Çamlıdere is a municipality and
district
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of
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
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. Its area is 782 km
2, and its population is 8,100 (2022).
[ It is 108 km north-west of the city of ]Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
. Its elevation is .
Çamlıdere was settled by the Seljuk Turks
The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate society, Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persi ...
and there are a number of Seljuk period buildings in the area.
Many fossils and a petrified forest have been found in the area.
Demographics
The district of Çamlıdere experienced a rapid depopulation, especially in rural villages, like many other rural and remote areas in Central Anatolia.
Composition
There are 48 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 Çamlıdere District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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Ahatlar
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Akkaya
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Alakoç
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Atça
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Avdan
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AvÅŸarlar
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Bardakçılar
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Bayındır
Bayındır is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 548 km2, and its population is 40,073 (2022). The central town of the district is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes.
History ...
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Bökeler
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BuÄŸralar
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Çamköy
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Çukurören
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Dağkuzören
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Doğancı
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DoÄŸanlar
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DoymuÅŸ
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Eldelek
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Elmalı
Elmalı is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Antalya Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,433 km2, and its population is 40,774 (2022). It lies about inland, near the town of Korkuteli and west of the city of Antalya.
Formerl ...
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Elören
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Elvanlar
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Gümele
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Güney
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İnceöz
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Kuşçular
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Kuyubaşı
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MeÅŸeler
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Müsellim
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Muzrupağacın
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Örenköy
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Osmansin
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Özmüş
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Pelitçik
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Sarıkavak
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Tatlak
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YahÅŸihan
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Yediören
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Yılanlı
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Yoncatepe
Çamlıdere today
This is an attractive woodland district with lakes, meadows, a deer park, a scout camp and many other places for camping, walking and picnics. In summertime Çamlıdere is busy with day-trippers from Ankara and there is a growing number of guest-houses for weekenders coming to enjoy the fresh air and open skies. The people in this rural area are typically conservative and religious in outlook.
The summer festival in July features
oil-wrestling
Oil wrestling (), also called Turkish oil wrestling, is the national sport of Turkey. Oil wrestling includes oil and traditional dress, and its rules are comparable to karakucak.
In Assyria, ancient Egypt, and Babylonia, oil wrestling was perf ...
, music, dance, circumcisions of boys, and pilgrimage to the tomb of Sheikh Ali Semerkandi.
Places of interest
* The country house of former president
İsmet İnönü
Mustafa İsmet İnönü (24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish politician and military officer who served as the second List of Presidents of Turkey, president of Turkey from 1938 to 1950, and as its Prime Minister of Turkey, pr ...
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References
External links
District governor's official website
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Populated places in Ankara Province
Districts of Ankara Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
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