Keçiören


Keçiören is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 159 km2, and its population is 939,279. It is a crowded district in the northern part of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is. The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district.
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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

From Kiçivirân or Kiçiören. The first part is unrelated to keçi, but rather a dissimilation of older *kiçi, from Proto-Turkic *kičüg.

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. The incumbent mayor of Keçiören is Mesut Özarslan of the secular main opposition Republican People's Party.
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.
In 2024 the municipal council unanimously decided to ban all the signs in foreign languages and require the usage of exclusively Turkish, with the exception of business branding.

Sports

The sports club Keçiörengücü is based in Keçiören.

Prominent neighbourhoods

Places of interest

'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.
The district has a high ranking science high school called Keçiören Patriot Martyr Major General Aydoğan Aydın Science High School. Its the eighth best overall high school in Ankara as of 2024 with its high LGS score.
Keçiören has a two-station aerial lift, the Keçiören Gondola, which connects the neighborhoods Tepebaşı and Kavacık Subayevleri. As of November 2013, it is the only in Ankara and Turkey's longest urban gondola lift line with its length of.

Keçiören children's games

To many Turkish people the name Keçiören evokes a popular children's TV outdoor game show of the 1980s, which was recorded in the district.

Sister Cities of Keçiören Municipality

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Mayors of Government Keçiören Municipality