Kirsehir is a small province (6.665 km2) in Central Anatolian region with approximately 300.000 inhabitants and at 985 meters above sea level.
Kirsehir and environs experienced severe pressures due to lack of authority during the period of the Cappadocia Kingdom which was established in 333 BC.
Kirsehir was given to one of the Emirs of the Mengücük dynasty, Melik Muzaffererüddin Muhammed as a fief, who was defeated in battle by Seljuks at Erzincan, for his outstanding performance.
An ancient city, with a history starting with the Hittites, situated in the Central Anatolian Region, is Kirsehir, 181 km from Ankara.
In the middle ages, it was famous as the center of the Ahi Brotherhood, which is a Moslem sect based on discrete ideals that have moral and spiritual effects on
Kirsehir is an attractive city also with its natural beauties, like long rivers and greenery.
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