Nallıhan

Nallıhan is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 2,079 km2, and its population 26,553 (2022). It is 157 km from the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 625 m.

Nallıhan is one of many towns that claim to be the burial place of Taptuk Emre, who lived in the 12-13th century, and was the teacher of the popular folk poet and dervish Yunus Emre. Nallıhan Davutoğlan Bird Paradise attracts local and foreign tourists.

Name Nallıhan is named after a caravanserai on the ancient Silk Road to the Orient next to the river Nallı. There has been a settlement here for thousands of years.

Today Silk farming, a tradition for centuries in Nallıhan, continues in many homes. Today, the town is known for its silk needlework, and local cuisine including stuffed vine-leaves, pilav, pumpkin dessert, gozleme (flat bread with cheese and potatoes filling), and many other types of more fine pastries such as baklava with locally grown walnut. The countryside is used for growing rice, wheat, barley, grapes, apples, tomatoes, and lavender. Almost everything grows in the fertile soils of Nalliah such as figs, olives, mulberry, pears, apple, persimmons, quince, hazelnut, pecans, squashes, beans, and melons.

Visitors can walk through the idyllic Ottoman villages (e.g. Akdere) and have local cuisine in the Ottoman-era Caravan Palace.

Composition

There are 84 neighbourhoods in Nallıhan District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

100.Yıl Akdere Aksu Alanköy Aliağa Aliefe Alpağut Arkutça Aşağıbağdere Aşağıbağlıca Aşağıkavacık Atatürk Atça Aydoğmuş Belenalan Belenören Beyalan Beycik Beydili Bozyaka Çalıcaalan Çamalan Çayırhan Cendere Çiller Çive Çulhalar Danişment Davutoğlan Demirköy Dereköy Doğandere Döğmeci Eğri Emremsultan Epçeler Ericek Eymir Fatih Gökçeöz Güzelöz Hacıbey Hacıhasanlar Hıdırlar İslamalan Kabaca Kadıköy Karacasu Karahisar Karahisargölcük Karahisarkozlu Karaköy Kavakköy Kulu Kuruca Kuzucular Meyildere Meyilhacılar Nallıdere Nallıgölcük Nasuhpaşa Nebioğlu Ömerşeyhler Osmanköy Öşürler Ozan Sarıkaya Sarıyar Sobran Soğukkuyu Subaşı Tekirler Tekke Tepe Uluhan Uluköy Uzunöz Yakapınar Yazı Yenice Yeşilyurt Yukarıbağdere Yukarıbağlıca Yukarıkavacık

Climate Nallıhan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk), with hot, dry summers, and chilly, damp, occasionally snowy winters.

Places of interest Juliopolis - archaeological site from the Roman and Byzantine eras.

Nallıhan Kuş Cenneti - Sarıyar reservoir is teeming with bird-life. It is a natural habitat for several endangered bird species in Turkey.

Kocahan - Ottoman vizier Nasuh Pasha stopped by this place in 1599 and made it built. It is in a rectangular shape and has cafes and shops in its 46 rooms.

Ilıca/Uyuzsuyu waterfall - The waterfall that reside in the road to Göynük, is the only waterfall within the boundaries of Turkey's capital, Ankara. It got its name "Uyuzsuyu" because there of a belief that its water cures skin diseases.

The Mount Sarıçalı National Park () is located next to Çulhalar village in the northeast and northwest of Nallıhan.

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