The capital is a city of monuments and museums, with a castle quarter and the best collection of ancient Anatolian artefacts anywhere.
Atatürk’s mausoleum, a vast colonnaded monument on a hill, with a museum of his life and the War of Independence.
Hittite, Phrygian and Neolithic treasures in a restored bazaar building below the castle, including finds from Çatalhöyük.
Walk the walls and the lanes of the old town inside them for views over the city.
A restored Ottoman quarter of timber houses, cafés and craft shops at the foot of the castle.
A fifteenth-century mosque built against the wall of a Roman temple, in the centre of old Ankara.
The remains of a large bath complex in the Ulus district.
The city’s observation tower in Çankaya, with a rotating restaurant.
A contemporary art space in the old railway workshops.
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