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Bahçelievler, Çankaya — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Where to stay in Bahçelievler
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Beds sit in the residential blocks of Bahçelievler rather than in the hotel rows of central Ankara, and most visitors choosing them are here for Anıtkabir, the Atatürk and War of Independence Museum, or a fixture at Başkent Volleyball Hall. The Ankara Ice Palace sits within the same reach. This is a residential address.
Anyone basing here walks flat streets toward Ankara University, and the low-rise blocks still answer to the name houses with gardens.
About Bahçelievler
What are the main landmarks in Bahçelievler?
Anıtkabir heads the landmark list. Ten towers in the district carry names of their own, Zafer Kulesi, Hürriyet Kulesi, İstiklâl Kulesi, Cumhuriyet Kulesi, İnkılap Kulesi, Misak-ı Milli Kulesi, 23 Nisan Kulesi, Müdafaa-i Hukuk Kulesi, Mehmetçik Kulesi and Barış Kulesi. Museums crowd in beside them: the Atatürk and War of Independence Museum, the Ataturk Education Museum, the Professor Doctor Ülker Muncuk Museum and the Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu Müzesi.
Skaters get the Ankara Ice Palace.
What is the history of Bahçelievler?
The name records the plan: Bahçelievler means houses with gardens in Turkish. That intention still shows in a low-rise quarter of Çankaya rather than a tower district. Commemoration of the War of Independence anchors much of what stands here, from the Atatürk and War of Independence Museum to towers named Misak-ı Milli Kulesi, Müdafaa-i Hukuk Kulesi and İstiklâl Kulesi.
Ankara University wrote its own record into these streets. The Ankara Üniversitesi Tarihi Müzesi keeps it.
Where is Bahçelievler?
Bahçelievler lies within the municipality and district of Çankaya, a temperate pocket of Ankara Province. The ground here is built up.
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Updated August 2026