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İ Melih Gökçek (Justice and Development Party)
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is the
Capital of
Turkey and the country's second largest city after
İstanbul . The city has a population of 4,319,167 (Province 5,153,000) (
As Of 2005 ), and a mean elevation of 850 m. (2800 ft.) It was formerly known as '''
Angora ''' or '''Engürü''', and in Roman times as '''Ancyra''', and in classical and Hellenistic periods as Ἄγκυρα '''Ánkyra'''.
It is also the capital of
Ankara Province .
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 center of Turkey's highway and rail network, and serves as the marketing center for the surrounding agricultural area. The city was famous for its
Long-haired Goat and its wool (
Angora Wool ), a unique breed of cat (
Ankara Cat ),
White Rabbits ,
Pear ,
Honey , and the region's
Muscat Grapes .
Ankara is situated upon a steep and rocky hill, which rises 500 ft. above the plain on the left bank of the ''Enguri Su'', a tributary of the
Sakarya (Sangarius) river. The city is located 39°52'30" North, 32°52' East (39.875, 32.8333). The city, which is one of the driest places in Turkey and surrounded by a barren featureless steppe vegetation, with various
Hittite ,
Phrygian ,
Ottoman ,
Byzantine and
Roman Archeological Site s. It has a harsh dry
Continental Climate with cold snowy winters and hot dry summers. Rainfall occurs mostly during spring and autumn.
The hill is crowned by the ruins of the old castle, which add to the picturesqueness of the view; little else is preserved of the old town, which was not well built, many of its houses constructed of sun-dried mud bricks along narrow streets.
[http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html] There are, however, many finely preserved remains of
Greek ,
Roman and
Byzantine Architecture , the most remarkable being the temple of
Augustus , on the walls of which is the famous ''Monumentum Ancyranum''
[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Augustus/Res_Gestae/home.html]
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The region's vibrant history can be traced back to the
Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the
Hittites , in the 10th century BC by the
Phrygians , then by the
Lydians and
Persia ns.
Persian sovereignty lasted until the Persians' defeat at the hands of the Macedonian king
Alexander The Great . In
333 BC , Alexander came from
Gordium to Ankara and stayed in the city for a period of time. After his death at
Babylon in
323 BC and the subsequent division of his empire amongst his generals, Ankara and its environs fell into the share of
Antigonus .
In
278 BC , Ankara was occupied by the
Gaul ish race of
Galatia ns, who were the first to make Ankara their capital. It was then known as , meaning "
Anchor " in
Greek . Ankara's organized and written history starts with the
Galatia ns.
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Bilkent" class="copylinks">Bilkent Suburban District, located in Western Ankara
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/State_Art_and_Sculpture_Museum" class="copylinks">State Art And Sculpture Museum
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Dikmen_Valley" class="copylinks">Dikmen Valley , an urban renewal project of Ankara
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Atakule_Tower" class="copylinks">Atakule Observation Tower , located in Çankaya
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sheraton" class="copylinks">Sheraton Tower and the surrounding buildings of Kavaklıdere district
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