Çerikli is 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 ...

'') in the

Delice District Delice District is a district of the Kırıkkale Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Delice.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 ...

, Turkey. Its population is 2,000 (2022). It is situated on Turkish state highway D.220 and the railroad. The distance to Delice is and to Kırıkkale is . According to town page the history of the settlement goes back to ancient ages. 11th-century Turkmen tribes were settled in Çerikli. After

Seljuks of Turkey The Sultanate of Rum was a culturally Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim state, established over conquered Byzantine territories and peoples (Rum) of Anatolia by the Seljuk Turks following their entry into Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. T ...

and

Eretna Ala al-Din Eretna (Old Anatolian Turkish: ; died February–August 1352) was the first sultan of the Eretnids, reigning from 1343 to 1352 in central and eastern Anatolia. Initially an officer in the service of the Ilkhanate officer Chupan and h ...

domination, it was incorporated into Ottoman realm.Town page
/ref> In 1967 Çerikli was declared a seat of township. The main economic sector is agriculture. But animal breeding and light industry also play a role in town economy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cerikli Populated places in Delice District Town municipalities in Turkey