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
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