The Central Anatolia
located in the center of Turkey, the Central Anatolia Region is the second largest region in the country after the Eastern Anatolia Region.
Animal husbandry and agriculture, especially the grain production, are very important fort he economy of the region since one-third of grain in Turkey is harvest in this region. Besides hard wheat, which is suitable for making macaroni, bulgur and semolina, beans, chickpeas and a small amount of lentils, one-third of the production of potatoes in the country and sugar beets is grown in the region.
Central Anatolia
Eskisehir Province houses rich meerschaum mines which is a rare claylike mineral. Meerschaum, which is a worldwide known symbol of Eskisehir.
Ankara, the capital city of Turkey is located on the eastern edge of the great, high Anatolian Plateau.
History of the area dates back to the Bronze Age; Hatti Civilization, you can see the traces of the Phrygians around 10th century BC, which are fallowed by Lydians and Persians. Then the Galatians came and a Celtic race who made Ankara their capital in 3rd century BC. They called the city ‘Ancyra’, meaning anchor. Then the city subsequently fell to the Romans, Byzantines, and Seljuks and then to the Ottomans in 1402, until the First World War.
In Ankara, the second largest city of Turkey, you can visit The Mosoleum of Ataturk ‘Anitkabir’, Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ethnographical in Namazgah district, Museum, Ankara Citadel, Temple of Augustus, Roman Bath on Cankiri avenue, Column of Julian in Ulus district, Rahmi Koc Industrial Museum, Artifacts of Pious Foundations Museum.
There thirteen districts in the central Anatolia region: Aksaray, Ankara, Cankiri, Eskishir, Karaman, Kayseri, Kirikkale, Kirsehir, Konya, Nevsehir, Nigde, Sivas and Yozgat.
