Ankara

Friday 30/05/2014 and Saturday 31/05/2014 - Ankara


Bus journey from Amasra to Bartin to Ankara

Last minutes in Amasra, awaiting the dolmus.

 Monument in Bartin.

 Bartin's "Otogar" with the bus for Ankara.

Ankara, flood after a heavy hail storm.

Anitkabir, the Ataturk mausoleum and memorial.

The mausoleum.

 Wedding decorations, I suppose...

Two nice "pide" for us (5TL:pide, ~2€)

Saturday 31/05/2014

Old Ancara, citadel area, walls build from "recycled" stones.

The suberb Museum of Anotolian Civilisations.

 Neolithic period, around 5000 BC.
(Göbekli Tepe obelisks)

 Terracotta marriage cerificate,
about 10cm x 10cm, 1800 BC.

Terracotta certificate of divorce (true!),
about 10cm x 10cm, 1800 BC.

 Lion of the Aslantepe gate.

 King Mattalu statue,
about 4m high.

 Deer statue.

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