Sivrihisar Explained

Type:	metro district
Sivrihisar
Coordinates:	39.45°N 31.5378°W
Province:	Eskişehir
Leader Party:	CHP
Leader Name:	Habil Dökmeci
Area Total Km2:	2748
Elevation M:	1070
Population Total:	20087
Population As Of:	2022
Postal Code:	26600
Area Code:	0222

Sivrihisar (Turkish: Sivrihisar, "a pointed castle") is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey.^[1] Its area is 2,748 km²,^[2] and its population is 20,087 (2022).^[3] Its elevation is 10700NaN0.

Location

The town of Sivrihisar lies 13km (08miles) north of the historical site of Pessinus, at the foot of a high double-peaked ridge of granite, which bears the ruins of ancient Spaleia and a later Byzantine castle, which gives the town its name (sivri "sharp, pointed", hisar "fortress, castle"). It is located at the intersection of the E-90 and E-96 routes.

Economy

As of 1920, Sivrihisar was producing knitting clothing.^[4]

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Sivrihisar District:^[5]

• Ahiler
• Aktaş
• Aşağıkepen
• Aydınlı
• Babadat
• Bahçecik
• Ballıhisar
• Benlikuyu
• Benliyaver
• Beyyazı
• Biçer
• Böğürtlen
• Buhara
• Buzluca
• Camikebir
• Çandır
• Çaykoz
• Cumhuriyet
• Demirci
• Demirciköy
• Dinek
• Dumluca
• Dümrek
• Elcik
• Elmalı
• Ertuğrulköy
• Gedik
• Gerenli
• Göktepe
• Gülçayır
• Güvemli
• Hamamkarahisar
• Hızırbey
• Hüdavendigar
• İbikseydi
• İğdecik
• İlören
• İlyaspaşa
• İstiklalbağı
• Kadıncık
• Kaldırımköy
• Karabaşlı
• Karaburhan
• Karacakaya
• Karacalar
• Karacaören
• Karacaörenyaylası
• Karadat
• Karakaya
• Karkın
• Kaymaz
• Kertek
• Kılıç
• Kınık
• Koçaş
• Koltan
• Kubbeli
• Kurşunlu
• Kurtşeyh
• Memik
• Mülkköy
• Nasrettinhoca
• Oğlakçı
• Ortaklar
• Paşakadın
• Sadıkbağı
• Sarıkavak
• Selimiye
• Sığırcık
• Tekören
• Yaverören
• Yenice
• Yenidoğan
• Yeniköy
• Yeşilköy
• Yukarıkepen
• Yunusemre
• Zeyköyü

Notable natives

• Moushegh Ishkhan an Armenian poet, writer and educator.
• Nasreddin Hoca was born in Hortu village of Sivrihisar.^[6]
• Yunus Emre was born in Sivrihisar.

See also

• Monument of Sivrihisar Airplane
• Sivrihisar Aviation Center

External links

• District governor's official website
• Local guide to Sivrihisar
• Web site: General information on Sivrihisar, Eskişehir. https://web.archive.org/web/20090308090301/http://www.eskisehir.gov.tr/harita.asp?id=2. dead. 2009-03-08. Governorship of Eskişehir, Turkey. Turkish .
• Web site: Environmental Status Report for Eskişehir Province. Governorship of Eskişehir, Directorate of Provincial Environment and Forestry. 2006. PDF. Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20090305161911/http://www.cedgm.gov.tr/icd_raporlari/eskisehiricd2006.pdf. 2009-03-05.

Notes and References

1. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi
2. Web site: İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri. General Directorate of Mapping. 12 July 2023.
3. Web site: Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports. 12 July 2023. TÜİK. en. XLS.
4. Book: Prothero, G. W.. Anatolia. 1920. H.M. Stationery Office. London. 112. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110124515/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/11766/view/1/112/. 2013-11-10.
5. https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle
6. Web site: Life of Nasreddin Hoca. 2008-04-06. Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Turkish. Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey).