bestflights.co.za - Visit for more information on Ankara, Turkey. Ankara, an ancient city, is the capital and the second largest city of Turkey. In 2008 the city had a population of 4,5 million. Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city and houses all foreign embassies. What to see Anıtkabir Atakule Tower Citadel Roman Theatre Roman Bath State Painting and Sculpture Museum War of Independence Museum Events Ankara International Caricature/ Cartoon Festival Ankara International Music Festival Efes Pilsen Blues Festival European Film Festival on Wheels International Film Festival
Beautiful Ankara City Link to original song: www.youtube.com
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of 938 metres (3077 ft),and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million. Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city. It is the center of the Turkish Government, and houses all foreign embassies. It is an important crossroads of trade, strategically located at the centre of Turkey's highway and railway networks, and serves as the marketing centre for the surrounding agricultural area. The city was famous for its long-haired Angora goat and its prized wool (mohair), a unique breed of cat (Angora cat), white rabbits and their prized wool (Angora wool), pears, honey, and the region's muscat grapes. The historical center of Ankara is situated upon a rocky hill, which rises 150 m (492 ft) above the plain on the left bank of the Ankara Çayı, a tributary of the Sakarya (Sangarius) river. The city is located at 39°52'30" North, 32°52' East (39.875°N 32.8333°ECoordinates: 39.875°N 32.8333°E), about 450 km (280 mi) to the southeast of Istanbul, the country's largest city. Although situated in one of the driest places of Turkey and surrounded mostly by steppe vegetation except for the forested areas on the southern periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms of green areas per inhabitant, which is 72 m2 per head. Ankara is a very old city with various Hittite
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These are highlights of a trip I took to Turkey in May/June 2007. I have to admit, other than the depiction in "Midnight Express", I didn't know much about Turkey. I decided to take the trip cuz it was inexpensive compared to Italy and it sounded "interesting". Turkey was never a place I was dying to see, so when a terrorist bomb went off in Ankara a few days before I was to leave, I reacted with the fear that I have been conditioned to feel since 9/11 and almost canceled the trip. I'm so glad I didn't, because it was the trip of a lifetime! Turkey is a beautiful country! Definitely my favorite place to visit now! The Turkish people are among the nicest people I've ever met. During this trip we visited Istanbul, Guzelyurt, Cappadocia, Ephasus, Bodrum and sailed on a gulet on the Gulf of Gokova. There is still so much to see, so we'll be back soon. Created using Windows Movie Maker.
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Preview of Kupdegra's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Ankara, Turkey Entry Title: "Gordian Nut & Ankara" Entry: "I am so happy with Turkish food. I really thought it would be all meats and mushy stuff that I wouldn't recognize. Well, shame on me. Breakfasts at home are fiber cereal, yogurt, and if it's there, some fruit. Turkey is the king of breakfast foods. I can't get my fill (although I overstuff myself) with the best yogurts I have ever eaten. And there are so many things to put in the yogurt. Their granola cereals have me jumping out of bed in the morning. So every morning at 5am, I'm showered and waiting for Julie and the girls to get dressed and hit the breakfast buffet. Today we've got Art and Gail at breakfast. They've been part of the "back of the bus gang" since day 2. Art has a treasure trove of Turkish tour books, and also the MAP. A large English language version map of Turkey, high lighted with our route. NOW we finally know where we are, and where we are going to. Art is the logistics expert. Our itinerary says we're headed for the Gordian Nut. I'm not sure I have a clue of where this is so my first question to Art is where is the Nut and what in the heck is the Nut. He gives me that puzzled "you don't know about the Nut?" look. I tell him I'm clueless. Which he agrees to almost too rapidly. He could have waited a few seconds
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Video of the citadel area of Ankara
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Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhichevan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea and Archipelago are to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. Separating Anatolia and Thrace are the Sea of Marmara and the Turkish Straits (the Bosporus and the Dardanelles), which are commonly reckoned to delineate the border between Asia and Europe, thereby making Turkey transcontinental.[5] Due to its strategic location astride two continents, Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition. A powerful regional presence in the Eurasian landmass with strong historic, cultural and economic influence in the area between Europe in the west and Central Asia in the east, Russia in the north and the Middle East in the south, Turkey has come to acquire increasing strategic significance. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic whose political system was established in 1923 under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, following the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I
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My 2nd trip to Ankara, Turkey (the Capitol of Turkey). I was visitng the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was a famous Turkish soldier, statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey. Atatürk, means "The Father of All Turks"
www.thegreatcourses.com Great Tours: Greece and Turkey Lecture 17: Central Turkey—Ankara, Konya, Cappadocia Central Turkey is home to great cities like Ankara and Konya and a region that is unlike any other place on earth, Cappadocia. This area features magnificent architectural sites attesting to ancient civilizations and cultures; extraordinary geological formations; and mysterious cave dwellings and sunken cities. What have archaeologists discovered about the meaning of these sites? In thanks for being our customer, here is a free video lecture: Central Turkey—Ankara, Konya, Cappadocia, delivered by Professor John R. Hale. Many people are drawn to central Turkey, especially to see the spectacular landscape of Cappadocia. Here are "fairy chimneys," pillars and spires of basalt; cave dwellings carved into the soft cliffs at Göreme and Zelve, UNESCO sites; and hidden cities underground—at least 40 in all. The complexity and scale of these underground cities have no equal anywhere in the world. Archaeologists estimate that tens of thousands of people lived in these cities. Dr. Hale is Director of Liberal Studies at the University of Louisville. He completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. During more than 30 years of archaeological field work, Professor Hale has led student and adult tours to many of the sites he has studied, especially in Greece and Turkey. He has carried out studies of ancient oracle
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