Keçiören is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 159 km2, and its population is 939,279 (2022). It is a crowded district in the northern part of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . The Çubuk River runs through the middle of the district.
Composition There are 51 neighbourhoods in Keçiören District:Mahalle , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
19 Mayıs 23 Nisan Adnan Menderes Aktepe Aşağı Eğlence Atapark Ayvalı Bademlik Bağlarbaşı Bağlum Güzelyurt Basınevleri Çaldıran Çalseki Çiçekli Emrah Esertepe Etlik Güçlükaya Gümüşdere Güzelyurt Hasköy Hisar İncirli Kafkas Kalaba Kamil Ocak Kanuni Karakaya Karargahtepe Karşıyaka Kavacık Subayevleri Köşk Kösrelik Kuşcağız Osmangazi Ovacık Pınarbaşı Sancaktepe Sarıbeyler Şefkat Şehit Kubilay Şenlik Şenyuva Tepebaşı Ufuktepe Uyanış Yakacık Yayla Yeşilöz Yeşiltepe Yükseltepe
Etymology From Kiçivirân or Kiçiören (small ruins). The first part is unrelated to keçi (goat), but rather a dissimilation of older *kiçi ("small"), from Proto-Turkic *kičüg.
Politics Until the 1950s this was a green and pleasant area outside the city, but in recent years has become a large district of housing for Ankara's working class. The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has his Ankara residence within the district. The incumbent mayor of Keçiören is Mesut Özarslan of the secular main opposition Republican People's Party.
In August 2018 the Municipality decided not to issue business licenses to American brands including McDonald's, Starbucks and Burger King as a response to the U.S. sanctions on Turkey.Municipality in Turkish capital Ankara stops issuing licenses to major US food brands
In 2024 the municipal council unanimously decided to ban all the signs in foreign languages and require the usage of exclusively Turkish, with the exception of business branding.
Sports The sports club Keçiörengücü is based in Keçiören.
Prominent neighbourhoods Etlik, on high ground overlooking the city İncirli
Places of interest Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's headquarters during the Turkish War of Independence, today used by the department of meteorology
The current administration has made efforts to decorate the mass of dull concrete that the area mainly consists of. The new buildings include a huge artificial waterfall and many other pools and fountains, and a concrete replica of the Hungarian Esztergom Castle.
The district has a high ranking science high school called Keçiören Patriot Martyr Major General Aydoğan Aydın Science High School. Its the eighth best overall high school in Ankara as of 2024 with its high LGS score.
Keçiören has a two-station aerial lift, the Keçiören Gondola, which connects the neighborhoods Tepebaşı (Cumhuriyet station) and Kavacık Subayevleri (Atatürk station). As of November 2013, it is the only in Ankara and Turkey's longest urban gondola lift line with its length of .
Keçiören children's games To many Turkish people the name Keçiören evokes a popular children's TV outdoor game show (similar to the British It's a Knockout) of the 1980s, which was recorded in the district.
Demographics
Sister Cities of Keçiören Municipality https://www.kecioren.bel.tr/belediyeler-1-kardes_belediyeler.html
Mayors of Government Keçiören Municipality
1984–1989 Melih Gökçek ANAP 1989–1994 Hamza Kırmızı SHP 1994–1999 Turgut Altınok MHP 1999–2001 Turgut Altınok Fazilet Party 2001–2009 Turgut Altınok AK Party 2009–2019 Mustafa Ak AK Party 2019–2024 March Turgut Altınok AK Party 2024 March – Present Mesut Özarslan Republican People's Party
References
External links District State Website District governor's official website District municipality's official website District Service Website