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Why visit Kalecik
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 5 places to eat and 5 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Fincankaya Tepesi, Kışlabağ Tepesi, Malus and Ankuwa.
Weather in Kalecik
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About Kalecik
Kalecik is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,110 km2, and its population is 12,794 (2022). Its elevation is 725 m (2,379 ft).
From the Wikipedia article Kalecik, Ankara (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Things to do5
Museums and landmarks3
Malus
Monument and historic site · 6.6 km
Ancient city of Galatia, in modern-day Turkey
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes5
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.
From the History section of Kalecik, Ankara on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Churches and places of worship3
Schools, colleges and libraries5
Healthcare1
Map of Kalecik
23 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 35 km away.
- Keklicek 10 km north, about 10 min by car
- Elmadağ 25 km southwest, about 25 min by car
- Akkuzulu 26 km northwest, about 26 min by car
- Akyurt 28 km west, about 28 min by car
- Sulakyurt 27 km east, about 27 min by car
- Kırıkkale 29 km south, about 29 min by car
- Çankaya 51 km southwest, about 51 min by car
- Ankara 51 km southwest, about 51 min by car
- Gölbaşı 61 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Kızılcahamam 76 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website, landmarks and historic places
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Каледжик (город в Анкаре), Mocmuk, CC0
- Halit Cevri Aslangil, 06870 Kalecik-Ankara, Turkey - panoramio, 121512, CC BY 3.0
- ISS065-E-415603 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS065-E-415604 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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- ISS039-E-301 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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