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- Ankara
- Capital
- Turkish Lira (TRL)
- Currency
- 66,493,970
- Population
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- Country Code
Ankara Slideshow
Ankara
Travel Blogs from Ankara, Turkey
More Than Skin Deep
... and Aidan experiencing life through their interactions with new friends, new places and new experiences... in their host country... Turkey... as they become bits and pieces of their cultural consumption... A quick snapshot of the boys lives... ...
Capadoccia where the true cavemen live! we ...
Capadoccia, where the true cavemen live! We managed to get out of Istanbul and took an overnight bus to Capadoccia. Capadoccia stands for the 'land of horses'. In ancient times, before the Byzantine empire (or the Roman empire), the people here ...
Survival of the feral dogs: The first week at METU
... who are very invested in geothermal energy and is very intelligent and well versed in all public affairs regarding Turkey. The restaurant we went to was known for it's tradition Turkish cuisine and was absolutely delicious. Today on our first ...
Weighed Down
... way uphill to the Anatolian Museum of Ancient Civilizations. The museum has cherry-picked some of the best artifacts from around Turkey and has done a great job displaying them. Some of the pieces on exhibition here date back to 10,000 ...
Day number 2: Last Day in Turkey
... to the airport at 5:30... to start my 24 hour adventure as I take planes, trains and automobiles on my way back to the States. By the way I love Turkey, the culture, the people and the land... moving from here is bitter sweet as the saying goes. ...
First Backgammon Victory!!!
... "engrave" it into my passport. The rest of the afternoon was spent walking around downtown and the old part of Ankara. I saw a few sights. The highlight was seeing the Museum of Anatolian Civilization. At first I didn't think I would enjoy it ...
capital city
today is a perfect example of why I should not go on group tour. We arrived in the capital late afternoon and went to the Mosoleum of Ataturk (first Turkish leader from 1920 something)I was done in 20 minutes but we spent 2 hours there :( then we went ...
A Vacation in Turkey with Meg
... with... Meg! As Meg's year of European travel was coming to an end, she was able to arrange a visit over to Turkey after working briefly in Greece. We travelled by comfortable Mercedes buses to Cappadocia, Konya and then down to the Mediterranean Coast. ...
Ankara and getting here
... about half way to Ankara. They left me on a rather baron strip with not much traffic and after an hour of no getting a lift an Ankara bus went past and I'm ashamed to say I took it and worse still payed. So I failed my hitching test, but Tim passed with ...
A Beautiful Day
... . At all spots the water was warm and clean. It would be easy to spend a couple of weeks aboard a gulet just cruising around Turkey or the Greek Islands. It is just so relaxing and the time does fly. As I have said previously the Turks are always keen ...
We're in a Hittite Spot
... really aren't that old. (S) My travel partner is right. Ankara is tough. But the Museum was absolutely amazing. Travelers to Turkey would be remiss to not come here. And LEARN! Ya, the hotel was a tragedy. Rough ...
Capadoccia to Ankara
Our last day in Capadoccia, the underground city, lunch then a four hout drive to ...
Come Fly With Me
... performance but those who know me will realise it made no difference. The show finished and as is the case throughout Turkey, the DJ played Tarkan. Tarkan is the Turkish equivalent of Justin Timberlake and his songs are played continually. So much so ...
Off to Iran
Today is my last day in Turkey. I spent a good part of my morning talking to Bilge, her mom and grandfather since it was our last day together. After we finished chit chatting, Bilge took me to the bus station to buy my ticket to Iran. I ...
Spending the day with my new Turkish family!
... a dozen people show up. I spent most of my time chatting with this young Turkish couple I initially contacted before I came to Ankara through the couchsurfing web site. I didn't end up staying at their place as Bilge responded before they did. They ...
The secret behind tooth #6....
... hygiene is a personal passion of mine and i spoke to him at great length (and to the brink of depression for him i think) about turkey's lack of enthusiasm for dental care. he said this was a part of turkey's culture that he was not too proud of. i ...
Arrived in Ankara
... of the planned route however we had no alternative as the Pakistan embassy have added additional rules since we all initially applied. Ankara is interesting, but is a big modern city and doesn't have the character of Istanbul etc. However it has been ...
Getting hot
... going after Istanbul. It wasn't due to poor roads, these were fine. It was the hills that cut our speed down. 70km before Ankara with Rick driving we pulled over to find hot brown water pouring from the roof area. This was the radiator overflow and we ...
TÜRKİYE'NİN CENNET KÖŞELERİ
İZNİK İznik, her avuç toprağı binlerce yıldır kültür kalıntıları ile yoğrulmuş, bölgede, yüzyıllar boyu tarih sayfalarının baş köşelerinde yerini almış ...
TÜRKİYE'NİN CENNET KÖŞELERİ
FOÇA İzmir’in 70 km. kuzeybatısında kalan Foça, İon’ların Ege sahillerinde kurdukları 12 İon kenti arasında en önemli merkezlerden biridir. Foça, tarihi ve arkeolojik öneminin yanı ...
Bath Time
... caravanserai literally means "caravan palace" and during the 13th century many of these were built through Anatolia (the region in Turkey that we are currently in). These were basically early forms of hotels where traders and their camels could rest ...
TÜRKİYE'NİN CENNET KÖŞELERİ
SELÇUKSelçuk, Ege Bölgesinin batısında, İzmir-Aydın karayolunun 73.km yer almaktadır. Denize ve pırıl pırıl kumsala sahip Pamucak plajına uzaklığı 9 km’dir. Tarihçe Antik ...
Turkey - The Reason Why Girls Return
... a 2 year stretch, but for some reason we didn't care. If you're reading this Shirley Valentine or if you are expecting to visit Turkey in hope of romance then think again. Eric had a girl from just about every county in England and even had a Welsh ...
Who Wants to Be a Fıve Hundred Billionaire?
... city all lit up. it was up on a hill and we walked up 4 thousand marble stairs to the restaurant. i have decided that Turkey is probably the most handicap INaccessible place with all of its stairs and steps and multi levels. the vıew was so ...
Ankara - Stormy Weather
... in a minibus from the ticket office in Trabzon right on 7am, connecting with the plush main bus for the journey to Turkey's capital, Ankara. It is slow going. For some ungodly reason, Turkish bus companies do not have a policy of only allowing one entry ...
A Belated Turkey Entry
... have me in. Baked frog, snake or puffin, whatever. For the life of me I cannot understand why you go all the way to Turkey to have a curry or a Chinese. Reluctantly I went with the flow and believe me it wasn't bad, even better considering the entire meal ...
School's out!
... head on and implement some Ionic columns into my next design.... On second thought, that may be a terrible idea. Ankara is the capital city of Turkey, and it is a city that isn't really meant for tourists. The only thing really worth seeing is ...
my bologna has a first name, it's V-O-M-I-T....
... charades communication. it is good practice for me to observe people and learn without using verbal communication. so this is about Turkey and it's rich culture and not about my personal observations about myself. my family's business is onion seed ...