Akdoğan is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Kızılcahamam Kızılcahamam is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,623 km2, and its population is 26,872 (2022). It is 70 km north of the city of Ankara, near the motorway to Istanbul. Its elevati ...

, Ankara Province,

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Its population is 154 (2022). Akdoğan is the Turkish word for

gyrfalcon The gyrfalcon ( or ) (), also abbreviated as gyr, is a bird of prey from the genus ''Falco'' (falcons and kestrels) and the largest species of the family Falconidae. A high-latitude species, the gyrfalcon breeds on the Arctic coasts and tundra, ...

. In the old times, some Turkish Oghuz people came to here and discovered a place to establish their village. At the same time, their white falcon was flying in this place, so they decided to settle there and named it Akdoğan after their bird. The villagers' most important meal tickets are agriculture and animal selling. Generally these animals are goats, sheep and cows. Climate is general Anatolian inland climate but rain is more than normal. In the village there are a post office, a mosque. Akdoğan is 11 km far to Kızılcahamam and 70 km far to Ankara. Buses which come from Old Etlik Garages pass through the village. Akdoğan has a festival which is started in 2007. Its name is Ak-Der Fest.

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Neighbourhoods in Kızılcahamam District {{Kızılcahamam-geo-stub