Batikent
Batıkent is a city near Ankara, Turkey.
Batıkent is a city near Ankara, Turkey. It is a suburban residential area located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the city, and Ankara's largest suburb. The population is approximately 200,000, mainly middle-class families; it is a popular residential area for students and government workers. The dominant dwelling types are semi-detached and detached houses, and apartment buildings.
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Worth seeing in and around Batikent
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Ankara University
Ankara University is a public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the Turkish republic in 1923.
8.4 km · state university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 02Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University is a public research university located in Ankara, Turkey. The university offers 41 undergraduate programs across five faculties and 105 master's and 70 doctoral programs through five graduate schools.
8.4 km · state university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 03National Library of Turkey
The National Library of Turkey is the national library of Turkey, located in Ankara. It was founded on April 15, 1946.
8.8 km · national library · Wikipedia - 04Bilkent University
Bilkent University is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research in 1984.
9.3 km · private university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 05Gazi University
Gazi University is a public research university located primarily in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1926 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk originally as the Gazi Education Institute, has evolved into a comprehensive institution.
7.5 km · state university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 06Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University is a public research university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967.
9.2 km · state university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 07Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
The Ankara 19 May Stadium was the main stadium of Ankara and was used by Gençlerbirliği and Ankaragücü as their home venue, until its closure in 2018. It was built in 1930 and is part of the 19 Mayıs Sports Complex, which is located in the Ulus district.
9.6 km · football stadium in Ankara · Wikipedia - 08Başkent University
Başkent University is a private university in Ankara, Turkey. The university was founded on 13 January 1994 by Professor Dr.
9.7 km · private university in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 09Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo
Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo is an expansive recreational farming area, which houses a zoo, several small agricultural farms, greenhouses, restaurants, a dairy farm and a brewery in Ankara, Turkey. The farm and the zoo are under the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture and Village Affairs.
5.4 km · forest farm and zoo in Ankara, Turkey · Wikipedia - 10Nation's Library
The Nation's Library of the Presidency, also simply called the Nation's Library, is a public library in the Republic of Turkey. Located inside the Presidential Complex in Ankara, the library was established in 2016 and officially opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on 20 February 2020, with approximately 2,000 guests in attendance.
6.4 km · library in Turkey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Batikent
- Airports
- Esenboğa (ESB), 30 km · Hasan Polatkan (AOE), 190 km · Nevşehir Kapadokya (NAV), 203 km
- Stations
- 2015 Ankara bombings, 9.5 km · Ankara railway station, 9.5 km · Etimesgut Air Base, 3.8 km · Ankara Güvercinlik Army Air Base, 1.8 km · Ankara high-speed railway station, 9.5 km
- Eskişehir → Batikent190 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · ₺410–550
- Nevşehir → Batikent227 km · quickest by road, 3h 48m · ₺530–700
- Konya → Batikent234 km · quickest by road, 4h · ₺500–660
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Batikent
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Batikent. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe main services are from Kurtulan and Diyarbakir (Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi), from Kars and Erzurum (Doğu Ekspresi), and from Tatvan (Van Gölü Ekspresi), linked by dolmus or ferry to Van.
- Get aroundKızılay and Ulus are both hubs for privately operated minibuses and dolmuş, which usually display a list of destinations on a board behind the windscreen - if in doubt, ask the driver.
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Next door to Batikent
Batikent is 11 km from Ankara, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Etimesgut districtdistrict of Ankara, west-central Turkey6.1 km
- Yenimahalle districtdistrict of Ankara, west-central Turkey6.7 km
- Yenimahalledistrict and municipality in Ankara, Turkey7.1 km
- Batıkentcity in Turkey2.6 km
- Ankara 75th Anniversary Race Coursehorse racing track at Batıkent neighborhood in Yenimahalle district of Ankara, Turkey4.9 km
- BilkentNeighborhood in Çankaya8 km