The mosque in the centre of Sulakyurt was built in the fifteenth century by Şeyh Şamil. It has been damaged at various times, and the repairs that followed have taken away part of its architectural character.
The tomb beside it, on higher ground, belongs to the founder of the district, and it is visited often by people from Türkiye and abroad. Evliya Çelebi describes him — Hamza by his real name — as a man held in respect.
Getting there
- Access
- In the centre of Sulakyurt, reached by the city transport.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kırıkkale as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.6 °C in January to 24.3 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (51 mm) and lightest in July (11 mm). Long-term means for 1963-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
