TREASURE PLACES ANKARA

ANKARA TREASURE PLACES

The settlement date dates back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization in Ankara. This is followed by Hittite civilization in the second millennium, Christians, Persians, Macedonians, Galatians, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Seljuks and Ottomans, respectively. in Ankara and named as Ankarapithecus meteai.

ANKARA TREASURE PLACES

The known history of Ankara dates back to the Paleolithic Age  Various works of this period were found in Gâvurkale, Ergazi, Lodumlu and Maltepe.
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It was made by the Turkish Historical Society in 1937 at Eti Yokuşu. Dr. The report of the excavations managed by Şevket Aziz Kansu was published in 1937 under the name of Etiyokuşu excavation report

This report states that this place was inhabited at least 3000 BC. In the first part of the report, the Paleolithic tools obtained in graviye and in the second part, ceramics and various other culture items collected in the Kalkslitik settlement were examined in detail and their inventory was published.
The Hittites Period.

TREASURE PLACES ANKARA

The Hittites were the first political union in Anatolia in 2000 BC. The oldest ruins in Ankara city center and its surroundings belong to the Hatti civilization that ruled in the Bronze Age. As there is no information about Ankara in the written documents until the Hellenistic period, the information about Ankara in the Hittite period can be reached through the centers in Central Anatolia  which reveal this period and culture, and the descriptions of lions and sphinxes around Ankara . There is no evidence that the known Ankara was a settlement within the borders of today's city.
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It is believed that Ankawa, the Hittite city, is not today Ankara


Finds about the old Ankara are exhibited in the Ankara gallery of the Anatolian Civilizations Museum. First published in 1950, Avram Galanti belongs to Ankara History Book II. section is shown.

The Phrygian Period ..
In the early 12th century BC, the Hittite Empire was overthrown by the invasion of the sea clans entering Anatolia through the Straits.  The Phrygians dominated Ankara and its surroundings. The first king of the Phrygians was Gordias, who gave his name to Gordion. According to the historian Arianos, Gordias married a woman from Thelmessos (Fethiye) and had a son named Midas. Midas is the most known and famous king of the Phrygians who have no definite information about the past. However, according to some researches, it is said that the Phrygians gave their name to all the kings as Midas.

The city of Gordion is located within the boundaries of Polatlı district, which is 76 km away from present-day Ankara.

In the Phrygian tradition, which is described as the foundation of Ankara, King Midas is considered the leader of the establishment of Ankara.

The Lydian traveler Pausanias, who lived in the middle of the second century, gives information about the settlements of Galatians in Anatolia and also mentions Ankara. He tells that Ankara was founded by Midas who was the son of Gordios and that he was a city of Phrygians. Pausanias, who had to make a statement for the name of th

Greek and Latin ship anchors, tried to give the meaning behind the name of the city by saying that the anchor of Midas found in the temple of Jupiter (Zeus) until its time. Gene Pausanias states in the said text that the source of water, known with the name of Midas, was written in the city of Ankyra and said, ve Here the Galatians took the city of Ankyra. P

The presence of Phrygian in Ankara reveals itself in the vicinity of the Ankara station, in the vicinity of the city hall, in Çankırıkapı, at the foundations of the Temple of Augustus and the building of the Turkish Historical Society.