Ayaş

{{About|the district in Ankara Province|the town in Mersin Province|Ayaş, Mersin}}

{{Infobox Turkey place

| type = metro district

| name = Ayaş

| image_skyline = Ayaş-Panorama.JPG

| image_caption = Ayaş district center

| image_map = Ankara location Ayaş.svg

| map_caption = Map showing Ayaş District in Ankara Province

| coordinates = {{Coord|40|01|N|32|20|E|type:city_region:TR|display=title}}

| province = Ankara

| leader_party = AKP

| leader_name = Burhan Demirbaş

| leader_name1 =

| area_total_km2 = 1041

| elevation_m = 910

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 12998

| population_as_of = 2022

| postal_code = 06710

| area_code = 0312

| website = {{url|http://www.ayas.bel.tr/}}

}}

Ayaş is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,041 km²,{{cite web|url=https://www.harita.gov.tr/uploads/files-folder/il_ilce_alanlari.xlsx|title=İl ve İlçe Yüz ölçümleri|publisher=General Directorate of Mapping|access-date=22 May 2023}} and its population is 12,998 (2022).{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=TÜİK|language=en|format=XLS}} It is 58 km from the city of Ankara, and very rich for historical monuments. Its elevation is {{convert|910|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.

The district is known for its mulberry trees, its tasty tomatoes and its healing mineral water spas, both for drinking and bathing. There is an annual mulberry festival in the town of Ayaş. The town has a long history and is mentioned in folk songs and the journals of the traveller Evliya Çelebi.

History

The citizens of Ayaş were Oghuz tribes as the village names Bayat, Afşar and Peçenek implies. In 1554, it became a sanjak center, and in 1864 it became a Kaza in Ankara Vilayeti. In Ottoman period, education was advanced in Ayaş. In 1900, there were eight medreses, two primary mekteps and one rüşdiye.{{cite book|last=Tuğlacı|first=Pars|title=Osmanlı Şehirleri|publisher=Milliyet Yayınları| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UzH0GAAACAAJ&hl=en|year=1985|language=tr|access-date=2008-03-28}}

Composition

There are 33 neighbourhoods in Ayaş District:[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

Akkaya
Başayaş
Başbereket
Bayat
Bayram
Camiatik
Çanıllı Çiğdemci
Çanıllı Uluyol
Dervişimam
Emine Tevfika Ayaşlı
Evci
Ferahfaki
Feruz
Gençali
Gökçebağ
Gökler
Hacımemi
Hacırecep
Hacıveli
İlhanköy
Ilıca
Oltan
Ömeroğlu
Ortabereket
Pınaryaka
Şeyhmuhittin
Sinanlı Cuma
Sinanlı Hocasinan
Sinanlı Mahkeme
Tekke
Uğurçayırı
Ulupınar
Yağmurdede

Picture gallery

File:Ayaş Ankara Türkiye - panoramio (4).jpg|Ayaş houses

File:Ayaş, 06710 Bayram-Ayaş-Ankara, Turkey - panoramio (4).jpg|Ulu Cami

File:Ayaş, Ankara, Türkiye - panoramio (4).jpg

File:Ayaş Ankara türkiye - panoramio (2).jpg

References

External links

[http://www.ayas.gov.tr/ District governor's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
[http://www.ayas.bel.tr/ District municipality's official website] {{in lang|tr}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080214131239/http://ayas.meb.gov.tr/ilcemiz_ayas/ilcemiz_ayas_harita.html Map of Ayaş district] {{in lang|tr}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.kenthaber.com/IlceDetay.aspx?ID=68 |title=General information on Ayaş district of Ankara |access-date=2008-03-28 |author=Kenthaber Uluslararası İnternet Med.Yay.Ltd.Şti. |language=tr |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060108063948/http://www.kenthaber.com/IlceDetay.aspx?ID=68 |archive-date=2006-01-08 }}

Category:Populated places in Ankara Province

Category:Districts of Ankara Province

Category:Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey