Çayyolu

Çayyolu
Main street from south west to north east
Çayyolu
Coordinates: 39°53′N 32°42′E / 39.883°N 32.700°E / 39.883; 32.700Coordinates: 39°53′N 32°42′E / 39.883°N 32.700°E / 39.883; 32.700
Suburb	Turkey
City	Ankara
Elevation	925 m (3,035 ft)
Population (2015)
• Urban	132,697
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	06xxx
Area code(s)	0312
Licence plate	06

Koru station, the last station in Ankara M2 metro

Çayyolu is a suburb of Ankara, Turkey.

Location and history

Çayyolu at 39°53′N 32°42′E / 39.883°N 32.700°E / 39.883; 32.700 ^[1] is situated to the west of Hacettepe University Beytepe campus, to the east of Ankara ring road and to the south of the Turkish state highway . Its distance to the Ankara centrum is about 20 kilometres (12 mi). The core of the suburb is a former village named Kutuğun situated almost at the center of the Çayyolu suburb. In 1967 the village was renamed Çayyolu. Beginning by the next year, housing projects around the village transformed the rural area into urban area. ^[2] Up to 2012, it was a part of Yenimahalle ilçe (district). But in 2012, it was included in the Çankaya ilçe.^[3] Today Çayyolu is a modern suburb with parks, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, coffeehouses, cinema halls and a theatre named 125th Anniversary Çayyolu Stage.

Population

Currently in addition to Çayyolu there are eight neighborhoods; Alacaatlı, Dodorga, Konutkent, Koru, Mutlukent, Profesör Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Ümitköy and Yaşamkent all of which collectively are known as Çayyolu. ^[4] From east to west Mutlukent, Ümitköy, Koru, Konutkent and Yaşamkent are along the highway.The population of these neighborhoods as of 2015 are shown in the table.^[5]

Mass transportation

The mass transportation between Ankara centrum and Çayyolu is via Ankara Metro M2. The last three stations of the metro namely, Ümitköt, Çayyolu and Koru are actully within the suburb.

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