[1] It is reported that salt mining works have been carried out at site since the late Seljuk Empire era, around eight centuries ago.

Salt rock is mined by a tunnel boring machine and transported to the surface by trucks.

The raw salt is processed in several refinement operations before it reaches a commercial quality.

[2] The salt rock reserves in the region stretch over an area of 530 ha (1,300 acres).

The current operator Suat Bilgin told in an interview that he leased the salt mine in 2006 after a tender offer for a time period of 99 years.