🇹🇷 Keçiören is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a crowded district in the northern part of the city of Ankara. The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district.
Composition There are 51 neighbourhoods in Keçiören District: • 19 Mayıs • 23 Nisan • Adnan Menderes • Aktepe • Aşağı Eğlence • Atapark • Ayvalı • Bademlik • Bağlarbaşı • Bağlum Güzelyurt • Basınevleri • Çaldıran • Çalseki • Çiçekli • Emrah • Esertepe • Etlik • Güçlükaya • Gümüşdere • Güzelyurt • Hasköy • Hisar • İncirli • Kafkas • Kalaba • Kamil Ocak • Kanuni • Karakaya • Karargahtepe • Karşıyaka • Kavacık Subayevleri • Köşk • Kösrelik • Kuşcağız • Osmangazi • Ovacık • Pınarbaşı • Sancaktepe • Sarıbeyler • Şefkat • Şehit Kubilay • Şenlik • Şenyuva • Tepebaşı • Ufuktepe • Uyanış • Yakacık • Yayla • Yeşilöz • Yeşiltepe • Yükseltepe
Etymology The name Keçiören comes from "keçi" (goat) and "ören" (ruins). Ankara is famous for its goat (Ankara Keçisi), which is used as a source of Angora clothing such as Angora sweatshirts. The area was used for stock breeding long before it became a suburban area.
Politics Until the 1950s this was a green and pleasant area outside the city, but in recent years has become a large district of housing for Ankara's working class. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has his Ankara residence within the district.
In August 2018, the Municipality decided not to issue business licenses to American brands including McDonald's, Starbucks and Burger King as a response to the U.S. sanctions on Turkey.
Sport The sports club Keçiörengücü is based in Keçiören.
Prominent neighbourhoods • Etlik, located on high ground, overlooking the city • İncirli
Places of interest Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's headquarters during the Turkish War of Independence, today used by the department of meteorology
The current administration has made efforts to decorate the mass of dull concrete that the area mainly consists of. The new buildings include a huge artificial waterfall and many other pools and fountains, and a concrete replica of the Hungarian Esztergom Castle.
Keçiören has a two-station aerial lift, the Keçiören Gondola, which connects the neighborhoods Tepebaşı (Cumhuriyet station) and Kavacık Subayevleri (Atatürk station). As of November 2013, it is the only in Ankara and Turkey's longest urban gondola lift line with its length of 1,653 m (5,423 ft).
Keçiören children's games To many Turkish people the name Keçiören evokes a popular children's TV outdoor game show (similar to the British It's a Knockout) of the 1980s, which was recorded in the district.
Keçiören has a population of over 817,262 people. Keçiören also forms part of the wider Ankara metropolitan area which has a population of over 5,639,076 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Keçiören has links with:
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🇹🇲 Turkmenbashi 40.031
🇺🇸 Noblesville 40.05
🇦🇱 Gjirokastër 40.067
🇺🇸 Burlington 40.076
🇺🇸 Mount Holly 39.995
🇺🇸 Toms River 39.994
🇪🇸 Castellón de la Plana 39.985
🇪🇸 Castelló de la Plana 39.985
🇺🇸 Lower Merion 39.983
🇪🇸 Talavera de la Reina 39.959
Locations Near: Keçiören 32.8667,40
🇹🇷 Altındağ 32.867,39.95 d: 5.6
🇹🇷 Ankara 32.841,39.939 d: 7.1
🇹🇷 Çankaya 32.883,39.917 d: 9.4
🇹🇷 Kırıkkale 33.5,39.833 d: 57.1
🇹🇷 Çankırı 33.617,40.6 d: 92.2
🇹🇷 Karabük 32.617,41.183 d: 133.3
Antipodal to: Keçiören -147.133,-40
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17506.4
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16630.4
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16349.5
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16243.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13322.9
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13194.5
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13175.8
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 13175.4