Calfat

Calfat
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Basic data
Province (il) :	Çankırı
Coordinates :	40 ° 40 ′  N , 33 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′ 10 "  N , 33 ° 6 ′ 11"  E
Residents :	2,068 (2012)
Telephone code :	(+90) 376
Postal code :	18800
License plate :	18th
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Mayor :	Adem Karaağaç

Kalfat is a former municipality in the Çankırı Province of Turkey. It belongs to the Orta district .

The place is in the northern part of the district. The road connection from the district town of Orta south to Atkaracalar to the north goes through the town. A mosque is called Büyük Cami (translated large mosque ). The Gindek Deresi stream flows through the village . The cemetery is on the southern edge and a quarry to the north.

The population lives from agriculture and animal husbandry. The population is around 2000. Most of the residents have relocated either to Western Europe or to the larger cities in Turkey, mainly Ankara or Istanbul . The so-called rural exodus has also left its mark here.

Kalfat has a primary school up to the 8th grade. The next high school is in the district town of Orta. There are also two Koran schools for religious education.

There are two mosques in the village. The first mosque to be built is from the end of the 18th century. However, this was completely renewed at the end of the 1970s, regardless of preservation. The second mosque was completed around 1910. The builder of this mosque was an Armenian. One recognizes the models of Armenian churches. In the Ottoman Empire it was very common that good handicrafts were more represented by ethnic groups.

Boris Johnson , former Mayor of London and current Prime Minister of Great Britain has his roots in Kalfat. His great-grandfather Ali Kemal Pascha, journalist and politician in the Ottoman Empire, comes from the town.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Yerelnet , accessed May 9, 2017
2. ↑ ^{a b} "Would many sheep sacrifice": Turkish city wants Brexit driver to visit Focus.de, September 28, 2016, accessed on May 8, 2017