Sıhhıye Square () is a square in

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. "''Sıhhiye''" is a Turkish word for "Health". Because the former main building of the Ministry of Health was facing Sıhhiye Square from the east. Formerly, it was also called "Lausanne Square" () referring to the city

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where the Conference of Lausanne was held in 1922–1923.

Geography

The square is an intersection of various streets at about . Its longer dimension is on the -broden section of Atatürk Boulevard running from north to south. Mithatpaşa Avenue from the southeast and Necatibey Avenue from the southwest as well as various lesser streets from both sides intersect in the square. The connection between Mithatpaşa and Necatibey avenues is via an overpass. There are also two other overpasses. One is the Celalbayar Boulevard from west to east which has no exit to Sıhhiye Square and the other one is the railway bridge from the Ankara Station in the west to the east. Sıhhiye is also a stop in

Ankara Metro The Ankara Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At present, Ankara's rapid transit system consists of three metro lines – the ''Ankaray (A1)'', the ''M1 - M2 - M3'' and the ''M4''. The Ankaray, M1, M2, M3 ...

History

Before Republican times center of the city was to the north and in place of the square there was a creek. After the Turkish Republic was proclaimed, Ankara was redesigned by a group of urban planners including Hermann Jansen. Sıhhiye Square is developed after this planning.

Hattian sculpture

A massive replica of one of the Hattian

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created by Turkish sculptor Nusret Suman (1905–1978) was erected in the middle of Sıhhiye Square in 1978.Wordpress Online news
/ref> The ancient Hattian cities were near Ankara and some of the most important Hattian, including the one that the sculpture is based on, are now displayed in

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations () 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 Kurşunlu Han. Because of Atatürk's ...

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