Ankara Province the 2,015 meters tall Işık Mountain in the Kızılcahamam district. The climate is hot and dry in summer, rainy in spring and autumn, cold and snowy in winter, wetter in the north of the province than the drier plains to the south. The annual precipitation in the city of Ankara located the center of the province is 415 mm, the annual precipitation of Kızılcahamam located in the north of the province is , and the annual precipitation of Şereflikoçhisar located in the southeast of the province is . Ankara Province Ankara Province (, ) is the capital province of Turkey.
Sanjak of Ankara Sanjak of Ankara The Sanjak of Ankara was a second-level province ("sanjak") of the Ottoman Empire. The town of Ankara became part of the Ottoman state in 1361 or perhaps in 1354. It was the first capital ("pasha sanjak") of the Anatolia Eyalet from its formation in the late 14th century until the late 15th century, when it was moved to Kütahya. The "sanjak" of Ankara remained part of Anatolia Eyalet until the latter's dissolution ca. 1841–46, when it became the seat of the new Ankara Eyalet. This was merged into the Bozok Eyalet in 1849, but Ankara remained the