Yenimahalle, Ankara Yenimahalle, Ankara Yenimahalle is a metropolitan district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, a fast-growing urban residential district of the city of Ankara, Turkey's capital. According to 2010 census, population of the urban center is 648,160. The district covers an area of , and the average elevation is . The name "Yenimahalle" means "the new quarter" and in the late 1940s the area of open land to the west of the city was allocated for civil servants and workers housing. This grew with the construction of the E5 highway through the area and even more when
Ankara in the Sincan district of Yenikent, outside the city center. Ankara has a large number of minor teams, playing at regional levels. In the TFF Second League: Bugsaşspor in Sincan, Ankara Demirspor in Çankaya, Etimesgut Belediyespor in Etimesgut, Keçiörengücü in Keçiören; in the TFF Third League: Ankara Adliyespor in Keçiören; Altındağ Belediyespor in Altındağ; in the Amateur League: Turanspor in Etimesgut, Türk Telekomspor owned by the phone company in Yenimahalle, Çubukspor in Çubuk, and Bağlumspor in Keçiören. In the Turkish Basketball League, Ankara is represented by Türk Telekom, whose home is the Ankara Arena, and CASA TED Kolejliler, whose home