İsmet İnönü Boulevard (Ankara) İsmet İnönü Boulevard (Ankara) İsmet İnönü Boulevard (a.k.a. "Eskişehir Boulevard") is a busy boulevard in Ankara, Turkey. The boulevard is named after İsmet İnönü, the second president of Turkey and one of the pioneers of the Turkish War of Independence. The easternmost point of the boulevard is at where it intersects Atatürk Boulevard. The westernmost point is at where it intersects Mevlana Boulevard and fuses to , the Turkish state highway which connects Ankara to western Anatolia. Between these two points the length of the boulevard is about . Ankara being the capital of Turkey, has many governmental offices most
1457 Ankara 1457 Ankara 1457 Ankara, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 August 1937, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany, and later named for the Turkish capital city of Ankara. "Ankara" orbits the Sun in the middle of the main-belt at a distance of 2.3–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,618 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. It was first observed as at