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ANKARA
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WHAT
TO BUY ?
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Ankara's
shopping centres are clustered around Ulus, Kizilay
and Kavaklidere. One popular place for visitors is the
Cikrikcilar Yokusu and its shops, near Ulus. Around
the castle in Ulus, in the area of Cikrikcilar Yokusu
and Samanpazari, there are shops which sell traditional
handicrafts such as textiles, copper, ceramics, wickerwork
and leather, as well as a variety of jewellery, decorations,
gift items and all types of antiques. In the Bakircilar
Market, there is a wide selection of goods on offer
like souvenirs, antiques and clothes as well as
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and jewellery. At the end of the ascent to the castle
is a small bazaar with stands selling spices, dried fruit
and nuts and other products. Most
of the modern shopping centres are in Kizilay, Tunali
Hilmi Street and at Atakule in Cankaya. The 125m Atakule
dominates the city landscape and from the revolving restaurant
there is a breathtaking view of Ankara. The most elite
department stores in Turkey are in the Karum Mall in Kavaklidere,
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WHAT
TO EAT ?
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The
cuisine of Old Ankara displays much of the home-cooked
food of the Turks, with the oven and tandoor, and cellars
for winter supplies. There is a wide variety of dishes
in Ankara: Soups such as as dutmac, keskek, miyane,
sutlu, tarhana and toyga. Meat dishes include Ankara
tavasi, alabortme, calla, coban kavurmasi, iliskik,
kapama, orman kebabi, patlicanli et, sizgic, siyel and
siper. To accompany, there is a
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wide variety
of pilaf (rice dishes) such as bici, wheat pilaf, ogmac asi and
pit pit pilaf. There are also stuffed dishes like efelek dolmasi,
manti, sirden dolmasi (humbar) and yalanci dolma. The pastries of
Turkey are delicious, and include alt-ust boregi, ay boregi, bohca,
entekke boregi, hamman, kaha, kol boregi, papac, Pazar boregi, tandir
boregi.
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