Beypazarı, Ankara molasses-like grape syrup stuffed with walnut "cevizli sucuk". The town is unusual in Turkey for celebrating a religious festival ("Regaip Kandili", the conception of the prophet Muhammad) with lights and fireworks. Beypazarı is a member of the European Association of Historic Towns and Regions (EAHTR). Beypazarı, Ankara Beypazarı is a Turkish town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, approximately 100 km west of the city of Ankara. According to the 2000 census, the population of the district is 46,493, of which 35,775 live in the town of Beypazarı. The name "Beypazarı" means "The Bey's
History of Ankara form of "Ankara". In 278 BC, the city, along with the rest of central Anatolia, was occupied by the Celtic speaking Galatians, who were the first to make Ankara one of their main tribal centres, the headquarters of the Tectosage tribe. Other centres were Pessinos, modern Balhisar, for the Trocmi tribe; and "Tavium", to the east of Ankara, for the Tolstibogii tribe. The city was then known as Ancyra. The Celtic element was probably relatively small in numbers; a warrior aristocracy which ruled over Phrygian-speaking peasants. However, the Celtic language continued to spoken in Galatia for many centuries. At the