Type: | village |
Province: | Niğde |
District: | Niğde |
Dikilitaş | |
Population Total: | 708 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Coordinates: | 38.1167°N 40°W |
Elevation M: | 1485 |
Postal Code: | 51000 |
Area Code: | 0388 |
Dikilitaş (former Enehil) is a village in the Niğde District of Niğde Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 708 (2022).[2] Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (belde).[3] Dikilitaş is situated to the northeast of Niğde. Distance to Niğde is .
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.[4] In 1924, as result of Population exchange between Greece and Turkey agreement Karamanlides were replaced by Muslim Turks from Greece.