Kalecik is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,110 km2, and its population is 12,794 (2022). Its elevation is .
Kalecik stands on a plain with the eastern boundary formed by the River Kızılırmak while there are mountains to the south and the west. This agricultural district is known for its wine; other major crops include sugar beet and grains.
The popular grape variety Kalecik Karası grows successfully near the Kızılırmak and is used to make some of Turkey's best red wine.
History The area has a history going back to the Hittites and even earlier (4000 BC). In the Ottoman Empire period this was a thriving town recorded by the 17th-century traveler Evliya Çelebi as being a trading city with tanneries, coppersmiths, and weavers.
Education The vocational school of higher education in Kalecik (), part of Ankara University, educates in viticulture and winemaking.
Places of interest Kalecik Castle, an Ancient Roman ruin on the rock above the town Kalecik Bridge Ottoman architecture, including a number of mosques and the seven-arch Develioğlu Köprüsü bridge over the Kızılırmak at .
Composition There are 57 neighbourhoods in Kalecik District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Afşar Ahikemalşenyurt Ahiler Yenice Akcataş Akkaynak Akkuzulu Aktepe Alibeyli Altıntaş Arkbürk Beykavağı Buğra Çandır Çanşa Kale Çaykaya Çiftlikköy Cuma Saray Dağdemir Değirmenkaya Demirtaş Elmapınar Eskiköy Eşmedere Gökçeören Gökdere Gölköy Gümüşpınar Hacıköy Halilağa Tabakhane Halitcevriaslangil Hançılı Hasayaz Karahöyük Karalar Karatepe Kargın Keklicek Kılçak Kınık Kızılkaya Koyunbaba Kuyucak Mahmutlar Samanlık Satılar Şemsettin Şeyhmahmut Tavşancık Tilki Uyurca Yalımköy Yeniçöte Yenidoğan Yeşilyurt Yeşilöz Yılanlı Yurtyenice Yüzbey
References
External links Kalecik Tanıtım Gönüllüleri & www.kalecik.com.tr