Yenimahalle

Yenimahalle - Ankara
Yenimahalle - Ankara
District
	Yenimahalle from AŞTİ
	Location of Ankara within Turkey.
	Yenimahalle - Ankara
	Coordinates: 39°58′N 32°49′E / 39.967°N 32.817°E
Country	Turkey
Region	Central Anatolia
Province	Ankara
Government
• Governor	Meftun Dallı
• Mayor	Fethi Yaşar (CHP)
Area
• District	274.16 km2 (105.85 sq mi)
Elevation	830 m (2,720 ft)
Population (Template:Turkey district populations)Template:Turkey district populations
• District	Template:Turkey district populations
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	06xxx
Area code	0312
Licence plate	06
Website	www.yenimahalle.gov.tr

Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, population of the urban center is 648,160.^[2] The district covers an area of 274 km² (106 sq mi),^[3] and the average elevation is 830 m (2,723 ft).

The name Yenimahalle means the new quarter and in the late 1940s the area of open land to the west of the city was allocated for civil servants and workers housing. This grew with the construction of the E5 highway through the area and even more when the metro was built. Today the district mainly consists of large estates of apartment buildings and although the area is being filled up with concrete buildings there is still green space, tennis courts and other sports areas. There is some illegal building at the edge of the district but Yenimahalle is mainly planned development. This is the home for both of Ankara's teams: Gençlerbirliği and Ankaragücü, although their shared stadium is in Altındağ.

82% of the working population are civil servants or workers in the city of Ankara. There is also a large retired community, and a small but growing number of traders and shopkeepers. Ankara's largest industrial area, OSTIM Industrial Zone, is on the edge of the district too. The rural areas are used mainly for growing grains and pulses.

The headquarters of the national intelligence service Millî İstihbarat Teşkilâtı is in Yenimahalle.

Demographics

Historical population^[4]
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2007	614,778	—
2008	609,887	−0.80%
2009	625,826	+2.61%
2010	648,160	+3.57%
2011	668,586	+3.15%
2012	687,042	+2.76%
2013	591,462	−13.91%
2014	608,217	+2.83%
2015	632,286	+3.96%
2016	644,543	+1.94%

Neighbourhoods

There are 56 neighbourhoods in Yenimahalle as of 2017.^[5]

Anadolu
Aşağıyahyalar
Ata
Avcılar
Barış
Barıştepe
Batı Sitesi
Batıkent
Beştepe
Burç
Çamlıca
Çarşı
Çiğdemtepe
Demet
Demetgül
Demetlale
Emniyet
Ergazi
Ergenekon
Esentepe
Gayret
Gazi
Güventepe
Güzelyaka
Işınlar
İlkyerleşim
İnönü
İvedikköy
Kaletepe
Karacakaya
Kardelen
Karşıyaka
Kayalar
Kent Koop.
Kuzey Yıldızı
Macun
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Memlik
Ostim
Özevler
Pamuklar
Ragıp Tüzün
Serhat
Susuz
Tepe Altı
Turgut Özal
Uğur Mumcu
Varlık
Yakacık
Yenibatı
Yeniçağ
Yeşilevler
Yirmibeş Mart
Yukarıyahyalar
Yunusemre
Yuva

Places of interest

Akköprü, a bridge over the Ankara River, built by the Seljuk Turks in 1222, on the old trade route to Baghdad.
Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo, park and farm, financed by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) personally to provide a place of recreation and agriculture in the city. It contains the Ankara Zoo and a full-size replica of the house in Salonica (today in Greece), where Atatürk was born.
Ankara 75th Anniversary Race Course, horse racetrack

Notes

^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ Statistical Institute^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Statoids. "Statistical information on districts of Turkey". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
^ Turkish Statistical Institute
^ Turkish Ministry of the Interior. "Civilian Administrative Units in Turkey" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-01-31.