Ankara Aviation Museum Ankara Aviation Museum Ankara Aviation Museum () is a military-based museum for aviation, owned and operated by the Turkish Air Force. The museum is located in Etimesgut district of Ankara, Turkey. The area of the museum is . The museum is located on the state highway , also known as Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard, at . Its distance to Ankara center is about . The museum is open to the public everyday but Mondays from 9:00 to 16:30 local time. The museum was established by the Turkish Air Force (TUAF) as the second of its kind in the country. It
History of Ankara History of Ankara The history of Ankara can be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the Hittites, in the 10th century BC by the Phrygians, and later by the Lydians, Persians, Macedonians, Galatians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks, and Ottomans. The oldest settlements in and around the city center of Ankara belong to the Hatti civilization which thrived during the Bronze Age. The city significantly grew in size and importance under the Phrygians starting from around 1000 BC, experiencing a large expansion following the mass migration from Gordion, the capital of