The Cinnah Caddesi is a major

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located in the city of

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, the capital of

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. It is one of the most important arteries of traffic and commerce in the city. It is named after the founder of

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, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Importance

The Cinnah Caddesi is a large road that is located in an important commercial and political district of the Turkish capital,

. Planned and constructed as an all-weather, concrete road with multiple lanes, its course is surrounded by high-rise buildings, residential complexes and public places such as parks and other large roads. Many smaller roads and lanes connect traffic with it. Offices of many important banks, corporations, commercial shops and other private institutions are located in buildings on either side of the road. Also based along the road are government offices and embassies of foreign nations, including

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and

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. There are several residential buildings along its route, which are high-priced owing to their location in the heart of the city.

Status

The road has suffered from chronic traffic congestion and inclement weather, as well as its topographical steepness. The steepness of the road was fixed on early 1990s, mayorship era of

Mehmet Altınsoy Mehmet Altınsoy (1924 in Aksaray – 17 February 2007 in Ankara) was a Turkish politician, co-founder of the Motherland Party ( tr, Anavatan Partisi), Mayor of Ankara and minister of state. Biography Mehmet Altınsoy became a lawyer after gr ...

, therefore created few underpasses such as Farabi and Kuloğlu. As of July 28, 2006 Cinnah Caddesi was transformed into a one-way road with an aim of reducing congestion. This change has caused major alterations in traffic patterns and transportation across Ankara.

Sources

* Jinnah, Fatima (1987). ''My Brother''. http://www.fatimajinnah.gov.pk/Books/_intro.htm Quaid-i-Azam Academy.
Some details in Turkish

References

{{Ankara Streets in Ankara Pakistan–Turkey relations Transportation in Ankara Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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