Ayaş is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey.Büyükşehir İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 8 June 2023. Its area is 1,041 km2, and its population is 12,998 (2022). It is 58 km from the city of Ankara, and very rich for historical monuments. Its elevation is .
The district is known for its mulberry trees, tomatoes and its mineral water spas, both for drinking and bathing. There is an annual mulberry festival in the town of Ayaş. The town has a long history and is mentioned in folk songs and the journals of the traveller Evliya Çelebi.
The citizens of Ayaş were Oghuz tribes as the village names Bayat, Afşar and Peçenek implies. In 1554, it became a sanjak center, and in 1864 it became a Kaza in Ankara Vilayeti. In Ottoman period, education was advanced in Ayaş. In 1900, there were eight medreses, two primary mekteps and one rüşdiye.
Composition There are 33 neighbourhoods in Ayaş District:Mahalle, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
Akkaya Başayaş Başbereket Bayat Bayram Camiatik Çanıllı Çiğdemci Çanıllı Uluyol Dervişimam Emine Tevfika Ayaşlı Evci Ferahfaki Feruz Gençali Gökçebağ Gökler Hacımemi Hacırecep Hacıveli İlhanköy Ilıca Oltan Ömeroğlu Ortabereket Pınaryaka Şeyhmuhittin Sinanlı Cuma Sinanlı Hocasinan Sinanlı Mahkeme Tekke Uğurçayırı Ulupınar Yağmurdede
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See also Ayaş Tunnel, railway tunnel under construction, which will be Turkey's longest when completed.
References
External links
District governor's official website District municipality's official website Map of Ayaş district