Ayaş is a municipality and
district
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of
Ankara Province
Ankara Province (, ) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey with the capital city Ankara. Its area is 25,632 km2, and its population is 5,782,285 (2022).
History
The site of the modern city has been home to settlements ...
,
Turkey
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. Its area is 1,041 km
2, and its population is 12,998 (2022).
It is 58 km from the city of
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
, and very rich for historical monuments. Its elevation is .
The district is known for its mulberry trees, its tasty tomatoes and its healing mineral water spas, both for drinking and bathing. There is an annual mulberry festival in the town of Ayaş. The town has a long history and is mentioned in folk songs and the journals of the traveller
Evliya Çelebi
Dervish Mehmed Zillî (25 March 1611 – 1682), known as Evliya Çelebi (), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman explorer who travelled through his home country during its cultural zenith as well as neighboring lands. He travelled for over 40 years, rec ...
.
History
The citizens of Ayaş were
Oghuz tribes as the village names
Bayat,
Afşar and
Peçenek implies. In 1554, it became a
sanjak
A sanjak or sancak (, , "flag, banner") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans also sometimes called the sanjak a liva (, ) from the name's calque in Arabic and Persian.
Banners were a common organization of nomad ...
center, and in 1864 it became a
Kaza
A kaza (, "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. It is also discussed in English under the names district, subdistrict, and juridical district. Kazas co ...
in
Ankara Vilayeti. In
Ottoman period, education was advanced in Ayaş. In 1900, there were eight
medrese
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...
s, two primary
mektep
A kuttab ( ''kuttāb'', plural: ''kataatiib'', ) or maktab () is a type of elementary school in the Muslim world. Though the ''kuttab'' was primarily used for teaching children in reading, writing, grammar, and Islamic studies, such as memorizing ...
s and one
rüşdiye.
Composition
There are 33
neighbourhoods
A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...
in Ayaş District:
Mahalle
Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
* Akkaya
* Başayaş
* Başbereket
* Bayat
* Bayram
* Camiatik
* Çanıllı Çiğdemci
* Çanıllı Uluyol
* Dervişimam
* Emine Tevfika Ayaşlı
* Evci
* Ferahfaki
* Feruz
* Gençali
* Gökçebağ
* Gökler
* Hacımemi
* Hacırecep
* Hacıveli
* İlhanköy
* Ilıca
* Oltan
* Ömeroğlu
* Ortabereket
* Pınaryaka
* Şeyhmuhittin
* Sinanlı Cuma
* Sinanlı Hocasinan
* Sinanlı Mahkeme
* Tekke
* Uğurçayırı
* Ulupınar
* Yağmurdede
Picture gallery
File:Ayaş Ankara Türkiye - panoramio (4).jpg, Ayaş houses
File:Ayaş, 06710 Bayram-Ayaş-Ankara, Turkey - panoramio (4).jpg, Ulu Cami
File:Ayaş, Ankara, Türkiye - panoramio (4).jpg
File:Ayaş Ankara türkiye - panoramio (2).jpg
See also
* Ayaş Tunnel
The Ayaş Tunnel () is a railway tunnel under construction near Ayaş town of Ankara Province in Central Anatolia, Turkey. It was initially projected to shorten the railway line connecting Ankara with Istanbul.
Background
The construction of ...
, railway tunnel under construction, which will be Turkey's longest when completed.
References
External links
District governor's official website
District municipality's official website
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Populated places in Ankara Province
Districts of Ankara Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey