Koçhisar

Koçhisar stands near the eastern shore of Lake Tuz, on the road between Ankara and Aksaray. Its name, recorded in the Seljuk and early Ottoman periods, refers to a pair of fortresses. The salt lake and the surrounding dry plains shaped local livelihoods, while the road brought travellers across central Anatolia. In the early eighteenth century the Şerefli tribal group settled in the wider district.