Şabanözü

Şabanözü lies south of Çankırı, in the inland country between that town and Ankara. The local Ulu Cami and Bakırlı mosque are among the landmarks of the settlement. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the district also appears in the struggles of Ottoman provincial notables. Süleyman Bey of Çankırı was charged with punishing a man who claimed the position of local notable in Şabanözü, a reminder that authority in the provinces was often contested close to home.