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North Central Anatolia is the northern third of Central Anatolia. It's not an administrative region but roughly corresponds to the Provinces of Ankara, Kırıkkale, Çankırı, Yozgat and Sivas.
Buses and trains get you between the city centres, but several have outlying sights, where you need your own wheels. There's car hire, or negotiate with a taxi driver to take you around for a few hours.
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Ankara is the capital of Turkey, central within the country on the plateau of Central Anatolia. It's a sprawling modern place around an ancient citadel, and in 2022 had a population of almost 5.2 million (second in size to Istanbul), with a further 600,000 living in the wider metropolis.
Beypazarı is a city in Central Anatolia in Turkey. With a population in 2020 of 48,732, it lies 100 km west of the capital Ankara, and is governed as a district of that city.
Polatlı is a town and municipality in North Central Anatolia, 80 km west of central Ankara, with a population of 128,378 in 2022. It's agricultural, primarily producing grain, with other mixed industry.
Çankırı is a city in Central Anatolia, about 140 km north of Ankara. It's industrial and modern, but lying on a trade route across the Anatolian plateau, has several old buildings of interest.
Sivas is a city in Central Anatolia, with a population in 2020 of 335,570. I's 450 km east of Ankara, and stands at 1,278 m elevation.
Divriği is an iron-mining town in the mountainous northeast of Central Anatolia. In 2022 its population was 10,623 and stable, while the countryside around has become depopulated.
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