The name of our Saline which is known to have started its salt production in the beginning of the 18th century during the era of Selim III -28th Sultan of Ottoman – was given as Kaldırım Saline during the era of Sultan Abdulaziz – the 32nd Ottoman Sultan - in 1862 and a state monopoly was started to be implemented in Salt by a “Salt Ordinance†enacted in the same year. . Where the name \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Kaldırım (Pavement) Saline\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" comes from: A road was constructed on both sides