Mithatpaşa Avenue is one of the important streets and business centers 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 ( ...
,
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. It is named after
Mithat Pasha who is known as one of the proponents of
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
constitution in the second half of the 19th century.
Geography
Mithatpaşa Avenue runs about in southwest to northwest direction.
Kocatepe Mosque is at the south east end and
Sıhhiye Square is at the northwest end. The street is a gentle ramp where the southeast end is about higher than the other end. Two other busy streets intersect with Mithatpaşa Avenue;
Ziyagökalp Boulevard and
Meşrutiyet Avenue.
History
During the early years of the Republic, Ankara was a small city. Modern Ankara was developed after the city was proclaimed the capital. As a result of series of plans (like that of Lörcher in 1925s and that of
Hermann Jansen in 1930s) new Ankara was developed.
Archaeologic history of Ankara
/ref> Mithatpaşa Avenue is a part of this development.
Traffic
Mithatpaşa Avenue is a one way arterial road. The traffic flows to Sıhhiye Square. Public buses to the west of the city center follow the route from Meşrutiyet Avenue to Mithatpaşa Avenue and eventually they pass to the west side by an overpass in Sıhhiye Square.
See also
* Mithat Pasha
References
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Streets in Ankara
Transportation in Ankara