Çiftlik (District), Niğde

For the town formerly named Çiftlik in Tokat Province, see Sulusaray.

Çiftlik
—  Town  —
Location of Çiftlik (District), Niğde within Turkey.
Coordinates: 38°10′N 34°29′E / 38.167°N 34.483°E / 38.167; 34.483
Country	Turkey
Province	Niğde
Government
– Mayor	Yusuf Öcal (CHP)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code	51xxx
Area code(s)	0
Licence plate	51

Çiftlik is a town and district of Niğde Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 67 km from the town of Niğde, and 65 km from Aksaray. There is a much shorter route over the mountains to Niğde but that road is often under snow and closed in winter. Population is (2010) 29,183 of which 3,304 live in the town of Çiftlik.^[1]

Çiftlik is Turkish for farm, appropriately in this rural area which was previously known as Melendiz.

Obsidian is found in the area.

Places of interest

• A number of extremely ancient burial mounds höyük.
• The hot spring and crater lake near the village of Narköy.

References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. "Geographical information on Ciftlik, Turkey". http://www.fallingrain.com/world/TU/0/Ciftlik3.html. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 

1. ^ Statistical Institute

External links

• District governor's official website (Turkish)
• District municipality's official website (Turkish)
• A local news website (Turkish)
• A web portal of Niğde (Turkish)
• Yesilbor.com (Turkish)

Coordinates: 38°10′N 34°29′E / 38.167°N 34.483°E / 38.167; 34.483