Ulus

Ulus is a quarter in , and is located at the center of the capital city. It was once the heart of old Ankara. The name means "tribe, nation" in Turkish.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: city quarter in Ankara, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ulus,” and “Ulus, Ankara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include War of Independence Museum and Ulus Square.

Museum
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , housed in the first Turkish Grand National Assembly building in the Ulus district of , , displays important photographs, documents and furniture from the Turkish War of Independence.

Square
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a square in , . "Ulus" is the Turkish word for "Nation".

Museum
Photo: Gargarapalvin, CC BY 4.0.
İşbank Museum is a museum in , . The official name of the museum is "Economic Independence Museum". This is the second museum of the bank the first being the in . The museum is in facing the Victory Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altındağ and Kızılay.

Town
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is a municipality and a metropolitan district of , . Its area is 123 km2, and its population is 413,994. It covers the northeastern part of the city of . Its elevation is 900 m.

Suburb
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is the city center of in the municipality and district of , . Its population is 1,311. It is named after the Derneği whose former headquarters was located at the .

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
is the capital of , central within the country on the plateau of . It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million, with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.

Ulus

Latitude
39.94193° or 39° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
32.85436° or 32° 51′ 16″ east
Elevation
866 metres (2,841 feet)
United Nations Location Code
TR UUS
Open location code
8GFJWVR3+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2726234691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
298388
Wiki­data ID
Q7880823
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Ulus” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ulus”
  • French: “Ulus”
  • German: “Ulus”
  • Hebrew: “אולוס”
  • Japanese: “ウルシュ”
  • Korean: “울루스”
  • Russian: “Улус”
  • Spanish: “Ulus, Ankara”
  • Spanish: “Ulus”
  • Tatar: “Улус”
  • Turkish: “Ulus, Altındağ”
  • Turkish: “Ulus, Ankara”
  • Turkish: “Ulus”
  • “Ulus”

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