Keçiören is a municipality and

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, Turkey. Its area is 159 km², and its population is 939,279 (2022). It is a crowded district in the northern part of the city of

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. Its elevation is . The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district.

Composition

There are 51

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in Keçiören District: * 19 Mayıs * 23 Nisan * Adnan Menderes * Aktepe * Aşağı Eğlence * Atapark * Ayvalı * Bademlik * Bağlarbaşı * Bağlum Güzelyurt * Basınevleri * Çaldıran * Çalseki * Çiçekli * Emrah * Esertepe * Etlik * Güçlükaya * Gümüşdere * Güzelyurt * Hasköy * Hisar * İncirli * Kafkas * Kalaba * Kamil Ocak * Kanuni * Karakaya * Karargahtepe * Karşıyaka * Kavacık Subayevleri * Köşk * Kösrelik * Kuşcağız * Osmangazi * Ovacık * Pınarbaşı * Sancaktepe * Sarıbeyler * Şefkat * Şehit Kubilay * Şenlik * Şenyuva * Tepebaşı * Ufuktepe * Uyanış * Yakacık * Yayla * Yeşilöz * Yeşiltepe * Yükseltepe

Etymology

From Kiçivirân or Kiçiören (small ruins). The first part is unrelated to keçi (goat), but rather a dissimilation of older ''*kiçi'' ("small"), from

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*kičüg.

Politics

Until the 1950s this was a green and pleasant area outside the city, but in recent years has become a large district of housing for Ankara's working class. The

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has his Ankara residence within the district. The incumbent mayor of Keçiören is Mesut Özarslan of the secular main opposition

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. In August 2018 the Municipality decided not to issue business licenses to American brands including

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and

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as a response to the U.S. sanctions on Turkey. In 2024 the municipal council unanimously decided to ban all the signs in foreign languages and require the usage of exclusively Turkish, with the exception of business branding.

Sports

The sports club Keçiörengücü is based in Keçiören.

Prominent neighbourhoods

* Etlik, on high ground overlooking the city * İncirli

Places of interest

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's headquarters during the

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, today used by the department of meteorology The current administration has made efforts to decorate the mass of dull concrete that the area mainly consists of. The new buildings include a huge artificial waterfall and many other pools and fountains, and a concrete replica of the Hungarian

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Castle. The district has a high ranking science high school called Keçiören Patriot Martyr Major General Aydoğan Aydın Science High School. Its the eighth best overall high school in Ankara as of 2024 with its high LGS score. Keçiören has a two-station

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, the Keçiören Gondola, which connects the neighborhoods Tepebaşı (Cumhuriyet station) and Kavacık Subayevleri (Atatürk station). As of November 2013, it is the only in Ankara and Turkey's longest urban gondola lift line with its length of .

Keçiören children's games

To many Turkish people the name Keçiören evokes a popular children's TV outdoor game show (similar to the British It's a Knockout) of the 1980s, which was recorded in the district.

Demographics

Sister Cities of Keçiören Municipality

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Mayors of Government Keçiören Municipality

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

Melih Gökçek İbrahim Melih Gökçek (; born 20 October 1948) is a Turkish politician who served as the mayor of Ankara from 1994 to 2017. From 1991 to 1994, he was an MP. Gökçek has won municipal elections in 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, and was controversial ...

ANAP *

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Hamza Kırmızı SHP *

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Turgut Altınok MHP *

–2001 Turgut Altınok Fazilet Party * 2001–

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Turgut Altınok

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Mustafa Ak

–2024 March Turgut Altınok

* 2024 March – Present Mesut Özarslan

References

External links

District State Website

District governor's official website

District municipality's official website

District Service Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kecioren Populated places in Ankara Province Districts of Ankara Province Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey