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7 unusual facts about Polatlı


Gümüşyaka

Gümüşyaka, Polatlı, a village in the district of Polatlı, Ankara Province

Kargalı

Kargalı, Polatlı, a village in the district of Polatlı, Ankara Province

Polatlı

The mythological Phrygian King Midas is said to have ruled from Pessinus and to be buried here.

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On his expedition to the east, Alexander the Great cut the famous Gordian Knot, an omen of his coming rule over the whole Asia.

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Pessinus, an ancient city on the upper river Sangarios (modern day Sakarya River), is also within the borders of Polatlı.

Yenidoğan

Yenidoğan, Polatlı, a village in the district of Polatlı, Ankara Province

Yıldızlı

Yıldızlı, Polatlı, a village in the district of Polatlı, Ankara Province


İhsan Hakan

On 1 November 1993 he disappeared, and on 4 November his corpse was found in the vicinity of Avcılar Village of Polatlı District of Ankara, shot dead by a bullet to his head, while the bodies of gendarmerie commander Cem Ersever and his girlfriend Nevval Boz were found elsewhere.


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