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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.

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

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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