Statue of Victory in the Ulus district

On the right you can see the "Statue of Victory" showing Atatürk on a horse and two soldiers. Look at the building in the middle - "Sumer holding". At the moment their civilization went down the Sumerians probably followed the good old saying "If everything fails, go into sales!".

One day in Ankara

October 18th 2009
Day 4 Arriving with the night train from Istanbul at dawn I reached Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. Welcome to Anatolia! As you will see in the images, this place is already quite different from Istanbul. I stored my backpack at the station and went into the city getting awake, bought some fresh bread and cheese for breakfast and after that basically just walked through the cent ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Ankara

Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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