Ankara Province

Ankara Province (Turkish: Ankara ili) in central Turkey is the location of the country's capital, the city of Ankara. Ankara also gave its name to the Ottoman Empire's Ankara Province (vilayet) which covered a larger area than the current province. Situated on the large plains of central Anatolia, with mountain forests to the north and the dry plain of Konya to the south. The plain is irrigated by the Kızılırmak and Sakarya River systems, the Sarıyar reservoir and many natural lakes and pools. 50% of the land is used for agriculture, 28% is forest and another 10% is meadow and grazing land. The large salt lake Tuz Golu partly lies in the province. The highest point is the 2,015m Işık Mountain. The climate is hot and dry in summer, rainy...