Gölbaşı (; ) is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,364 km2, and its population is 150,047 (2022). It is south of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . The district includes the Mogan and Eymir lakes.
Although the lakes are polluted and infested with mosquitoes, the picnic areas and lakeside restaurants of Gölbaşı serve as a popular retreat from the city for the people of Ankara. A number of government departments have accommodations here, and the town is slowly but surely joining up with the city as the green space between the two disappears. Türk Telekom have their satellite ground control in the area.
Etymology In Turkish, Gölbaşı literally means 'lakeside'. The district is situated on the shores of Lake Mogan and Lake Eymir, hence the name. Prior to 1923, the area (then a mahalle of Örencik) was known as Gölhanı, or 'Lake Inn'.
History Archaeological research in the area has revealed since 3000 BC a succession of civilısations including Hittites, Phrygians, Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. Excavated sites include Selametli, Tuluntaş, Tuluntaş-Ortaçayır, Kızılcaşar-Gökçepınar, Karagedik, Bacılar, Bezirhane Kültepe, Bezirhane-Kepenekçi and İncek-Harmantepe.
The area has long been occupied by Turks, and it was here that Timur hid his elephants in the woods before the Battle of Ankara.
Places of interest Tulumtaş caves - from Ankara, of limestone cave with stalagmites and stalactites Gölbaşı Ground Station, satellite telecommunication center of Türksat, Turkish Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test Center () operated by the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), Gölbaşı International Billiards Complex with the seay of the Turkish Billiards Federation.
Demographics
The population of Gölbaşı city is growing very fast. The main reasons are: a high natural growth rate, migration from rural areas (rural exodus) and immigration from the city of Ankara.
Composition There are 54 neighbourhoods in Gölbaşı District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Ahiboz Akörençarşak Altunçanak Bağiçi Bahçelievler Ballıkpınar Bezirhane Boyalık Çayırlı Çeltek Çimşit Dikilitaş Emirler Eymir Gaziosmanpaşa Gökçehüyük Gölbek Günalan Hacıhasan Hacılar Hacımuratlı Halaçlı İkizce İncek Karaali Merkez Karaali Yazlık Karacaören Karagedik Aydın Karagedik Ercan Karaoğlan Karşıyaka Kırıklı Kızılcaşar Koparan Mahmatlı Mahmatlıbahçe Oğulbey Örencik Oyaca Akarsu Oyaca Yeşilçam Şafak Seğmenler Selametli Şehit Emrah Soğulcak Subaşı Taşpınar Tepeyurt Topaklı Tulumtaş Velihimmetli Yağlıpınar Yavrucuk Yaylabağ Yurtbeyi
References
External links District governor's official website District municipality's official website