Yenimahalle, Ankara
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| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Central Anatolia |
| Province | Ankara |
| Government | |
| - Governor | İbrahim Çay |
| - Mayor | Ahmet Duyar |
| Area | |
| - District | 274 km² (105.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 830 m (2,723 ft) |
| Population (2000)[1] | |
| - District | 553,344 |
| - Density | 2,019.5/km² (5,230.5/sq mi) |
| - Urban | 534,109 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Postal code | 06xxx |
| Area code(s) | 0312 |
| Licence plate | 06 |
| Website: www.yenimahalle.gov.tr | |
Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2000 census, population of the district is 553,344 of which 534,109 live in the urban center of Yenimahalle, but there is an outlying rural population of 19,235.[1][2] The district covers an area of 274 km² (106 sq mi),[3] and the average elevation is 830 m (2,723 ft).
The name Yenimahalle means the new quarter and in the late 1940s the area of open land to the west of the city was allocated for civil servants and workers housing. This grew with the construction of the E5 highway through the area and even more when the metro was built. Today the district mainly consists of large estates of apartment buildings and although the area is being filled up with concrete buildings there is still green space, tennis courts and other sports areas. There is some illegal building at the edge of the district but Yenimahalle is mainly planned development.
82 % of the working population are civil servants or workers in the city of Ankara. There is also a large retired community, and a small but growing number of traders and shopkeepers. Ankara's largest industrial area, OSTIM, is on the edge of the district too. The rural areas are used mainly for growing grains and pulses.
The council is controlled by the ruling Justice and Development Party (Turkey) (AKP), who have gathered votes by great investment in infrastructure especially the metro.
The headquarters of the national intelligence service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı is in Yenimahalle.
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[edit] Prominent neighbourhoods
- Çayyolu - Quiet, attractive area, with many modern housing complexes and smart shopping centres, outside the city centre but the metro system now reaches the district which is also near to many university buildings and is thus popular with students. Location of note include the exotically named Bangabandhu Şeyh Mucibur Rahman Boulevard, Tea Way Barbershop and the well-known Ömürlü köfte restaurant. Includes the posh Ümitköy villas and many luxury apartments.
- Batıkent - Large area of cheap-ish apartment buildings for Ankara's middle-class. Once quiet and distant from the city, but less so now the metro reaches out here. Once there was plenty of open space but now much of the area has been filled in with estates of tower blocks.
- Yenimahalle - the original centre of the district, now swamped by all the housing estates surrounding it.
- Demetevler, Şentepe and Karşıyaka - worker's housing
[edit] Places of interest
- Akköprü - a bridge over the Ankara River, built by the Seljuk Turks in 1222, on the old trade route to Baghdad.
- Atatürk Orman Çiftliği - park and farm, financed by Atatürk personally to provide a place of recreation and agriculture in the city. Contains Ankara Zoo and a full-size replica of the house in Salonica where Atatürk was born.
- 75. yıl Ankara Hippodrome - a large racetrack
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Turkish Statistical Institute. Census 2000, Key statistics for urban areas of Turkey (XLS) (Turkish). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ GeoHive. Statistical information on Turkey's administrative units (English). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Statoids. Statistical information on districts of Turkey (English). Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
[edit] References
- Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. Geographical information on Yenimahalle, Turkey (English). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- Governorship of Ankara, Turkey. General information on Yenimahalle, Ankara (Turkish). Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
[edit] External links
- District governor's official website (Turkish)
- District municipality's official website (Turkish)
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