Sivrihisar

Sivrihisar is a municipality and district of EskiÃÂehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km<sup>2</sup>, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is .

Location

The town of Sivrihisar lies 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.

Composition

There are 78 neighbourhoods in Sivrihisar District:

Ahiler
AktaÃÂ
AÃÂaÃÂÃÂ±kepen
AydÃÂ±nlÃÂ±
Babadat
BahÃÂ§ecik
BallÃÂ±hisar
Benlikuyu
Benliyaver
BeyyazÃÂ±
BiÃÂ§er
BÃÂ¶ÃÂÃÂ¼rtlen
Buhara
Buzluca
Camikebir
ÃÂandÃÂ±r
ÃÂaykoz
Cumhuriyet
Demirci
DemircikÃÂ¶y
Dinek
Dumluca
DÃÂ¼mrek
Elcik
ElmalÃÂ±
ErtuÃÂrulkÃÂ¶y
Gedik
Gerenli
GÃÂ¶ktepe
GÃÂ¼lÃÂ§ayÃÂ±r
GÃÂ¼vemli
Hamamkarahisar
HÃÂ±zÃÂ±rbey
HÃÂ¼davendigar
ÃÂ°bikseydi
ÃÂ°ÃÂdecik
ÃÂ°lÃÂ¶ren
ÃÂ°lyaspaÃÂa
ÃÂ°stiklalbaÃÂÃÂ±
KadÃÂ±ncÃÂ±k
KaldÃÂ±rÃÂ±mkÃÂ¶y
KarabaÃÂlÃÂ±
Karaburhan
Karacakaya
Karacalar
KaracaÃÂ¶ren
KaracaÃÂ¶renyaylasÃÂ±
Karadat
Karakaya
KarkÃÂ±n
Kaymaz
Kertek
KÃÂ±lÃÂ±ÃÂ§
KÃÂ±nÃÂ±k
KoÃÂ§aÃÂ
Koltan
Kubbeli
KurÃÂunlu
KurtÃÂeyh
Memik
MÃÂ¼lkkÃÂ¶y
Nasrettinhoca
OÃÂlakÃÂ§ÃÂ±
Ortaklar
PaÃÂakadÃÂ±n
SadÃÂ±kbaÃÂÃÂ±
SarÃÂ±kavak
Selimiye
SÃÂ±ÃÂÃÂ±rcÃÂ±k
TekÃÂ¶ren
YaverÃÂ¶ren
Yenice
YenidoÃÂan
YenikÃÂ¶y
YeÃÂilkÃÂ¶y
YukarÃÂ±kepen
Yunusemre
ZeykÃÂ¶yÃÂ¼

Notable natives

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

Gallery

References

External links