Çubuk is a municipality and

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. Its area is 1,198 km², and its population is 95,449 (2022). Çubuk is in a flat plain 35 km north of the city of

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, where Ankara airport is located. Its elevation is .

Origin

Çubuk was among the first places that were captured during the conquest of

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by the

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. The district is said to be named after , the Seljuk commander that captured the region. Kışlacık, Yeşilkent, Yaylak, Okçular, Çatköy, and Ahurlar are places located in Çubuk and used by

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during the 1402

Battle of Ankara The Battle of Ankara or Angora () was fought on 28 July 1402, at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the emir of the Timurid Empire, Timur. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to ...

which was fought between the

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and

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History

Çubuk is a settlement that was established when the Turks conquered and took control of Anatolia. The district is located in the northeast of Ankara. Çubuk gained historical importance when

Bayezid I Bayezid I (; ), also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt (; ; – 8 March 1403), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He adopted the title of ''Sultan-i Rûm'', ''Rûm'' being the Arabic name for the Eastern Roman Empire. In 139 ...

used Çubuk in the

which was fought between

and the

. Most of the villages that make up the district were formed by the remnants of armies defeated or left behind after the major battle. Çubuk is in an area that has been crossed by

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s since the

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. Many settlements were founded in this region because of the agricultural areas and the . The settlement is thought to have been founded after the conquest of Ankara and was under the control of many civilizations, for example the

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Phrygians The Phrygians (Greek: Φρύγες, ''Phruges'' or ''Phryges'') were an ancient Indo-European speaking people who inhabited central-western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) in antiquity. Ancient Greek authors used "Phrygian" as an umbrella term t ...

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and

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. This is why the remains of these empires can be found in the district. Ruins in the Balıkhisar Neighborhood, castle ruins in Camili and Çatkoy, a marble lion sculpture in the Güldarpı neighborhood and remains of graves in the Yakup Derviş neighborhood are among the remains of these empires. Also, the , Kutoren Village Mosque, , Mahmutoglan Village Mosque, and Cubuk Karsiyaka Mosque are among the historical monuments located in Çubuk. It is believed that the Turks settled in the region after they conquered and took control of Anatolia. The Turks who came to the region brought their families, traditions, customs, and beliefs.

Demographics

Composition

There are 84

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in Çubuk District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. * Ağılcık * Akbayır * Akkuzulu * Aşağıçavundur * Aşağıemirler * Aşağıobruk * Atatürk * Avcıova * Barbaros * Camili * Çatköy * Çitköy * Cumhuriyet * Dağkalafat * Dalyasan * Dedeler *

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* Dumlupınar * Durhasan * Eğriekin * Esenboğa * Eskiçöte * Fatih * Gökçedere * Güldarpı * Gümüşyayla *

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* İkipınar * İmamhüseyin *

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* Karaağaç * Karaçam * Karadana *

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* Kargın * Kavaklı * Kışlacık * Kızılca * Kızılören * Kızılöz * Kösrelik * Küçükali * Kuruçay * Kutuören * Kuyumcu * Mahmutoğlan * Melikşah * Meşeli * Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu * Mutlu * Nusratlar * Okçular * Ömercik * Ovacık * Oyumiğde * Özlüce * Saraycık * Sarıkoz * Sarısu *

Sele Sele may refer to: Places Africa *Sele, Burkina Faso, a village in the Ouéleni Department of Burkina Fase. * Sele, Ethiopia, a town in Agbe municipality Asia *Sele, Turkey, a Turkish village in Kailar in Ottoman times *Şələ, Azerbaijan *Seleu ...

* Sığırlıhacı * Sünlü *

Susuz Susuz (, , ) is a town in Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Susuz District.

* Tahtayazı * Taşpınar * Tuğla * Uluağaç * Yakuphasan * Yavuzselim *

Yaylak Yaylak ( or ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a summer highland pasture associated with transhumance pastoralism in several Central and West Asian Turkic communities. There are different variants of yaylak pastoralism forms of alpine transhumance, some of whi ...

* Yazır * Yazlıca * Yenice * Yeşilkent * Yiğitli * Yıldırımaydoğan * Yıldırımbeyazıt * Yıldırımelören * Yıldırımevci * Yılmazköy * Yukarı Çavundur * Yukarıemirler * Yukarıobruk

Places of interest

* Karagöl rocks, picnic area

Notes

References

* *
“Birsen Edanur Yıldırım - Settlement and Population of Ankara Sanjak in Terms of Historical Geography (1871-1907), Settlements by Salname, Çubukabad Town p.89 - Ankara 2006”
. It was archived from its source on September 21, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2012.

External links

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website
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