Çamlıdere, Ankara Çamlıdere, Ankara Çamlıdere is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 108 km north-west of the city of Ankara. According to 2010 census, population of the district is 7297 of which 2994 live in the town of Çamlıdere. The district covers an area of , and the average elevation is . Çamlıdere was settled by the Seljuk Turks and there are a number of Seljuk period buildings in the area. A large number of fossils and petrified forest have been found in the area. The population of Çamlıdere is experiencing a rapid depopulation,
Battle of Ankara through western Anatolia to the Aegean coast, where he besieged and took the city of Smyrna, a stronghold of the Christian Knights Hospitalers. The battle was catastrophic for the Ottoman state, fracturing what remained and bringing almost total collapse of the empire. This resulted in a civil war among Bayezid's sons. The Ottoman civil war continued for another 11 years (1413) following the Battle of Ankara. The battle is also significant in Ottoman history as being the only time a Sultan was captured in person. Battle of Ankara The Battle of Ankara or Angora was fought on 20 July 1402