Kırıkkale was dominated by the Hittite, Roman and Byzantine States respectively, and it came under Turkish rule after the 1071 Malazgirt War,  with the settlement of the Turks in Anatolia. It is stated in the Ottoman Archive documents that the Turkmen-Oguz people settled here and the region was called Kırık Kal until the Republican Period.

It is believed that the name of Kırıkkale came from by the merger of Kırıkköyü, 3 km north of the city, and Kaletepe in the city center. Although it is common to believe that this name is popular with the public, the name of the region is mentioned in the Ottoman Archive documents as Kırıkkal'a, what it is now.

It is known that various Turkish tribes and communities coming from the east in the 16th and 17th centuries were settled in Anatolia, especially in Central Anatolia. It is stated in the documents that one of the tribes called "Oğuz, Oguzhan", a large tribe, placed in "Kırıkkal" how they called at that time, near Ankara.

The Oğuz tribe, which is mentioned to be from the Yörükkan tribe, is a great tribe that is also known as Turkmen, which makes Anatolia a Turkish Homeland by Turkification and Islamicizing Anatolia. In this case, it must be accepted that the name of the region has a history of at least 400 years.

Kırıkkale has a rich historical and cultural heritage. Sulakyurt:  Şeyh Şamil, Hasandede, Balışeyh-Ballı, Koçubaba, Haydarsultan Mosque and Tombs, as well as Küçükavşar, Tokuşbaba, Halildede Tombs, Çeşnigir Bridge- Caravansary are the main historical monuments.