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Ankara Castle (Turkish: Ankara Kalesi ) is an historic fortification in the city of  Ankara ,  Turkey , constructed in or after the 7th century. It was built on the highest part of the old city of Ankara, which offers panoramic views of the city in all directions. Photo Gallery The below photos were taken on 03/25/2023.   The clock tower and the main gate

Courtyard of Museum of Anatolian Civilizations The Anatolians were Indo-European -speaking peoples of the Anatolian Peninsula in present-day Turkey , identified by their use of the Anatolian languages . The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations  ⭐is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in Ankara, Turkey. Map of the geographic region of Anatolia ( Golden , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)   Within this Ottoman building, the museum has a number of exhibits of Anatolian archeology . They start with the Paleolithic era, and continue chronologically through the Neolithic , Early Bronze, Assyrian trading colonies, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartian, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuq and Ottoman periods. [1] Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, which ran through the historic Silk Road trading route . Century after century, the area was raided and invaded by a who's who of European empire builders. The Hittites, the Persians, Alexander the Great,...

Armada AVM  一 a premier shopping mall in Ankara Armada AVM  (Alışveriş Ve İş Merkezi or Armada Shopping and Business Center⭐ ) is a large modern shopping mall located in central district of Ankara at Eskişehir Road, right near the Main Bus Station.  To enter the shopping area, there were security checks at two entrance gates, which was only witnessed here in Turkey during our tour. Photo Gallery Our tour stayed in the  Grand Mercure Ankara which is next to the Armada mall.  The below photos were taken before and after dinner on 03/24/2023.  As you can see, there were more people coming out in the evening than before it.  Note that my photos tend to take pictures when no crowd appears in them. Late Afternoon Sitting area on the roof of skybridge View from the roof of skybridge Restaurant staffs preparing for dinner at  Grand Mercure Ankara Lobby of  Grand Mercure Ankara Early Evening References Armada Alışveriş Merkezi Resmi Website...