5th International Powder Metallurgy Conference will take place at ...
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BEYPAZARI<br />
The name Beypazarı means The Bey’s market in Turkish, as in the Ottoman period this was an<br />
important military base and the cavalry st<strong>at</strong>ioned here were an important element of the local<br />
economy.<br />
Beypazarı, ancient Lagania, is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central An<strong>at</strong>olia region<br />
of Turkey, approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 100 km west of the city of Ankara. According to 2000 census, popul<strong>at</strong>ion of<br />
the town is 34,441. The district covers an area of 1,814 km 2 (700 sq mi), and the average elev<strong>at</strong>ion in<br />
the center is 675 m (2,215 ft). The district contains three other small towns (Karaşar, Uruş, Kırbaşı) and<br />
64 villages. It used to be an important city in Asia Minor in ancient times. The area has a long history<br />
of occup<strong>at</strong>ion by Hittites, Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks and the Ottoman<br />
Empire. Town was a stop on the silk trade route connecting Istanbul to Baghdad.<br />
Beypazarı today is a small town in a rural district famous for its carrots, (producing nearly 60% of<br />
Turkey’s carrots), silverwork (Telkari), and a high quality n<strong>at</strong>ural mineral w<strong>at</strong>er. The crystal mineral<br />
trona, a kind of n<strong>at</strong>ural soda used in glass-making is extracted in Beypazarı.<br />
With its rich history, architectural heritage and <strong>at</strong>tractive rocky countryside Beypazarı is becoming<br />
increasingly <strong>at</strong>tractive to visitors, especially day-trippers from Ankara. The cobbled streets of white<br />
Ottoman period buildings are particularly <strong>at</strong>tractive; many of the old houses have been restored<br />
as hotels and restaurants (and are also popular with Turkish film directors looking for authentic<br />
loc<strong>at</strong>ions. The visitors of course are bringing valuable income to the town, shopping for silverware<br />
and providing good custom for the food markets and restaurants.<br />
For many visitors a major <strong>at</strong>traction is the cuisine, which includes typical Turkish dishes such as the<br />
yoghurt drink ayran, tarhana, stuffed vine leaves, home-made sausage mumbar, and a stew cooked in<br />
a stone-oven güveç. Sweets include the sweet cream pudding called höşmerim and pastries including<br />
a dry buttery biscuit called Beypazarı kurusu, and a renowned 80-layer baklava. They are also very<br />
inventive with their carrots, drinking carrot juice and producing carrot-flavored Turkish delight and<br />
carrot ice-cream. One of the best-known e<strong>at</strong>eries is the restored Ottoman house, the Taş Mektep<br />
restaurant. A popular gift to <strong>take</strong> back home is the sticky sausage-shaped fruit and walnut sweet<br />
sucuk.<br />
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