Kırşehir Province was originally established in 1924. On 30 June 1954, the province of Kırşehir was dissolved and its territory was divided between the provinces ofNevşehir,Ankara andYozgat.[3] This was decided by the rulingDemocrat Party government of Prime MinisterAdnan Menderes, because the majority of the city's residents had voted for theRepublican Nation Party led by opposition politicianOsman Bölükbaşı in the1954 Turkish general election on 2 May 1954. Three years later, on 1 July 1957, Kırşehir Province was re-established.[4]
The provincial centerKırşehir is the 69th largest city by population in Turkey; its surface area corresponds to 0.84% of Turkey's land area, which makes it the 53rd largest city in the country by land area.[citation needed]
