EREGLI
Ereğli got its name from the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius. Heraclius is descended from Heracles, a demigod hero in Greek mythology. The word “Herakliyüs” has taken the form of Herakle > İrakle > Eregle > Eregli > Eregliye > EREĞLİ in accordance with the phonetic structure of Turkish. In Evliya Çelebi's Travel Book, it is written that while Alaeddin Keykubad was passing through Ereğli on his way back from an expedition, the mud called "Peygamber Spring" (currently in Akhüyük village) got its name from here because he called it ERKİLİ (Ereğli) because it healed the wounds of his wounded soldiers.

Since Ereğli is located in the gateway region between Central Anatolia and Çukurova, it has been dominated by many states and has been the center and gateway of important wars in history. BC in Anatolia In 3000 and 2000, many city-states were established. The Tuvana Kingdom (Tyana-Heraklia), which was first established by the Hittites, was one of these city-states and ruled between 1200-742, with its center in Ereğli. The rock relief of İvriz Village (Aydınkent) belonging to King Warpalavas has survived from this kingdom.

After the collapse of the Tuvana Kingdom, Ereğli, which came under the rule of the Assyrians, has witnessed many wars. Eregli BC. In 64, it was conquered by the Romans along with all of Anatolia, and in 395, when the Roman Empire was divided into two, it remained within the borders of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

After the war of Yermuk, in which the Arabs defeated the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius, Hz. Ömer, who advanced from Adana and Tarsus to the Taurus Mountains, made the Byzantines accept that Ereğli's income was sent to Beytül Mal during the raids made to Central Anatolia in response to the Byzantine raids. With the weakening of the Abbasid State, Ereğli, which was again under Byzantine rule, was used by the Byzantines as a superior.

Six years after the Battle of Manzikert (1077), Ereğli passed into the hands of the Anatolian Seljuks during the reign of Kutalmışoğlu Süleyman Shah. Karamanoğlu Mehmet Bey took Konya in 1276 and made the Karamanoğulları Principality the capital, and Ereğli was connected to this Principality.

Although it joined the Ottoman lands in 1398, it changed hands between the Karamanoğulları and Osmanoğulları in the course of time. Since 1457, it has been under Ottoman rule without interruption. During the Ottoman period, many foundations, mosques, caravanserais and tombs were built in Ereğli.

Ulu Mosque, Rüştem Pasha Caravanserai, Şifa Bath are used.

The French, who occupied Adana and its surroundings during the National Struggle, planned to occupy Ereğli, which is on the road connecting the Mediterranean to Anatolia. However, when a letter written to the Ereğli Governor's Office was seized at the Ereğli post office, the invasion plan was understood. Colonel Rüştü Bey, the Commander of the 126 Regiment in Niğde, founded the Kuva-i Milliye in Ereğli, a French Captain who came to occupy Ereğli and gave this to the soldiers in evolution. did not give the opportunity. After the War of Independence, it was organized as a district of Konya.