"My sweet KIRIKKALE" Kirikkale Ili by mabozer

It is said that the name of the city is a united name which comes from the name of ''Kirik'' village where is settled to the 3 km north of city from center of city and the name of ''Kale'' (hill) which is present in the center today.
Kirikkale is a recent province of Turkey in Central Anatolian region nearby Red River (Kizilirmak), about 80 kilometers east of Ankara.

It is expanding rapidly to become an industrial center. Main industries in Kirikkale include state-owned military arms and ammunition factories (MKE) and chemical plants. The economy is almost exclusively based on its steel mills producing high quality alloy steel and machinery.

Kirikkale city takes its part in a mild-climate zone. However climate changes to terrestrial-climate zone because of the daily temperature changes which is a result of far distance from seas. Summer is usually hot and arid while winter is cold. There is no natural lakes in Kirikkale.

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