Balcı (formerly Cücü) is a village in Bor District of Niğde Province, Turkey.Köy , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 663 (2022). It is situated in the southern slopes of Melendiz Mountain. Distance to Bor is to Niğde is . The village was founded in the Middle Ages by a rebellious commander of Karamanoğlu Beylik (a Turkmen principality between 13th-15thy centuries) in a remote valley of the mountain. In 1940s the village was relocated following an earthquake. Main economic activities of the village are agriculture and beehiving. ( Bal means "honey") . Cereals, sugar beet and fodder are the crops of the village.
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