Sivrihisar

Sivrihisar (Sivrihisar, "a pointed castle") is a municipality and district of Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its area is 2,748 km2, and its population is 20,087 (2022). Its elevation is 1070 m.

Location
The town of Sivrihisar lies 13 km 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 intersection 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
 * Aktaş
 * Aşağıkepen
 * Aydınlı
 * Babadat
 * Bahçecik
 * Ballıhisar
 * Benlikuyu
 * Benliyaver
 * Beyyazı
 * Biçer
 * Böğürtlen
 * Buhara
 * Buzluca
 * Camikebir
 * Çandır
 * Çaykoz
 * Cumhuriyet
 * Demirci
 * Demirciköy
 * Dinek
 * Dumluca
 * Dümrek
 * Elcik
 * Elmalı
 * Ertuğrulköy
 * Gedik
 * Gerenli
 * Göktepe
 * Gülçayır
 * Güvemli
 * Hamamkarahisar
 * Hızırbey
 * Hüdavendigar
 * İbikseydi
 * İğdecik
 * İlören
 * İlyaspaşa
 * İstiklalbağı
 * Kadıncık
 * Kaldırımköy
 * Karabaşlı
 * Karaburhan
 * Karacakaya
 * Karacalar
 * Karacaören
 * Karacaörenyaylası
 * Karadat
 * Karakaya
 * Karkın
 * Kaymaz
 * Kertek
 * Kılıç
 * Kınık
 * Koçaş
 * Koltan
 * Kubbeli
 * Kurşunlu
 * Kurtşeyh
 * Memik
 * Mülkköy
 * Nasrettinhoca
 * Oğlakçı
 * Ortaklar
 * Paşakadın
 * Sadıkbağı
 * Sarıkavak
 * Selimiye
 * Sığırcık
 * Tekören
 * Yaverören
 * Yenice
 * Yenidoğan
 * Yeniköy
 * Yeşilköy
 * Yukarıkepen
 * Yunusemre
 * Zeyköyü

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.