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

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 D.200. 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 an 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 a sports complex 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 and 2019 are shown in the table.^[5]

Name of the neighborhood	Population (2015)	Population 2019
Alacaatlı	20787	35158
Çayyolu	5431	5871
Dodurga	8963	9911
Konutkent	7826	8476
Koru	14879	14683
Mutlukent	18020	19208
Profesör Ahmet Taner Kışlalı	19529	19356
Umitköy	13691	14140
Yaşamkent	23571	21745

Mass transportation[]

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

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