Dikilitaş, Niğde
Dikilitaş (former Enehil) is a village in the Niğde District of Niğde Province, Turkey. Its population is 708 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde). Dikilitaş is situated to the northeast of Niğde. Distance to Niğde is 48 kilometres (30 mi).
The former population of Dikilitaş was composed of Karamanlides and Muslim Turks. (Karamanlides was a Turkish-speaking Orthodox Christian community.) According to Ottoman documents, there were 200 Karamanlides and 80 Muslim Turkish families. In 1924, as result of Population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement Karamanlides were replaced by Muslim Turks from Greece.
References
- ^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports" (XLS). TÜİK. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ Law No. 6360, Official Gazette, 6 December 2012 (in Turkish).
- ^ Town page (in Turkish)
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