title: Kalecik, Ankara
text: 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 .
  
  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 never  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:
  
   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 
   
  
   
  Populated places in Ankara Province
  Districts of Ankara Province
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey