Çamlıdere

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Çamlıdere is a district of Ankara Province of Turkey, 108km north-west of the city of Ankara. Elevation 1175m. Area 625 km². Population (2000) 15,339.

Çamlıdere was settled by the Seljuk Turks and there are a number of Seljuk period buildings in the area.

This is an attractive woodland district with lakes, meadows, a deer park, a scout camp and many other places for camping, walking and picnics. In summertime Çamlıdere is busy with day-trippers from Ankara and there is a growing number of guest-houses for weekenders coming to enjoy the fresh air and open skies. The people in this rural area are typically conservative and religious in outlook.

A large number of fossils and petrified forest have been found in the area.

The summer festival in July features oil-wrestling, music, dance, circumcisions of boys, and pilgrimage to the tomb of Sheikh Ali Semerkandi.

[edit] Places of interest

  • The Seljuk mosque in the town of Peçenek.
  • The country house of former president Ismet Inönü.


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