Kirikkale

a city in Turkey, in the vilayet (province) of Ankara. Population, 91,700 (1970).

Kinkkale has a railroad station on the Ankara-Kayseri line. There is a steel-smelting plant (35,000 tons per year), as well as machine-building plants (turning equipment, agricultural machines, and implements), and artillery, small-arms, and ammunition factories. Brown coal and iron and copper ores are mined in the area.