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
History of Ankara in 1356. Another Turkic ruler, Timur, defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara in 1402 and captured the city, but in 1403 Ankara was again under Ottoman control. Following the Ottoman defeat during World War I, the Ottoman capital Constantinople was occupied by the Allies. The Turkish nationalist movement, under Kemal Atatürk, established its headquarters in Ankara in 1920 (see Turkish War of Independence). After the War of Independence was won, the Turkish nationalists abolished the Ottoman Empire on October 29, 1923. A few days earlier, on October 13, 1923, Ankara had replaced Constantinople as its capital, and it