Bakanlıklar (Turkish for ''Ministries'') is a neighborhood in central

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...

, the capital of

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. It's a section of the larger Kizilay neighborhood, centered around nearby Kizilay Square. As the name suggests, the area is the location of several agencies of the Turkish government, most notably the

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, the Turkish parliament, which has met here since 1960. The

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, the Interior Ministry and the

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are also located in the neighborhood, as well as the popular

Güvenpark Güvenpark or Güven Park (literally: Trust Park), is an urban public park located adjacent to the Liberty Square in the Kızılay neighborhood of Ankara in Turkey. Established in the 1930s as part of the green belts proposed in the urban plan of ...

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