niğde is . The population of the town is 2316 as of 2011 History According to radiocarbon dating (14C) in Köşkhöyük tumulus within Bahçeli earliest settlement in Bahçeli may be as old as 5000 BC. The nearby town Kemerhisar was a major settlement named Tyana in ancient ages and Bahçeli was a part of Tyana. The most important relic from the Roman Empire domination is a big Roman bath. After the Roman period, the settlement lost its former glory. It was a village during the Medieval ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bademdere
Bademdere is a belde (town) in Niğde Province, Turkey Geography Bademdere is in the rural area of Çamardı district which is a part of Niğde Province. The distance to Çamardı is and to Niğde is . The town is on the northern slopes of Taurus Mountains with an average altitude of The population of the town is 1,976 as of 2011. History The settlement had been established in the 18th century by the miners from Gümüşhane Province in the Black Sea region, who came to work in the various mines (lead, zinc and lignite) in Taurus Mountains. Later, agriculture replaced mining and they began producing fruits. In 1972, the settlement was declared township. Economy The main economic activity is agriculture. Apple is the most pronounced crop. Potatoes and almonds are also produced. In fact, the name of the town means literally "almond creek". Demirkazık, one of the peaks of Taurus Mountains () is just at the east of the town and mountaineering-based tourism Tourism is trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulukışla
Ulukışla is a town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It covers an area of 1,502 km², and the altitude is 1,427 m. Population is 22,728 of which 5,594 live in the town of Ulukışla. The town of Ulukışla lies in a valley between the Medetsiz and Bolkar ranges of the Taurus Mountains, throughout history an important crossing from the Mediterranean to the plains of Konya and other parts of central Anatolia. This is a mountainous district and minerals including gold, silver, lead, coal and limestone have been mined here over the centuries. The climate is dry and the vegetation typical of the dry steppes of central Anatolia, summers are hot and dry, winters are cold and it snows. Wheat is grown in the valley. History There are burial mounds höyük and other signs of occupation going back to the Hittites and even earlier. The area was later occupied by Phrygians, and Romans. the tomb of Faustina the Younger, wife of Emperor Marcus Aure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çiftlik (District), Niğde
Çiftlik (literally "farm" in Turkish) may refer to: * Chiflik, the non-Turkish spelling of an Ottoman system of land management * Çiftlik, Emirdağ, a village in the district of Emirdağ, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Gölpazarı, a village in the district of Gölpazarı, Bilecik Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Horasan * Çiftlik, Marmaris, a village in the district of Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Niğde Çiftlik is a town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The wor ..., a town and district of Niğde Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Osmaneli, a village in the district of Osmaneli, Bilecik Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Şavşat, a village in the district of Şavşat, Artvin Province, Turkey * Çiftlik, Tarsus, a village in district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çamardı
Çamardı is a quiet town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, at the foot of Aladağ in the Taurus Mountains and reached by winding mountain roads. Population is 15,245 of which 3,396 live in the town of Çamardı. Çamardı is well known with its being very green in the summer. Many people come to Çamardı in order to spend their summer holidays in a green and quiet place. Çamardı is one of the gross producers of apple. You can find many kinds of apples in Çamardı. Also, in the last couple of years, cherry becomes one of the few mainstays of Çamardı. One of the well known families of Çamardı is the Köse Family. Çamardı is a thickly wooded district in this relatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bor (District), Niğde
Bor may refer to: Places Populated places * Bor (Tachov District), a town in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic * Bor, Petnjica, Montenegro * Bor, Russia, the name of many inhabited localities in Russia * Bor District, a district in Serbia ** Bor, Serbia, a town in Bor District * Bor, South Sudan, the capital of Jonglei State, South Sudan * Bor County, in Jonglei State, South Sudan * Bor, Sweden, a village in Jönköping County, Sweden * Bor, Niğde, a district center of Niğde Province, Turkey * Bór (other), various settlements in Poland Other places * Bor (Martian crater) * Bor (PKP station), a former railway station in Hel, Poland * Bor Airport (South Sudan) People *Bor (name), notable people with this surname or given name Fiction and mythology *Borr, sometimes anglicized Bor, a god in Norse mythology, father of the god Odin *Bor (comics), an Asgardian in the Marvel Universe Other * Bill of rights * Bor fruit, more commonly known as Ber * Bor language (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
