🇹🇷 Streets, Lights and Vibes: This is ANKARA,TÜRKİYE
Welcome to the Capital! Okay, it may be the city that i live but still i wanna do it. And welcome the series that is calling “My Domestic Diary!”
Actually, everyone says that “Ankara is just grey, noisy and stuff” but nah. When you come Ankara in the middle of your life, yeah you can feel like thta but if you grew up in Ankara; it’s your home. Really. When i go somewhere except Ankara, honestly i miss there. It’s something else but; if you live in Ankara, you can understand me better.
Let’s start with Çankaya. Çankaya is a big district in Ankara. It’s trying to impress you: It’s elite, rich and political. Some streets are lined with embassies and fancy coffee shops, while others are full of parked cars, cracked sidewalks, and that cats that’s always watching you. Walk long enough and you’ll see both elegance and exhaustion. It’s the part of Ankara that knows how to carry its weight.
Çukurambar, is a neighbourhood in Çankaya. It looks polished but still smells a little new, like a room that hasn’t been lived in yet. It’s where people go to be seen: clean apartments, shiny cars, overpriced coffee. You see teenagers posing for Instagram, adults talking business like they’re in a Netflix crime series. It’s kind of Ankara’s heart.
Okay, let’s go with Kızılay. I’m not gonna lie, Kızlay isn’t pretty, but it’s hits different when you go there with your friends. The metro breathes people in and spits them out. Every corner has a memory: protest chants, burnt chestnuts, breakup conversations held next to simit sellers. You see guys blasting rap on tiny speakers and girls reading poetry in secondhand bookstores. Kızılay is the part of the city where everyone’s lost and everyone’s moving anyway. People from Ankara usually don’t come here unless they are on business.
Dikmen is quieter. More reality. Here, balconies talk to each other. Some buildings are crumbling, some are still standing tall out of spite. There’s a certain comfort in the repetition: same bakkal, same streetlight, same guy with the same jacket waiting for the same bus. It’s not about excitement; it’s about surviving without making noise.
Bahçelievler has that fake-calm vibe. Where there are mostly university and high school students, with an average age of probably 17 or 18. Students acting like adults, adults acting like they’re still in university. Cafes packed with people writing “the next big thing” or ghosting someone on WhatsApp. The side streets are the best part: kids playing ball, old people walking slowly, life happening without filters. It’s safe, familiar, and just chaotic enough to keep you awake. And Anıtkabir is there, by the way
Actually, there is to many fame who born in Ankara. For example: Arda Güler in Real Madrid FC. He was born in Ankara! The famous singer Sercan İpekçioğlu, in nickname it’s Ezhel, was born in there. Although Tarkan, the megastar of Turkish pop music, was born in Germany but he adopted Ankara as his hometown. Serdar Ortaç, Koray Avcı, Gülben Ergen, Müslüm Gürses, Bülent Ecevit and too many names who was born in Ankara!
Okay, if i wanna add somethings, then i’ll add. But now, goodbye! And a tip: Dont forget to bring your jumper or like that stuff, because ankara is a cold who known as a city.😄🤍
