Farout Turkey, Ankara

Ankara is the capital and the second biggest city in Turkey. While being a new city as it stands now the region is steeped in history, the area that is now the city of Ankara was home to a few thousand people in the early 20th century. When the modern republic of Turkey was created, the leader Ataturk disbanded the old Ottoman government and moved it to Ankara, due to its place in the heart of Turkey. With the Capital going from a population of roughly 5 million since the 1920s, people from all across Turkey came to work and live in the capital creating a mixture of all types of Turkish culture in one place. Ankara Turkey tourism has a lot to offer, you can tour Ankara Turkey with Farout. Tourism in Ankara Turkey has never been easier. Great tourism places in Ankara Turkey are described in more detail below, including some of the best Ankara tourist attractions:

Ankara has is filled with modern and ancient history. Antikabir is the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, inside is also a museum of war and independence with a large collection of Ataturk memorabilia.

Ankara Castle is an ideal place to visit to get to know the culture and history in a short time, within five minutes’ walk of the castle is the Rahmi Koc Museum, Museum of Anatolian civilisations and Cangelhan.

Where Ankara now resides used to the be the city of Gordian, which was the home of King Midas the mythical king whose touch turned everything to gold, his resting place can be found in suburban Ankara. The city was also home to the Gordian knot, which was claimed to have been nearly impossible to loosen, this claim was backed up by the legend saying he who loosens or undoes it would have been the ruler of Asia.