Kirikkale

Kirikkale is the capital of the Kirikkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,834, of which 192,705 live in the city of Kirikkale.The name of the city means broken castle.The town of Kirikkale is located on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kizil River in central Turkey. Formerly a village, it owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s. These works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery. In the 1960s, chemical plants were added and in 1986, the Tupras Kirikkale Oil Refinery was established.

Kirikkale, which was formerly a village, owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s. Those works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery. In the 1960s chemical plants were added. Electricity is provided by a generating plant that is linked to larger hydroelectric plants in Hirfanli and Kesikkopru. The town is also a local market for the cereals and livestock products of the Kizil River valley.