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Ankara Map, Turkey

If you feel like you need some help to find your way in your destination city, you are in the right place. This Ankara Map will certainly help you to seek out the best restaurants, clubs and sights in town. You want to know what is the best place for a walk? Or what you should be watching out for during your visit? Learn more about the best things to do in the city reading our travel tips and then get around in Ankara with Travelgrove's map. While searching for places, you can also check some cheap flights or deals or you can take a look at our user's galleries about the city. We hope you will find our city map of Ankara useful. Enjoy your trip and come back to share your travel experience about Ankara!

Ankara History

In 1037, Alparslan, Sultan of the Seljuk Turks, drove away the rulers and annexed Ankara as an important location for military transportation and natural resources. in1403, the whole city was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. Following the defeat of the Ottomans in the First World War, allies occupied the city. When the war of Independence was won, Republic of Turkey on October 29, 1923 was established and its... read more

Ankara Travel Guide

At the top of the hill is a ruin of an old castle, of which adds to an already picturesque view. However, there are only a few structures of historic meaning that have survived to the present that surround the old stronghold. There are a lot of finely preserved architectural remains of Byzantine, Roman, and Hellenistic descent, with the more remarkable one of the Temple of Rome and Augustus from 20BC, of which is... read more

Ankara Sightseeing

The adjacent mausoleum is also home to the wax figure of Atatürk as well as his writings, letters and personal items, as well as an exhibition of photographs recording from crucial moments in his life before and after the establishment of the Republic. The Ankara Ethnography Museum is home to fine collection of folkloric as well as Seljuk- and Ottoman-era artifacts. Likewise, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations... read more

Ankara Nightlife

Ankara is best known for the döner kebap and of course, the city is infiltrated with restaurants offering this specific type of dish. Should you be of the discerning taste kind, scrutinize the döner round - it should be rectangular and the cuts must be flat and not separated. Fish as well is one cuisine that is popular yet not as affordable in Ankara. For the best fish restaurants, head down to Sakarya where a good... read more