Gençlik Parkı
During the early years of the Turkish Republic, the place where the park is located was a marshland. After the marshes were drained, the park was established and opened to the public on 19 May 1943, the National Youth Day. There were coffee houses arou...
Roman Road of Ankara
The Roman Road of Ankara or Cardo Maximus is an ancient Roman road in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The road was found in 1995 by Turkish archaeologist Cevdet Bayburtluoğlu. It is 216 metres (709 ft) long and 6.7 metres (22 ft) wide. Many ancient arti...
Hacı Bayram Mosque
Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque is a mosque in Ankara. Along with Kocatepe Mosque it is one of the best known mosques in Ankara. Hacı Bayram Mosque was built during the Ottoman Empire period. It was named after the Turkish Sufi and poet Hacı Bayram-ı Veli on b...
Bilkent Concert Hall
Bilkent Concert Hall houses a faculty, a concert hall and a theatre building. Architects İlhan Kural and Erkut Şahinbaş designed a central hall type building. While the concert hall, theatre building, and studios are located towards the core of the bui...
Kavaklıdere
Kavaklıdere is the oldest and best known winery in Turkey. Founded by the And family, it is located in Ankara and is named after a neighborhood in the city.
Kalecik Karası, Boğazkere, and Öküzgözü are local grapes typically found in Turkish wines. T...
Esenboğa International Airport
The airport is located northeast of Ankara, 28 km (17 mi) from the city center. The airport is connected with Kızılay (the city center) and Ankara Intercity Bus Terminal (Turkish: Ankara Şehirlerarası Terminal İşletmesi, AŞTİ) by EGO city bus number 44...
Zafer Square
It is between Kızılay Square and Sıhhiye Square. An underground bazaar of bookstores is to the east and an officer’s club is to the west of the square. At the center of the Atatürk Boulevard there is a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the f...
Kahramanlar Business Center
The building was commissioned by the Emekli Sandığı bound to the Social Security Administration of Turkey, and was built between 1959 and 1965 as a revenue generating property. The architects were Enver Tokay and İlhan Tayman, and the statics engineer ...
TCDD General Headquarters Building
The building was one of the first examples of the Second national architectural movement, also known as Turkish New Regionalism. Containing elements of Fascist architecture and Stripped Classicism along with Turkish Neoclassicalism, it was constructed ...
Stamp Museum
The museum building was the headquarters of a former bank named Emlak ve Eytam Bank. It was planned by Clemens Holzmeister, the renown Austrian architect and was built in 1933-34 term. It is a five floor building with a total area of 6,500 square metre...
Suluhan
Ottoman buildings usually have a vakfiye (inscription) of endowment. According to the vakfiye of Suluhan, the building was commissioned by Hasan Pasha, a regional beylerbey, and was constructed between 1508 and 1511. According to other sources, it was ...
Roman Baths of Ankara
The baths are located on a plateau, traditionally known as Çankırı Kapı, which rises 2.5 meters above the west side of Çankırı Caddesi, about 400 meters from the centre of the old Ankara district of Ulus, and has been identified as a höyük (tumulus), w...
Presidential Complex
In accordance with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "New Turkey" concept, it was envisaged that the Çankaya Presidential Mansion would become the prime ministerial compound and the president would move to the newly-built palace. This occurred soon afte...
ATO Congresium
It was opened on 14 September 2012. The total area of the congresium is 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft). 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft) ground floor is reserved for the various scheduled trade exhibitions. In the other floors there are two d...
Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo
The Forest Farm was established in 1925 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic, as a private farm. After 1926, management of the farm was offered to Spiritual Christians from Russia living in north Kars Province noted for animal bree...
Atakule
Atakule is a 125 m (410 feet) high communications and observation tower located in the Çankaya district of central Ankara, Turkey, and is one of the primary landmarks of the city. As the district of Çankaya is itself on a hill, the tower can be spotted...
Ankara Castle
The castle is composed of an inner line of walls with closely spaced towers that encloses an area of about 350m by 150m, and an outer line of walls with towers some 40m apart. Both set of walls were constructed using large quantities of reused masonry....
Ethnography Museum of Ankara
The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is a museum of ethnography dedicated to the cultures of Turkic civilizations. The building was designed by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu and was built between 1925 and 1928. The museum temporarily hosted the sarcophag...
Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
The New Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, is a newly reconstruction project by GSGM & Ankara City Council. The stadium's project was introduced to the Turkish press on February 4, 2010. It will have a seating capacity for 20.600 spectators and will be totally c...
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Today, Kurşunlu Han, used as an administrative building, houses the work rooms, library, conference hall, laboratory and workshop. The old bazaar building houses the exhibits. Within this Ottoman building, the museum has a number of exhibits of Anatoli...
