Güdül is a municipality and

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. Its area is 540 km², and its population is 8,079 (2022). It is 90 km north-west of the city of

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, off the motorway to

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. Güdül is a mountainous district with a dry climate featuring cold winters (down to -20 °C), hot summers (up to 35 °C) and a little rain in spring and autumn. There is some agriculture and the crops include hot peppers and chick peas, which are dried and sold as

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History

Research shows occupation since prehistoric times, and caves along the river Kirmir contain stone workings apparently by the

Hittites The Hittites () were an Anatolian peoples, Anatolian Proto-Indo-Europeans, Indo-European people who formed one of the first major civilizations of the Bronze Age in West Asia. Possibly originating from beyond the Black Sea, they settled in mo ...

(2000 BC). Later the area was occupied by

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 Byzantines (one of the caves has a carved cross from the early spread of Christianity under Roman rule). In 1071, the Byzantine armies were defeated by the Turks at the

battle of Malazgirt The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia (modern Malazgirt in Muş Province, Turkey). The decisive defeat of the Byzantine army and the captur ...

, and soon afterwards all of central

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came under Turkish control. Güdül was occupied by

Seljuk Turks The Seljuk dynasty, or Seljukids ( ; , ''Saljuqian'',) alternatively spelled as Saljuqids or Seljuk Turks, was an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic, Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became Persianate society, Persianate and contributed to Turco-Persi ...

, including the lord of Ankara, Şehabüldevle Güdül Bey.

Composition

There are 31

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in Güdül District:Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. * Adalıkuzu * Afşar * Akbaş * Akçakese * Aşağı * Boyalı * Çağa * Çukurören * Emirler * Garipçe * Güneyce * Güzel *

Hacılar Hacılar is a municipality and district of Kayseri Province, Turkey. Its area is 187 km2, and its population is 12,465 (2022). The mayor is Bilal Özdoğan ( AKP). Composition There are 12 neighbourhoods A neighbourhood (Commonwealth E ...

* Kadıobası * Kamanlar * Karacaören * Kavaközü *

Kayı Kayı can refer to: * Kayı (tribe) The Kayı or Kayi tribe (Karakhanid language, Karakhanid: قَيِغْ ''qayïγ'' or ''qayig''; , ) were an Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic peoples, Turkic people and a sub-branch of the Oghuz Turks, Bozok tribal f ...

* Kırkkavak * Meyvabükü * Özçaltı * Özköy * Salihler * Sapanlı * Sorgun * Tahtacıörencik * Taşören * Yelli * Yeni * Yeşilöz * Yukarı

Places of interest

* The lake and forest near the village of Sorgun, north of Güdül * The caves in the valley of the Kirmir

Image gallery

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References

External links

District governor's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gudul Populated places in Ankara Province Districts of Ankara Province Cittaslow Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey