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My Hometown: Ankara

Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is located in central Anatolia. It's a long way from anywhere else.
It is the second biggest city of the Turkey, but the most important thing is the fact that it is my hometown:).

   

The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal, nee Ataturk, (Anit Kabir) is "Quite The Big Thing" to see in Ankara.
The tomb is reachable after walking down this long, contemplative promenade. You need to look down to pass this road with little holes on it. This pose forms a respect position to Ataturk(great father of Turks).

   

Statues of male soldiers guard the entrance.

   

Female allegorical statues at the end of the promenade represent something -- Grief and Agriculture would be my bet.

   

Ataturk's mausoleum (Anit Kabir).

   

The sarcophagus of Ismet Inonu, Ataturk's right-hand man.

   

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesi) in Ankara displays an exhaustive collection of the early civilizations in Turkey.

   

I recall mostly Hittite and Phrygian artifacts, but there were many more cultures represented.

   

Old Byzantine house in the Hisar (fortress) in old Ankara.

   

Kocatepe Mosque (Kocatepe Cami), one of the biggest mosque in the world.This mosque was started in 1967 and finished in 1987.

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