Haymana, Ankara Haymana, Ankara Haymana is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. According to the 2010 census, the population of the district is 33,886, of whom 9,091 live in the town of Haymana. Many people are leaving the villages and move to the cities (mostly Ankara, Polatli, Gölbaşı and to a lesser extend Istanbul), because of a high unemployment rate. During the summertime the population of Haymana doubles. There is also a well-established community of people from Haymana in Western Europe, especially Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France,
Ankara city center of Ankara belonged to the Hattic civilization which existed during the Bronze Age and was gradually absorbed c. 2000–1700 BC by the Indo-European Hittites. The city grew significantly in size and importance under the Phrygians starting around 1000 BC, and experienced a large expansion following the mass migration from Gordion, (the capital of Phrygia), after an earthquake which severely damaged that city around that time. In Phrygian tradition, King Midas was venerated as the founder of Ancyra, but Pausanias mentions that the city was actually far older, which accords with present archaeological knowledge. Phrygian rule was succeeded first