Ataturk Orman Çiftliği
The Ataturk Orman Çiftliği ve Hayvanat Bahçesi (formerly Orman Çiftliği and Gazi Orman Çiftliği ) is an extensive recreational and agricultural area in the Turkish capital Ankara , which contains a zoological garden, several small farms, greenhouses, restaurants, a dairy and a winery . It was opened as a forest farm by state founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in 1925 , and a zoo was added in 1933. From 1936 to 1937 the park was expanded by the Austrian architect Ernst Arnold Egli . The Ataturk Orman Çiftliği and the zoo are now under the administration of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture.
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Forest farm
The Ataturk Orman Çiftliği was built in 1925 as a private enterprise by the founder of the state Ataturk. In 1937 he bequeathed the company to the Turkish state. An exact replica of Ataturk's birthplace can be seen on the site .
In a traditional restaurant ( Merkez Lokantası ), visitors can taste the farm's products such as juice, fresh dairy products, ice cream, and charcoal-fried meat rolls and kebabs . Other restaurants are also available.
Despite the lack of a building permit , President Erdoğan had a presidential palace built on the site and opened in 2014.
Zoo
The Ankara Zoo ( Ankara Hayvanat Bahçesi ) used to be on the site of Ataturk Orman Çiftliği . This was a 32-hectare zoological garden established in 1933 - the largest zoological garden in the country at the time. The zoological garden housed some big cats , various birds, monkeys, ungulates and snakes as well as a larger aquarium. He also bred and sold angora cats . In the course of the establishment of Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sarayı, the zoo was closed. A zoo for pets is located in Sincan Municipality, which is part of the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ataturk Orman Çiftliği. AOÇ, accessed February 12, 2011 (Turkish).
- ↑ Status. (No longer available online.) In: ankarazoo.gov.tr. Ankara Hayvanat Bahçesi, archived from the original on May 17, 2009 ; Retrieved February 12, 2011 (Turkish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ankara Zoo. (No longer available online.) In: ankarazoo.gov.tr. Ankara Hayvanat Bahçesi, archived from the original on June 8, 2011 ; Retrieved February 12, 2011 (Turkish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ataturk Forest Farm Zoo. (No longer available online.) In: ankarazoo.gov.tr. Ankara Zoo, formerly in the original ; accessed on September 17, 2011 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ S. Loeschke: Turkish Angora in Ankara Zoo ... or on the road investigating the Turkish Angora. (No longer available online.) In: erkr.de. S. Loeschke, November 1997, archived from the original on July 18, 2011 ; Retrieved September 17, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 39 ° 56 ′ 24.5 ″ N , 32 ° 47 ′ 45 ″ E