Çankırı

This article covers the city. For the province, see Çankırı (Province) .

Çankırı
View from the old town to the new town
Basic data
Province (il) :	Çankırı
Coordinates :	40 ° 36 '  N , 33 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 36 '0 "  N , 33 ° 37' 0"  E
Height :	800  m
Residents :	84,331 (2018)
Telephone code :	(+90) 376
Postal code :	18,000
License plate :	18th
Structure and administration (as of 2019)
Structure :	14 Mahalle
Mayor :	İsmail Hakkı Esen ( MHP )
Postal address :	Cumhuriyet Mah. Ataturk Bulvarı No: 15
Website:	www.cankiri.bel.tr
Çankırı County
Residents :	96,025 (2018)
Surface:	609 km²
Population density :	158 inhabitants per km²

Çankırı (formerly Qankiri or dt Tschankiri ) is a Turkish city ​​in Anatolia . It is the provincial capital of the province of the same name Çankırı and the seat of the central district ( Merkez ). Çankırı is located about 125 kilometers northwest of Ankara and is the largest city in the province.

geography

district

The most populous district of the province is located in the southwestern part of this region and borders on the districts of Eldivan and Korgun in the west, on the district of Ilgaz in the north, on the district of Yapraklı in the northeast and the district of Kızılırmak in the southeast. Cross-provincial, the district shares a border with the Bayat district of the Çorum province . The county has the second lowest population density after Eldivan county .

In addition to that of the city of Çankırı, the district also includes 50 villages ( Köy ) with an average of 234 inhabitants. Ünür with 974 inhabitants is the largest village. In 1987 and 1990, the district gave a total of around two thirds of its district area (based on the district area of ​​2014) to the two newly formed districts of Kızılırmak (in the southeast) and Korgun (in the northwest).

Population development

The following table shows the comparative population level at the end of the year for the province, the central district and the city of Çankırı as well as the respective share at the higher administrative level. The figures are based on the address-based population register (ADNKS) introduced in 2007.

year	province	district		city
	real	%	real	%	real
2018	216,362	44.38	96.025	87.82	84,331
2017	186.074	51.29	95,444	90.49	86,369
2016	183,880	50.11	92.139	89.80	82,740
2015	180.945	48.93	88,538	89.33	79.091
2014	183,550	47.06	86,381	88.55	76,490
2013	190.909	44.56	85,073	87.50	74,442
2012	184,406	45.67	84,225	88.09	74.192
2011	177.211	46.79	82,921	87.40	72,473
2010	179,067	45.01	80,590	86.40	69,631
2009	185.019	43.47	80,431	85.90	69,087
2008	176.093	45.15	79,511	85.00	67,588
2007	174.012	46.40	80,748	84.95	68,596

At the 1985 census there were three Bucaks in addition to the district town (Şehir) with 41,420 inhabitants : the central one (Merkez) with 21,835, Kızılırmak (14,945) and Korgun (10,091 inhabitants). A total of 88,291 inhabitants.

history

The ancient name of the city was Gangra, under the Romans it was called Germanicopolis. It was the scene of the Synod of Gangra in 340/41 , where the teachings of the Eustathians were condemned. In the 8th century it suffered from two Arab invasions and was then heavily fortified.

In the Ottoman Empire Çankırı was the capital of a sanjak of Eyâlet Anadolu, later of Vilâyet Kastamonu .

At the beginning of the Armenian genocide , on “Red Sunday”, April 24, 1915, Armenian intellectuals were deported from Istanbul to Çankırı and interned there.

Climate table

Çankırı (755 m)
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     37   4th -4     29   6th -4     35   12 0     50   18th 4th     54   23 8th     39   27 12     22nd   31 14th     18th   32 14th     17th   27 10     32   20th 5     31   12 0     46   6th -2 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Çankırı (755 m) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 3.8 6.2 12.2 18.0 23.0 27.4 31.2 31.5 27.1 20.3 11.5 5.5 O 18.2 Min. Temperature (° C) -4.2 -3.5 -0.4 4.4 8.3 11.8 14.4 14.0 9.7 5.3 0.4 -2.1 O 4.9 Temperature (° C) -0.5 1.0 5.6 11.1 15.7 19.9 23.2 22.8 17.9 12.0 5.3 1.4 O 11.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 37.0 29.1 35.0 49.8 53.7 39.4 21.5 18.4 16.5 32.0 30.8 45.7 Σ 408.9 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 2.0 3.3 4.8 5.6 7.2 8.8 9.6 9.2 7.9 5.7 3.4 1.7 O 5.8 Rainy days ( d ) 10.9 9.3 9.1 11.9 12.7 10.2 4.6 4.0 4.3 7.0 8.1 10.8 Σ 102.9 Source: State Meteorological Office of the Turkish Republic, normal period 1981-2010

Personalities

• İsmail Hakkı Karadayı (1932–2020), General, Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
• Tevfik Başer (* 1951), film director and author

literature

• JH Mordtmann / Fr. Taeschner : Čankiri in: The Encyclopaedia of Islam. New Edition . Vol. 2, Brill, Leiden, pp. 13-14.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Türkiye Nüfusu İl ilçe Mahalle Köy Nüfusları , accessed on June 1, 2019
2. ↑ Central Dissemination System / Merkezi Dağıtım Sistemi (MEDAS) of the TÜIK , accessed on June 1, 2019
3. ^ Roger Matthews , Landscapes of Terror and Control: Imperial Impacts in Paphlagonia. (Near Eastern Archeology 67/4, 2004), pp. 210
4. ↑ Taner Akçam : Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire. Princeton University Press, 2012, pp. 184-185.
5. ^ Raymond Kévorkian : The Armenian Genocide. A Complete History. IB Tauris, London / New York 2011, p. 253.

Web links

Commons : Çankırı  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Çankırı Official Website