[1] With its rapid population growth it has become an industrial center.

[4] Kırıkkale is a rapidly growing town in central Turkey, on the Ankara-Kayseri railway near the Kızılırmak River.

Formerly a village, it owes its rapid rise in population mainly to the establishment of steel mills in the 1950s.

These works, among the largest in the country, specialize in high-quality alloy steel and machinery.

This geographical article about a location in Kırıkkale Province, Turkey is a stub.