Balışeyh

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Balışeyh is a town and a district of Kırıkkale Province of Turkey.

v • d • e Balışeyh in Kırıkkale Province (in the Central Anatolia region) of Turkey
Urban districts	Kırıkkale
Rural districts	Bahşılı - Balışeyh - Çelebi - Delice - Karakeçili - Keskin - Sulakyurt - Yahşihan
Regions	Provinces
Aegean	Afyonkarahisar - Aydın - Denizli - İzmir - Kütahya - Manisa - Muğla - Uşak
Black Sea	Amasya - Artvin - Bartın - Bayburt - Bolu - Çorum - Düzce - Giresun - Gümüşhane - Karabük - Kastamonu - Ordu - Rize - Samsun - Sinop - Tokat - Trabzon - Zonguldak
Central Anatolia	Aksaray - Ankara - Çankırı - Eskişehir - Karaman - Kayseri - Kırıkkale - Kırşehir - Konya - Nevşehir - Niğde - Sivas - Yozgat
East Anatolia	Ağrı - Ardahan -Bingöl - Bitlis - Elazığ - Erzincan - Erzurum - Hakkâri - Iğdır - Kars - Malatya - Muş - Siirt - Tunceli - Van
Marmara	Balıkesir - Bilecik - Bursa - Çanakkale - Edirne - Istanbul - Kırklareli - Kocaeli - Sakarya - Tekirdağ - Yalova
Mediterranean Sea	Adana - Antalya- Burdur - Hatay - Isparta - Kahramanmaraş - Mersin - Osmaniye
Southeastern Anatolia	Adıyaman - Batman - Diyarbakır - Gaziantep - Kilis - Mardin - Şanlıurfa - Şırnak

Balışeyh is the historical town of Kırıkkale and built in times of Seljuks.The name "Balışeyh" is coming from the famous Sufi "Seyh Edebali" who is the father-in-law of I. Othman, the founder of Ottoman Empire.