SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF ？ANKIRI CITY

In this study, the main geographic factors affecting the choice of location of ？ank？r？ city and the spatial development of the city in the historical process are discussed. Within the scope of the study, maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery and historical geography point of view were made by using the field literature related to ？ank？r？ city. The city of ？ank？r？, located in the Central K？z？l？rmak District of Central Anatolia Region, has remained under the rule of Galatian, Hittite, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, Danish and Candaro？ullar？ and Ottomans in the historical process. The city was founded primarily on the basis of the castle, later on it has evolved between the castle and the “valley slope, has evolved due to the increase in population in the historical process. It is understood that the city of ？ank？r？ has a city structure which is centered in Ulu Mosque in the principalities, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. It is also seen that besides Grand Mosque, the institutions that serve the public such as imaret, hospital (darü？？ifa), prayer rooms, etc., composed the cores of the neighbourhood. ？ank？r？, which has witnessed a very calm spatial development process from the XVIth century to the republican era, is spread over the flood bed of hard brook (Ac？ ？ay) and soft brook (Tatl？ ？ay) by the filling of the castle slopes and it continues to develop this area to a great extent today