Esertepe Park

Ankara Esertepe Park
Location	Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates	39°59′17.16″N 32°49′53.00″E / 39.9881000°N 32.8313889°E / 39.9881000; 32.8313889Coordinates: 39°59′17.16″N 32°49′53.00″E / 39.9881000°N 32.8313889°E / 39.9881000; 32.8313889
Area	18.3 ha (45 acres)
Created	2015 (2015)

Esertepe Park (literally Esertepe Park) is a public park in Ankara, Turkey.

Geography

The 18.3 ha (45 acres) park is at the northern part of Ankara. Its altitude changes between 985 m (3,232 ft) and 1,055 m (3,461 ft), which makes it one of the highest points in Ankara. It is surrounded by high density residential buildings of Etlik.

History

During the early years of the Turkey, the site was used as an open air range by the Turkish Military. As the growth of the city of Ankara step by step site surrounded by the high density residential buildings. At 1970 Turkish Military stop using site as an open air range due to the safety precautions and left area unused. At 2013 Municipality of Ankara took the site and established Esertepe Park ^[1] and opened to the public on 19 May 2015, the National Youth Day.

References

↑ Ankara Municipality News (Turkish)

Parks and forests in Ankara

Parks	Abdi İpekçi Park‎ Adile Naşit Park Altınpark Alparslan Türkeş Park Ankara Botanic Park‎ Demetevler Park Esertepe Park Gençlik Parkı Gökçek Park Göksu Park Güvenpark Haci Bayram Mosque Park‎ Korea Park‎ Kuğulu Park Kurtuluş Park‎ Mehmet Akif Ersoy Park Yenimahalle Park Yunus Emre Park

Forests	Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo

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