Çankaya is a district of

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. It is home to many government buildings, including the

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, as well as nearly all foreign embassies to Turkey. Çankaya is a cosmopolitan district and considered the cultural and financial center of Ankara. Kızılay Square in Ankara, Turkey

Demographics

The population of the central province is close to 1 million in 2016.

History

Until the founding of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, Çankaya was a hillside of orchards and gardens to the south of the city, which had grown up in time, surrounding the Ankara Castle (Kale) on the opposite hill. Everything changed in the 1920s when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk came to stay in one of the garden houses. Atatürk selected Ankara as capital of the new republic and in the 1920s and 30s the city quickly grew, especially in the direction of Çankaya. In 1934 the writer

Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu (also rendered Yakub Kadri; ; 27 March 1889 – 13 December 1974) was a Turkish novelist, journalist, diplomat, and member of parliament.Edebiyatogretmeni.net ''Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu'' Google translated' Biograp ...

described the area as "''a wooden bridge, a dirt road, and when you come round the hill you see a hillside, green in gentle contours. That's Çankaya''." Çankaya eventually developed into one of the largest central districts of Ankara in later years.

Climate

The climate in Çankaya is cold and temperate. The winter months are much rainier than the summer months in Çankaya. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Dsa. The average annual temperature in Çankaya is 11.5 °C. In a year, the average rainfall is 384 mm.

Culture

The early buildings of the republic were in grand Ottoman style, but today Çankaya also contains a number of impressive modern buildings. The district is home to a great number of museums, theatres, cinemas, cultural associations, booksellers, publishers and libraries, including the National Library in a new building. Many of the streets in the district are named after poets, writers and thinkers. Most of Ankara's best-known high schools and a great number of university buildings are in the district, including the large campuses of

METU Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university emphasizes research and education in engineering a ...

Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

and (most of)

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old t ...

. Çankaya University, a private institution owned by businessman Sıtkı Alp, was opened in a number of former school buildings in 1997.

Neighbourhoods

There are 124 neighbourhoods in Çankaya as of 2017. * 100.Yıl * 50.Yıl * Ahlatlıbel * Ahmet Taner Kışlalı * Akarlar * Akpınar * Alacaatlı * Anıttepe * Aşağı Dikmen * Aşağı İmrahor * Aşağı Öveçler * Aşağı Topraklık * Aşıkpaşa * Ata * Aydınlar *

Ayrancı Ayrancı is a town and district of Karaman Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 13,212 of which 3,153 live in the town of Ayrancı. History The town of Ayrancı was among the ...

* Aziziye * Bademlidere * Bağcılar *

Bahçelievler Bahçelievler (meaning "houses with gardens" in Turkish) is a large middle class residential suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European side of the city. It is accessible from the D.100 that runs from the Istanbul airport to the Asian side of ...

* Balgat * Barbaros * Bayraktar * Beytepe * Birlik * Boztepe * Büyükesat * Cebeci * Cevizlidere * Cumhuriyet * Çamlıtepe * Çankaya * Çavuşlu * Çayyolu * Çiğdem * Çukurambar * Devlet * Dilekler * Dodurga * Doğuş * Ehlibeyt * Emek * Ertuğrulgazi * Erzurum * Esatoğlu * Eti * Evciler * Fakülteler * Fidanlık *

Gaziosmanpaşa Gaziosmanpaşa (; old name: ''Taşlıtarla'') is a developing working class municipality (belediye) and district of Istanbul, Turkey, on its European side. With a population of 400,000 plus, it is one of the most populous districts. In 2009 Gazios ...

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Söğütözü Söğütözü is a neighbourhood in Çankaya, the main central business district of Ankara, Turkey. It is located between the Eskişehir Road ( D-200 Eskişehir Yolu) and Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo. Its postal code is 06510. Many of the ci ...

* Şehit Cengiz Karaca * Şehit Cevdet Özdemir * Tınaztepe * Tohumlar * Topraklık * Umut * Ümit * Üniversiteler * Yakupabdal * Yaşamkent * Yayla * Yeşilkent * Yıldızevler * Yukarı Bahçelievler * Yukarı Dikmen * Yukarı Öveçler * Yücetepe * Zafertepe File:Süleyman Demirel Funeral 1.jpg,

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Campus

Politics and government

Çankaya has always played an important role in politics, government, and diplomacy, as the Grand National Assembly is located in the district as well as the former residence of the President of Turkey. Various embassies can be found in the district. Çankaya is an overwhelmingly CHP-voting district both in local elections. The party has plurality when it comes to general elections. CHP holds a supermajority in Çankaya District Council, with 37 out of 45 members of the district council also being a member of the party.

Places of interest

* The

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations ( tr, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi) is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazarı area in Ankara, Turkey. It consists of the old Ottoman Mahmut Paşa bazaar storage building, and the Kurş ...

* Anıtkabir the mausoleum of Atatürk *

Ankara Ethnography Museum The Ethnography Museum of Ankara is dedicated to the cultures of Turkic civilizations. The building was designed by architect Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu and was built between 1925 and 1928. The museum temporarily hosted the sarcophagus of Mustafa Ke ...

Atakule Tower Atakule is a 125 m (410 feet) high communications and observation tower located in the Çankaya district of central Ankara, Turkey, and is one of the primary landmarks of the city. As the district of Çankaya is itself on a hill, the to ...

* Çankaya Köşkü - the former residence of the President of Turkey * Pembe Köşk - the residence of Turkish President

İsmet İnönü Mustafa İsmet İnönü (; 24 September 1884 – 25 December 1973) was a Turkish army officer and statesman of Kurdish descent, who served as the second President of Turkey from 11 November 1938 to 22 May 1950, and its Prime Minister three tim ...

from 1925 to 1973 *

THF Sport Hall The THF Sport Hall ( tr, THF Spor Salonu) is an indoor arena for handball matches located in Ankara, Turkey. It is situated within the THF complex. The venue, having a seating capacity of 2,700, was opened in 2012. Construction The Turkish Minist ...

Notes

References

External links

Presidency of Turkey, official website

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website

The Kavaklıdere resident's association
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