Balcılar is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of
Taşkent
Taşkent ( Turkish for 'Stone City'), formerly known as Pirlerkondu, is a municipality and district of Konya Province, Turkey. It has an area of 457 km2, and it has a population of 5,768 (as of 2022).
Composition
There are 15 neighbourhoods ...
,
Konya Province
Konya Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality in southwest Central Anatolia, Turkey. Its area is 40,838 km2, making it the largest province by area, and its population is 2,296,347 (2022). The provincial capital is the city ...
,
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 ...
.
[Mahalle]
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 19 September 2023. Its population is 1,592 (2022). Before the
2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''
belde
Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish.
All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...
''). It is subdivided into three ''
mahalle
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
History
Historically, mahallas were autonomous social ins ...
'': Orta, Veliler and Yukarı.
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Geography
Balcılar is on the northern slopes of Toros Mountains
The Taurus Mountains ( Turkish: ''Toros Dağları'' or ''Toroslar,'' Greek'':'' Ταύρος) are a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau. The system extends along a ...
at . The town is far from the main highways; the distance to Taşkent is and to Konya
Konya is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium. In 19th-century accounts of the city in En ...
is .
History
The earliest settlers in the 16th century were Turkmens
Turkmens (, , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, living mainly in Turkmenistan, northern and northeastern regions of Iran and north-western Afghanistan. Sizeable groups of Turkmens are found also in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, ...
from the village of Alata (modern Erdemli
Erdemli is a municipality and district of Mersin Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,279 km2, and its population is 151,928 (2022). It is west of the city of Mersin.
Geography
Erdemli is located between the districts of Mezitli (to the east) a ...
district of Mersin Province
Mersin Province (), formerly İçel Province (), is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast between Antalya Province, A ...
) who named the village after their former home, Alata. In 1964, Alata was declared a township and renamed Balcılar, meaning beekeepers. Balcılar made news in 2008 when bottled gas in a girls’ dormitory building exploded, killing 16 students and two teachers.Newspaper article
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Economy
The main economic activities are beekeeping and agriculture. Apple is the most pronounced crop, followed by cherry and walnut.
References
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Neighbourhoods in Taşkent District