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Area : 4.365 km² , Population : 383.508
GENERAL INFORMATION
Kırıkkale is on an important geographic position due to being a junction point for Central Anatolia, Central and Eastern Black Sea as well as South Eastern Anatolia Regions. Rich historical and cultural background holding region has the potential for being a tourism city.
HOW TO GET
Road Terminal is approximately 78 km away from the city center. Municipality buses, minibuses and private taxis are servicing to the Terminal.
Railroad Istanbul, Diyarbakır, Ankara, Eastern Express tariffs are applied.
DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT
-Buying regional unique kilim and saddlebags,
- Visiting M.K.E.K Gunnery Factory Gunnery Museum,
- Watching Karakeçili International Cultural Festival (on 15 - 16 - 17th September).
THE GUN MUSEUM
Gun Museum The Museum, which is managed by M.K.E.K. Gunnery Inc. General Directorate, is opened for visitors on 1991. In the museum, guns of Ottoman and European States between 15th and 20th centuries, and technical and historical characteristics of these are being exhibited.
HASANDEDE MOSQUE AND MAUSOLEUM
It is 12 km. away from Kırıkkale - Central province, and Mosque and Mausoleum are side by side. It is known that Hasandede Mosque is constructed on Hegira calendar 1014 (1605).
There are lots of mausoleums within the region. Mausoleums, such as Küçükkafşar Mausoleum, Tokuş Baba Mausoleum (Delice province, between Çatallı village and Kya village), Halil Dede Mausoleum (Çelebi province, 1 km away from Halil Dede village) are continuously visited by public.
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