Bus Ankara’s huge AŞTİ (AHSH-tee) bus terminal is the hub of the country’s road transport network, with bus service to all points at all hours of the day and much of the night.Train Ankara Garı (train station) has good service to points east and south of the capital, including daytime and overnight trains to İzmir, and a train all the way to eastern Turkey: the Doğu Ekspresi.But the real draw is the high-speed trains to Konya and to Istanbul via Eskişehir. Press Here For Train Ticket

Annual Weather Averages. July is the hottest month in Ankara with an average temperature of 68°F (20°C) and the coldest is January at 30°F (-1°C) with the most daily sunshine hours at 12 in August. The wettest month is January with an average of 60mm of rain.

Ankara, Turkey’s cosmopolitan capital, sits in the country’s central Anatolia region. It’s a center for the performing arts, home to the State Opera and Ballet, the Presidential Symphony Orchestra and several national theater companies. Overlooking the city is Anitkabir, the enormous hilltop mausoleum of Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey’s first president, who declared Ankara the capital in 1923. Area: 25,632 km² Population: 5.445 million