title: Karaisalı
text: Karaisalı is a municipality and district of Adana Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,165 km2, and its population is 22,042 (2022).
  
  The area contains the reservoirs of Çatalan and Nergizlik. There is a wrestling tournament in late-April to early-May at Salbaş and a countryside festival in the last week of August at Kızıldağ.
  
  History
  In Greek and Roman times there was a town here named Midelle. Throughout history, the town was controlled by several kingdoms, such as the Seljuk Turks and Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Following the arrival of the Turks in the area the name was changed to Çeceli and inhabited by the Yüreğir and Menemencioğulları and  Ramazanoğulları tribes.
  
  Between 1481 and 1496 the town was controlled by the Mamluk Sultanate and once it was defeated by the Ottoman sultan Selim I, he left the control of the town to the Ramazanoğulları dynasty as a vassal state. The current name Karaisalı was later given in memory of a Ramazanoğulları lord. Right before his death in 1520 however, Selim I decided to formally annex the town and the surrounding region into the Ottoman Empire.
  
  The town was not occupied by the Allies during the Turkish War of Independence in the early 1920s and became a centre of Turkish resistance against the Allies for the Çukurova area.
  
  Composition
  There are 62 neighbourhoods in Karaisalı District:
  
   Akçalı
   Aktaş
   Altınova
   Aşağıbelemedik
   Aşağıyörükler
   Ayakkıf
   Barakdağı
   Başkıf
   Bekirli
   Beydemir
   Bolacalı
   Boztahta
   Bucak
   Çakallı
   Çatalan
   Çeceli
   Çevlik
   Çocuklar
   Çorlu
   Çukur
   Demirçit
   Döşekevi
   Durak
   Eğlence
   Emelcik
   Etekli
   Fettahlı
   Filikli
   Gildirli
   Gökhasanlı
   Gülüşlü
   Güvenç
   Hacılı
   Hacımusalı
   Kaledağı
   Kapıkaya
   Karahasanlı
   Karakılıç
   Karakuyu
   Karapınar
   Kıralan
   Kırıklı
   Kocaveliler
   Körüklü
   Kuşcusofulu
   Kuyucu
   Kuzgun
   Maraşlı
   Murtçukuru
   Nergizlik
   Nuhlu
   Ömerli
   Sadıkali
   Sarımehmetli
   Saypınar
   Selampınar
   Tatık
   Topaktaş
   Topkaralı
   Torunsolaklı
   Tümenli
   Yazıbaşı
  
  Places of interest
  The Roman built Milvan Castle in the village of Karakılıç.
  The silk road caravanserai Kesiri Han in the village of Altınova.
  Another Roman castle Keçi Kalesi 40 km north-east of Karaisalı in the village of Etekli. has commanding views from its hill-top position.
  The wooded hillside picnic areas of Yerköprü and Kızıldağ in particular Kapıkaya Canyon.
  The attractive remote village of Kalayçılar. 7 km from the village of Hacılı on a dirt road.
  Turkey's highest bridge, the  long and  high German built railway viaduct Varda Bridge in the village of Hacıkırı (Kıralan).
  The Fish restaurant in Demirçit or otherwise known as Bolagat.
  
  Notable people
  Long-term mayor of Adana, Aytaç Durak is from Karaisalı and during his term the district was included in the Metropolitan Municipality of Adana.
  
  References
  
   
  Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
  Districts of Adana Province
  Populated places in Adana Province