Ankara (English /ˈæŋkərə/;Turkish [ˈaŋ.ka.ɾa]), formerly known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey, located in Central Anatolia. With a population of 4,587,558 in the urban center (2014) and 5,150,072 in its province (2015), it is Turkey's second largest city behind Istanbul.
Ankara was Atatürk's headquarters from 1920 and has been the capital of the Republic of Turkey since its founding in 1923, replacing Istanbul following the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The government is a prominent employer but Ankara is also an important commercial and industrial city, located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks. The city gave its name to the Angora wool shorn from Angora rabbits, the long-haired Angora goat (the source of mohair), and the Angora cat. The area is also known for its pears, honey, and muscat grapes. Although situated in one of the driest places of Turkey and surrounded mostly by steppe vegetation except for the forested areas on the southern periphery, Ankara can be considered a green city in terms of green areas per inhabitant, at 72 m2 per head.
Ankara's first electoral district is one of two divisions of Ankara province for the purpose of elections to Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects sixteen members of parliament (deputies) to represent the district for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
The first electoral district contains the following Ankara administrative districts (ilçe):
Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Ankara's first district elected 15 MPs in 2002 and 2007. In 2011, this number increased to 16.
Ankara is a Turkish province divided into two electoral districts of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It elects thirty-one members of parliament (deputies) to represent the province of the same name for a four-year term by the D'Hondt method, a party-list proportional representation system.
Population reviews of each electoral district are conducted before each general election, which can lead to certain districts being granted a smaller or greater number of parliamentary seats. Ankara is the second largest province in Turkey and saw an increase in its seat allocation ahead of the 2011 election to 31 members, with the first district electing 16 MPs while the second district electing 15 MPs per district.
The province's administrative districts (ilçe) are divided among two electoral districts as follows:
Music by Unicorn, lyrics by Dan Swanæ/Peter Edwinzon
I was crying in my dream one night, why I wish I knew.
You can be a pretty sight but I always feel black and blue.
I was dying in my dream one night.
I'm afraid that it will come true.
You were putting out my light but I guess I'm pulling through.
You.
I remember these words you said.
You.
I remember when you wore red.
The neverending cry.
Soon to liquefy into the sea of tears.
Don't you confirm my fears.
The neverending cry.
Soon to liquefy into sea of tears.
Don't you confirm my fears.
You were sighing in my ears those days.
I still remember lines.
I've been trying to rebuild a phrase, your words, were they the sign?
Cry, I'm dreaming away.
Why? A winter day in May.
You, I remember the words you said.
I've been looking for a place to go.
Where I can cleanse my fluid.
Looking for the place you showed.
Where I am stripped completely nude.
You...