Kalburcu, Körfez

Kalburcu is a village (officially a neighborhood) in Körfez District, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Its population is 386 (2025).[1]

Name

Kalburcu means literally "sieve maker, sieve seller" (Turkish: kalbur, "sieve," + -cu, -ci, suffix related to profession, occupation, inclination). Local people report various origins of the name:

  • The people of the village were sieve makers.
  • During Ottoman times, a pipemaker (borucu) from the army stayed in the village for a while. The villagers did not want him to leave and said, “Stay, pipemaker” (Kal borucu).
  • In the past, water was brought to the village via pipes. When a pipemaker planned to take the water to the village of Demirciler instead, the villagers of what is now Kalburcu said, “Stay, pipemaker” (Kal borucu), and the pipemaker kept the water there. [2]

The village name is given as Kalburdjilar on an early 20th-century German map.[3]

History

The village area was settled at least as early as the Roman Antonine era.[4]

The village became part of the Ottoman Empire when captured by İlyas Bey in the early 1300s.[5]

In 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence, Greek forces were stationed in Kalburca.[6]

Local features

A cemetery one kilometer southwest of the village was reported in 1973 to include many Roman funerary altars and reused fragments of columns, bases, capitals, and sarcophagi, in particular an altar dedicated to the god Men Dolanos. It also included many Armenian gravestones.[7][8]

Two hiking trails begin in Kalburcu:

  • Yukarı Hereke (Upper Hereke) - Kalburcu
  • Kalburcu - Kayalıtepe [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Kalburcu Mahallesi Nüfusu, Körfez, Kocaeli" [Population of Kalburcu Neighborhood, Körfez, Kocaeli]. Türkiye Nüfusu: İl, İlçe, Mahalle, Köy Nüfusları (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Aynur (2006). Kocaeli Köy Adları Üzerine Bir İnceleme [A Study of Village Names in Kocaeli]. Uluslararası Kocaeli ve Çevresi Kültür Sempozyumu Bildirileri (in Turkish). Vol. 2. Kocaeli.
  3. ↑ Kiepert, Richard (1908–1915). "Karte von Kleinasien in 24 Blatt" [Map of Asia Minor in 24 Sheets] (Map). Library of Congress (in German). Berlin: D. Reimer (E. Vohsen). § Constantinopel. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Tülek, Füsun; Gedük, Serkan (2022). "Tarihî Süreçte Hereke Limanı ve Kalesi: Kazılar ve Mimari Araştırmalar" [Hereke Port and Fortress in Historical Context: Excavations and Architectural Studies]. Arkeoloji ve Sanat (in Turkish) (171): 143.
  5. ↑ Kılıç, Şahin; Kaplanoğlu, Raif (2016). "Osmanlı Kuruluş Devrinde Doğu Marmara Kıyılarında Türk İskânı" [Turkish Settlement on the Eastern Marmara Coast during the Ottoman Founding Period]. Çanakkale Araştırmaları Türk Yıllığı (in Turkish). 14 (21): 38. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Hergüner, Mustafa (2004). "Başkumandan Gazi Mustafa Kemal Paşa Hereke'de" [Commander-in-Chief Gazi Mustafa Kemal Pasha in Hereke]. Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi (in Turkish). 20 (58): 178. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Şahin, Sencer (1973). Neufunde von antiken Inschriften in Nikomedeia (Izmit) und in der Umgebung der Stadt [Newly Discovered Ancient Inscriptions in Nicomedea (Izmit) and Surrounding Area] (doctor thesis) (in German). Münster: Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster. pp. 105–106, 121.
  8. ↑ Tülek, Füsun; Gedük, Serkan (2022). "Tarihî Süreçte Hereke Limanı ve Kalesi: Kazılar ve Mimari Araştırmalar" [Hereke Port and Fortress in Historical Context: Excavations and Architectural Studies]. Arkeoloji ve Sanat (in Turkish) (171): 143.
  9. ↑ "Kocaeli Nature Trekking Paths" (PDF). Kocaeli: Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi. 2008. pp. 162, 166. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
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