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- Ankara
- Capital
- Turkish Lira (TRL)
- Currency
- 66,493,970
- Population
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Ankara Slideshow
Ankara
Travel Blogs from Ankara, Turkey
Resting and relaxing bofore the south coastline
... more about the crusades If you want to learn more about mythological gods If you want to taste something new Turkey is the place you must visit. And this the place you should go right after you landed in esonboga airport, Ankara (the capitol), Turkey. ...
The Sick Bug
Well I seem to have gotten a bacteria that is making me unbelievably sick. My poor stomach just does not handle change well. This is really knocking me down. Couldn't even go to my class today because I felt so sick. Everyone in my group though is so ...
Village visit
... went out to lunch then boarded a bus for a trip. We went to a small agricultural village about an hour and a half outside Ankara in Central Anatolia, although its name escapes me. When we arrived, all I saw was poverty, although this village is one of ...
Turkish busses
... drink cay, that's about it. Bigger cities have bigger stations and are better organized. The big cities however, like Izmir and Ankara, have bus stations looking and working like smaller airports. Super clean, lots of desks to buy your last minute ticket, ...
Sneaking off to Cappadocia a day early...
Our official itinerary for today was to spend the day in Ankara visiting with 2 groups that are working to protect the human rights of gay, lesbian, and trans-gendered minorities here. A worthy cause, but we decided to take a "day off" from our meetings ...
Turkey
... the Europe and Asia sıde of Istanbul. Some of the most expensive homes worldwde are located here. We then boarded an overnght trın to Ankara the capitol. Hard to sleep on a movng train. Arrived ın the mornıng and took a tour through the Anatolıan ...
Lunch in Ankara
... hot air balloons? Did we come to swim in the Hot Spring baths from the days of Christ or did we come to see the ancient Bazaars that still exist at the bridge where East meets West? Or did this trip begin because we simply wanted to have lunch in ...
paradise on earth
another email from another spot of paradise. staying ın a coastal town called Fetıye. since the last email i was on a town called Koygıez. we hired bikes and went for a cycle to a waterfall outsıde the town. the weather began turning nasty but we ...
Well hello again all still alive and ...
Well, hello again all. Still alive and drinking beer in an Internet cafe which is in Cappadocia (Rock formations) and we are staying in a rock hotel (room is buried into the mountains, real fun!). As for the rest of the trip, I have to keep this down ...
An English Language Fellow (ELF)in Turkey 2010-201
... that developed between Tom and I and her and her family is the main reason I was excited to accept an offer in Turkey. So when I arrived in Ankara her husband, Yalcin, picked me up from the airport and took me immediately to their home for a welcome ...
Ankara - Soğuksu Milli Parkı
... km. uzaklıktaki kaplıcaları ile ünlü Kızılcahamam ilçesine 2 km. mesafede bulunan Milli Park'a Ankara-İstanbul karayolu ile ulaşılmaktadır. Özelliği: İç Anadolu stebinde kuzey Anadolu'nun gür ...
Back in Ankara
I've mostly been catching up on sleep the last few days since I've been back. Nothing too exciting has happened, just classes. I went to one of my classes for the first real lecture. Its one of my International Relation courses, actually the hardest ...
Finally...Ankara
Finally after long hours in planes and airports (roughly 20 hours to be exact), I arrived in Ankara, Turkey. What a relief but of course my adventures and stress have just begun. Arriving at the (very small) airport of Ankara, I was so relieved to walk ...
Exploring the Ancient Ruins of the Hittites
... and had dinner together. Zati then drove us to the bus station where we waited for our bus to Cappadocia. Our bus departed Ankara at 1:45am and arrived in Avanos (village in Cappadocia) at 5:30am. Although traveling by bus is cheaper than flying and ...
Ankara, METU, and the Legacy of Mustafa Kemal
... nbsp; III. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk In 1923 war hero and President Mustafa Kemal moved the capitol of Turkey from Istanbul to Ankara. He did so for several reasons. He wished to firmly solidify the break with the Ottoman past. Also, it was ...
Hauptstadt und Unwetter
... kleines bisschen schlafen (nachdem wir schon um 5 Uhr morgens gestartet sind und nur 2 Stunden Schlaf hatten). Angekommen in Ankara, der ( zumindest politischen) Hauptstadt, haben wir erst mal Atatürk, den türkischen Staatsgründer besucht. Seine ...
Starting Off in Ankara
... ; We arrived in Istanbul at about 4:00 their time. We quickly went through passport control and just made our flight to Ankara. This flight was about an hour long, nothing compared to the other flight! We were driven to our hotel, the ...