Sivrihisar
Template:Infobox Turkey place Sivrihisar 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 Script error: No such module "convert"..
Location
The town of Sivrihisar lies Script error: No such module "convert". 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 interchange 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]
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- 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.
Gallery
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Sivrihisar Clock Tower
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Interior of the historical Grand Mosque of Sivrihisar
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Backside view of the Holy Trinity Church, 1881
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North American Aviation P-51 Mustang of the US Air Force and other airworthy aircraft on display in the M.S.Ö. Air & Space Museum
See also
References
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- ↑ Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
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External links
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- District governor's official website Template:In lang
- Local guide to Sivrihisar Template:In lang
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