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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = neighbourhood
| province             = Ankara
| district             = Nallıhan
| name                 = Sarıyar
| population_total     = 501
| population_as_of     = 2022
| coordinates          = {{coord|40|02|N|31|26|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m            = 415
| postal_code            = 06925
| area_code              = 0312
}}
'''Sarıyar''' is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of [[Nallıhan]], [[Ankara Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref> Its population is 501 (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref> Before the [[2013 Turkish local government reorganisation|2013 reorganisation]], it was a town (''[[belde]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Law No. 6360|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2012/12/20121206-1.htm |date=6 December 2012 |work=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Classification tables of municipalities and their affiliates and local administrative units|url=https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2010/09/20100912-1-1.doc |date=12 September 2010|work=[[Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey|Official Gazette]]|language=tr|format=DOC}}</ref>
It is situated to the west of [[Sarıyar Dam]] reservoir and along the [[Sakarya River]]. The distance to Nallıhan is {{convert|42|km}} and to [[Ankara]] is {{convert|160|km}}. According to mayor's page, the name of the town ("yellow cliff") refers to the landscape around Sarıyar. During the dam construction years in 1950s, the population of the town increased because of services to construction. In 1983, Sarıyar was declared a seat of township. Nevertheless the population has dropped since then. At the present the main economic activity is agriculture and the main crops are vegetables and grapes.<ref>[http://www.sariyar.bel.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=8&Itemid=73 Mayor's page {{in lang|tr}}]</ref> With picnic areas around the dam and the tomb of Taptuk Emre, a 13th-century [[dervish]] in the nearby village of Emremsultan, tourism also plays some role in the town economy.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sariyar.bel.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88:mesre-alanlari&catid=37:saryar&Itemid=132 For images]
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