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A Tourist in Ankara

First published in Turkish in 2020. Places and prices may have changed since.

After years of going to Ankara for work, I spent a weekend turning the city upside down as a tourist: museums and döner shops, esnaf lokantası tradesmen’s restaurants and coffee places. And of course I made you a video (in Turkish), with my friend and director Berat Tunç (@berattunc)!

Places · 16

Checked November 2026

In the videoPlaceMap
0:16Ethnography MuseumOpen in Maps →
0:20Güven ParkOpen in Maps →
0:22Kuğulu ParkOpen in Maps →
0:24Holiday Inn ÇukurambarOpen in Maps →
0:36Boğaziçi LokantasıOpen in Maps →
0:40Düveroğlu, AnıttepeOpen in Maps →
0:50Ankara Castle Gate and Clock TowerOpen in Maps →
0:53Museum of Anatolian CivilizationsOpen in Maps →
0:57Cici PiknikOpen in Maps →
0:59Süha DönerOpen in Maps →
1:07AnıtkabirOpen in Maps →
1:35Painting and Sculpture MuseumOpen in Maps →
2:04Çankaya LokantasıOpen in Maps →
2:07Göksu LokantasıOpen in Maps →
2:10f451 BrewOpen in Maps →
2:14ShadesOpen in Maps →

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