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History & Museums

Turkish Natıional Botanic Garden Agriculture and Biodiversity Museum

Turkish National Botanic Garden Agriculture and Biodiversity Museum is a unique museum that brings together the heritage of agricultural education from the Ottoman era to the Republic and Türkiye’s rich flora and fauna diversity with its visitors. The collection, gathered through the initiatives of the Turkish National Botanical Garden, is presented with scientific and cultural expertise in this museum, which was established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The museum’s main themes include the history of agriculture from Göbeklitepe to the present day, agricultural education from the Ottoman period to the Republic, and the country’s biodiversity. The structure consists of three main sections: the Temporary Exhibition Section, the Permanent Exhibition Section, and the Workshop-Storage area, attracting attention not only with its scientific content but also with an aesthetic and experience-focused exhibition approach. Turkish National Botanic Garden Agriculture and Biodiversity Museum is an original space for learning and discovery that carries the awareness of agriculture and nature from the past into the future.

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Çankaya

Religious Areas

St. Teresa Church

St. Therese Catholic Church is located in Kardeşler Street, in Ulus district of Ankara. The most important part of the church building is the chapel on the first floor, all parts of which were restored in 2002. The main mosaic of the building was inspired by the Cappadocian churches and was made by the French artist Hervè Vital. On the right side of the main mosaic are depicted two great kings, David, who was promised Christ to be his descendant, and Solomon who built the Holy Temple. On the left is the Blessed Virgin with Child Jesus in his arms, on the right is the Christ holding the Bible in one hand and blessing with the other. The mystery of the Eucharist is told in the heart of the cross made by Madeleine Diener. The chapel’s light is due to the stained glass on the side of the columns. Six of these stained glasses were produced in 1914 by D.P. Dagrant in Bordeaux.

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Altındağ

HOTELS

ADA PALAS OTEL

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Altındağ

History & Museums

Ankara Houses

Houses located in the old settlements of the city, particularly the inner walls of the castle, are called Ankara houses. A handful of these houses are still preserved. They are Ankara houses from the 17th- 18th-19th centuries; two-floored houses built mostly of wood and mudbrick. On the ground floor, there were rooms for servants while the landlord lived on the second floor. Ankara houses generally have a stairway attached to the outer wall that climbs up to a terrace called seyregah or seyrengah. This terrace is open on all sides but is sheltered with a roof. Seyregah and windows of the house are vents to the street. Guest rooms, meeting rooms and bedrooms are located on the second floor. Ceilings, ceiling roses, doors and other sections of houses are decorated with geometrical, rumi and hatai motifs. Several such houses are used for touristic purposes nowadays. Examples of Ankara houses are found in Hamamönü, which is in the old town of Altındağ. Nearby towns like Ayaş, Beypazarı and Güdül are also home to traditional houses. Around the bazaar area located at the bottom of the valley and in valley slopes up north, traditional houses of Ayaş maintain their organic forms, resembling typical Turkish houses regarding their architecture. The two-floored Ayaş houses, partly built of stone and partly of wood, include a stable, a cellar and rooms for servants (in wealthy houses) on the ground floor. On the second floor, which is the main living space, there is the kitchen, the bath and two (or three) rooms on both sides of the anteroom. All the ceilings are made of wood. In the exterior of the building, there are wooden bay windows called ‘cumba’ and wooden-caged windows. In the town centre of Güdül, historic houses that have the characteristics of Turkish houses are still standing today in the archaeological urban site. The old quarter of the town of Beypazarı, which is founded on steep slopes and valleys, is a place of settlement that offers a historic and visual feast with its rich landscape and unique texture of old houses and bazaars. The hundred-year-old houses of Beypazarı have the typical aspects of Ottoman and traditional Turkish houses. These are two or three floored houses with cumbas (bay windows) and attics called ‘kuşkana’. The houses are wooden structures on stone foundations with plastered walls and tiled roofs. There are rooms for servants and a cellar on the ground floor. On the second floor, there is the kitchen, the bath and the rooms on both sides of the rectangular or square anteroom.

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Altındağ

Nature & Parks

Wonderland

Wonderland, Europe’s largest park, has a total usage area of 1 million 320 thousand square meters.. It is possible to enjoy the artificial ponds in the area in boats and on pedalos. There are picnic areas, go-cart and skateboard track, model ship sailing area, model plane areas, model car tracks, astroturfs, basketball courts, mini golf courses, ping-pong tables, tennis courts and mini train in the park. Various shows are organized at the Nejat Uygur Amphitheatre. There are suitable routes for riding bicycles and scooters. There are colourful sculptures of various fairy tale heroes in the park, and there is a cinema hall showing cartoons about these fairy tale heroes. There are also wedding halls, kiosks, and cafes in the park.

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Sincan

Art & Culture

Ankara Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library

Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library was first established on 25 July 1922. After providing services in different buildings, it was moved to its current building in 1983. In 1985, the library’s name was changed to Adnan Ötüken Provincial Public Library in honour of Adnan Ötüken, the founder of the National Library. It was designed and built by the architect Paul Bonatz between 1944- 46. To borrow books, you must become a member. Membership is free; yet some of the books can only be read inside the library. You can return any book you borrow from this library to a different public library in another city.

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Çankaya

Nature & Parks

Karaoğlan Ancıent Sıte

Karaoğlan is located 25 km south of Ankara and on Ankara-Konya highway. Excavations in this area were done by Prof. Dr. Remzi Oğuz Arık on behalf of Turkish Historical Society. At the mound were found from bottom to the top: cultural floors from Chalcolithic, Bronze, Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantian periods. It is one of the most important stations in the Ankara Gölbaşı area containing Hittite and Phrygian floors. Artifacts found in this site are exhibited in the Anatolian Civilizations Museum.

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Gölbaşı

Nature & Parks

İdris Mountain

İdris Mountain with an altitude of 1992 meters, which is in the west of Kalecik within the borders of Elmadağ district, in the east of Ankara, is divided into two by Kızılırmak. Transportation is made from Yeşildere and Hasanoğlan towns. Its summit, slopes and Kızılırmak shores are suitable for hiking and photosafari.

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Elmadağ

Religious Areas

Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque and Tomb

Located next to the Augustus Temple in Ulus, the mosque was built between 1427-1428 upon the wish of Hacı Bayram Veli. It has a longitudinal rectangular floor plan, a stone base, brick walls, and a tiled roof. It was constructed in Seljuk architectural style and repaired by Mimar Sinan. Double balconied minaret rising on the southeast wall has a square stone base and has a cylindrical body of brick. Plaster mihrab rises from the ground to the ceiling. Interior walls are decorated with Kütahya ceramics up to the level of the low windows. Tomb of Hacı Bayram is located next to the southern wall of the mosque.

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Altındağ

Nature & Parks

Çalıkdüzü Basın and Desert Lake

Desert Lake and Çalıkdüzü form a small, closed basin located in the south of Ankara province. Desert Lake is a shallow and salty lake, which has a brackish water, located at the southern end of the Çalıkdüzü Basin. It dries in summer to a great extent. On the northern and southern boundaries of the lake, there are saline areas, wet meadows, and juncus beds.

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Bala

HOTELS

YENİ BAHAR OTEL

edilerek resmi varlığı sonlandırıldı. Ankara Sinagogu Ankara Yahudileri Bahar, Beki, L. (2003). Efsaneden Tarihe Ankara Yahudileri. İstanbul: Pan Yayıncılık

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Altındağ

Nature & Parks

Blue Lake

It is located on Samsun Road, 12 km from Ankara. Covering an area of 2,400 square meters and containing monumental trees, the lake gets its name from the magnificent blue colour of Bayındır Dam Lake. Due to its proximity to Ankara, the surrounding area of the lake has been organised as a picnic site and reopened in 2005. It is an area suitable for nature walks and photosafari

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Mamak