Turkey
Ankara Province
Çankaya District

Kızılay

Kızılay is the city center of in the municipality and district of , . Its population is 1,311. It is named after the Kızılay Derneği whose former headquarters was located at the .
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 1,310 residents
  • Description: mahalle (administrative quarter) in Çankaya, Ankara, west-central Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kizilay”, “Kızılay Mahallesi”, and “Kızılay, Ankara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kızılay Square and Maltepe Mosque.

Square
Photo: Turkey in Photographs, DGPI Archive, No restrictions.
July 15 Kızılay National Will Square, originally , is one of the most important centers and junction points of , .

Mosque
Photo: Reality006, CC BY 3.0.
is a in , . Along with Kocatepe Mosque, it is one of the best known mosques in Ankara.

Monument
Photo: Directorate General of Press and Information, No restrictions.
Güvenlik Anıtı is installed in Güvenpark of , . It was built in 1935. The sculpture is a gratuity to the Turkish police. was designed by Clemens Holzmeister.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ankara and Ulus.

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.

Quarter
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
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.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a municipality and 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. is situated 3½ km north of Kızılay.

Kızılay

Latitude
39.92155° or 39° 55′ 18″ north
Longitude
32.85172° or 32° 51′ 6″ east
Population
1,310
Elevation
878 metres (2,881 feet)
Open location code
8GFJWVC2+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4544835026
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7927358
Wiki­data ID
Q2115982
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Kızılay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Uzbek—“Kızılay” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Казылай (Анкара)”
  • Belarusian: “Казылай”
  • Belarusian: “Кызылай”
  • Catalan: “Kızılay”
  • Chechen: “Кизилай”
  • Chinese: “克孜拉伊”
  • Dutch: “Kızılay”
  • German: “Kızılay”
  • Hebrew: “קיזילאי”
  • Hindi: “किजिले, अंकारा”
  • Irish: “Kızılay”
  • Italian: “Kızılay”
  • Korean: “크즐라이”
  • Persian: “کیزیلای (آنکارا)”
  • Persian: “کیزیلای”
  • Polish: “Kızılay”
  • Russian: “Кызылай”
  • Spanish: “Kızılay, Ankara”
  • Spanish: “Kızılay”
  • Tatar: “Кызылай”
  • Turkish: “Kızılay Mahallesi”
  • Turkish: “Kızılay, Çankaya”
  • Turkish: “Kızılay”
  • Urdu: “کزیلے، انقرہ”
  • Uzbek: “Kızılay”
  • “Kızılay”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Kızılay”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kızılay and Namık Kemal.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Aile ve Sosyal Hizmetler Bakanlığı and Gümrük ve Tic. Bakanlığı Ek Hizmet Binası.

Turkey: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Istanbul, Edirne, Ankara, and Izmir.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kızılay”. Photo: Modern primat, CC BY-SA 4.0.