Böcekli is a town (''

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'') in the

Düziçi District Düziçi District is a district of the Osmaniye Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Düziçi.Osmaniye Province Osmaniye Province () is a province in south-central Turkey. It was named Cebel-i Bereket () in the early republic until 1933, when it was incorporated into Adana Province. It was made a province again in 1996. Its area is 3,320 km2, and its p ...

, Turkey. Its population is 2,160 (2022). The distance to Düziçi is . Two hundred years ago the original population of Böcekli under the leadership of certain Böcük Koca migrated from

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to present location. With the additional population from the then nomadic Afşar tribes (a

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tribe) they formed neighbouring villages. In 1994 Boyalı and other five villages merged to form the town of Böcekli. Böcekli, economy depends on irrigated farming. Peanut and cotton are among the main crops.

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Populated places in Düziçi District Town municipalities in Turkey {{Osmaniye-geo-stub