Hacı Bayram Veli Museum

The Hacı Bayram Veli Museum is a significant structure reflecting Ankara’s spiritual and cultural heritage. Established in collaboration with the Altındağ Municipality and Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, the museum presents Hacı Bayram-ı Veli’s life, thought, and the influence of the Bayramiyye Order through a contemporary museum approach. The museum, which bears the traces of the Ahi tradition, also sheds light on the socioeconomic history of Ankara and keeps the historical identity of the city alive

Beynam Atatürk House

This is the house in Beynam village, located in the Balâ district, where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the members of the Representative Committee stayed overnight on December 26, 1919, the day before their arrival in Ankara. The building is a single-storey structure situated within a garden. On the right side of the corridor, where photographs of Atatürk and the Turkish War of Independence are displayed, there is a room arranged as a reading room. On the left side of the corridor, a hall exhibits some of Atatürk’s personal belongings. The building, faithfully restored to its original form, was opened to visitors in 2004.

Biodiversity Museum (Biosphere Museum)

The Biosphere Museum was established under the leadership of the Department of Biology at Hacettepe University to promote Türkiye’s rich biological diversity and raise awareness of its conservation. The museum, housed in a specially designed structure of approximately 6,500 m² and featuring extensive collections in geology, biology, and anthropology, offers visitors the opportunity to explore nature through interactive exhibitions, digital applications, and scientific workshops. Reflecting Türkiye’s biogeographical and genetic richness, the Biosphere Museum serves as a pioneering center for natural history museology.

Sheık Ali Samarqandı Museum

As part of the projects initiated by the Municipality of Çamlıdere, this museum highlights the period of Sheikh Ali Semerkandi’s arrival in the district during the 15th century. Wax sculptures depicting the social and commercial life of the time, as well as the cultural structure of the local people, form the main theme of the museum. The museum features a rich collection related to the life and teachings of Sheikh Ali Semerkandi. Personal belongings he used, historical agricultural tools, objects reflecting rural village life, and other artifacts help convey the spirit and spiritual atmosphere of the era to visitors.

Kızılcahamam Roman Bath

The Roman Bath, located near the Büyük Kaplıca, is today accessed through a low-arched entrance and consists of three main sections: a changing room, bathing areas, and pools. Originally composed of seven interconnected sections, four of these were demolished during the construction of the new spa building. The quality of the thermal waters is considered to be equivalent to that of the Büyük Kaplıca.

Turkish Grand National Assembly Buıilding

The Grand National Assembly of Türkiye (TBMM) building was designed by Austrian architect Prof. Clemens Holzmeister. Construction began on October 26, 1939, but due to World War II, the building process was halted at times. After 1957, work resumed with increased speed, and the building was completed in January 1961. The TBMM building, which opened for service at the same time, covers an area of 475,000 square meters. The building is one of the largest parliamentary buildings in the world. During the coup attempt on the night of July 15, 2016, it was bombed four times by the coup plotters while members of parliament were inside. This attack damaged the Honor Gate, Dikmen Gate, and the visitor entrances. Visitor groups arriving by appointment are given a presentation on the history of the assembly, the building, and the campus in the listener’s box of the TBMM General Assembly Hall; afterwards, they are taken to tour the areas damaged during the July 15 coup attempt. Visits are held on mondays, fridays, and saturdays, with English presentations available for foreign guests.

Ankara Castle

Ankara Castle has been structurally reinforced and preserved through extensive restoration and renewal works in recent years. The outer fortifications follow a quadrangular plan and include approximately 20 towers. The castle has two main historical gates: the Outer Castle Gate to the west and the Hisar Gate to the south. The Ilkhanid-era Persian inscription dated 1330 above the Hisar Gate is still visible today. The inner castle was constructed partially with Ankara stone and partially with mixed masonry materials. Its walls vary between 14–16 meters in height, and according to up-to-date information, 42 pentagon-shaped towers (bastions) line the inner walls. Historic Ankara houses dating from at least the 17th century, mosques (including Alaeddin Mosque), fountains, and other civil architectural elements inside the castle remain standing. Through recent restoration practices, architectural authenticity has been preserved while ensuring long-term structural durability, turning the castle into both a heritage monument and a living cultural and tourism center in Ankara.

Şeyhahmetli Village

It is 13 km away from the Polatlı-Yunak Highway and 70 km from the district centre in the Hacımusa Stream Valley, fed by the slopes of the Mermer Mountains in the southeast of Polatlı. It is close to Yağcıoğlu, Hacımusa, Sincik, Yeşilöz, Uzunbeyli neighbourhoods and TİGEM Farm. The region has been inhabited since the Phrygians. There is a Phrygian rock tomb on Mermerkaya Hill at an altitude of 1,020 meters. On Mermer Plateau, there are settlements belonging to the Hellenistic and Roman periods. There are caves carved for shelter and worship on the slopes of the Marble Mountains overlooking the Hacı Musa Stream. There are plenty of ancient traces from the Roman Period in the old neighbourhood cemetery. In addition, there are caves of 300-400 square meters in the quarter. Also there are caves for shelter on the slopes of the Old Şeyhahmetli Plateau.

Hacıtuğrul Mound

It is located 22 kilometres east of the ancient Gordion site, at the 60th kilometer of Ankara Polatlı Highway and between Hacıtuğrul Village and the Yenidoğan Train Station. It is one of the largest mounds in Turkey. Excavations in the tumulus revealed andesite stone walls and ceramics better qualified than those made by the Phrygians. The finds are generally close to the Gordion art.

Gazitepe Monument

The monument is located in the village of İnler, in the southeast of Polatlı district, 41 km from the town. It was built in memory of our soldiers who were martyred in the Gazitepe region in the Battle of Sakarya between 23 August and 13 September 1921, which was the turning point of the War of Independence.

Steerıng Buıldıng

Known as the “Steering Building,” this structure was commissioned by Sultan Abdulhamid II and completed in 1892 during the construction of the Baghdad Railway. Between December 27, 1919, when Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk arrived in Ankara, and 1922, the building served as the headquarters and residence of the Commander-in-Chief, hosting some of the most significant domestic and foreign decisions of the era. The Turkish State Railways (TCDD) restored this valuable historic asset, which sheds light on our recent history and especially the early years of the Republic, and inaugurated it as a museum on December 24, 1964, contributing it to Ankara’s cultural heritage. Conservation, maintenance, and restoration work on Atatürk’s personal belongings as well as furniture and artifacts from the National Struggle period commenced on April 16, 2012. Following the completion of these efforts, the museum was reopened to visitors on September 23, 2012, coinciding with the 156th anniversary of TCDD’s establishment

Mahkemeağcin Rock Churches

Within Mahkemeağcin Village and at four separate locations along the Kızılcahamam–Güdül highway passing through the settlement, there are rock-cut settlement remains dating to the Byzantine period. These spaces were used as churches, workshops, animal shelters, and rooms associated with daily life.