Irmak is a village in the

Yahşihan District Yahşihan District is a district of the Kırıkkale Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Yahşihan.Kırıkkale Province Kırıkkale Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province of Turkey. It is located on the crossroads of major highways east of Ankara leading east to the Black Sea region. Its area is 4,791 km2, and its population is 277,046 (2022). With its ...

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. Its population is 1,125 (2022). Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town (''

belde Belde (literally "town", also known as ''kasaba'') means "large village with a municipality" in Turkish language, Turkish. All Turkish province centers and district centers have municipalities, but the Villages of Turkey, villages are usually too ...

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'', 6 December 2012 . Irmak is most notable for the railway junction located just north of the village.

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operates two trains that stop at Irmak railway station. Once construction of the

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commuter rail system in

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is complete, more trains will service the station. The D.200 state highway bypasses the village along its southern perimeter. Irmak is about northwest of

Kırıkkale Kırıkkale is a city in the Central Anatolia Region, Turkey, Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Kırıkkale Province and Kırıkkale District.Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, the capital of Turkey.

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{{Yahşihan District Villages in Yahşihan District