Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard, Ankara

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard
<span class="nickname" ">Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvarı
Length 2.2 km (1.4 mi)
Location Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates 39°55′24″N 32°50′57″E / 39.92333°N 32.84917°E / 39.92333; 32.84917Coordinates: 39°55′24″N 32°50′57″E / 39.92333°N 32.84917°E / 39.92333; 32.84917
From Anadolu Square, (formerly: Tandoğan Square), Yenimahalle
To Kızılay Square, Çankaya

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard (Turkish: Gazi Mustafa Kemal Bulvarı), abbreviated as GMK Boulevard, is a boulevard connecting Anadolu Square (formerly: Tandoğan Square) in Yenimahalle with Kızılay Square in Çankaya of Ankara, Turkey. The 2.2 km (1.4 mi) long boulevard runs in northwest-southeast direction. It is named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of Turkish Republic.[1]

Office buildings of some brances of the Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication, such as Undersecretariat for Maritime Affairs (Turkish: Denizcilik Müsteşarlığı), Aviation and Space Technologies (Turkish: Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri) and Civil Aviation (Turkish: Sivil Havacılık), are located on the boulvard.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Koç, Mert Gökhan (2015-04-14). "Tandoğan’ın yeni adı Anadolu Meydanı oldu". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Denizcilik Müsteşarlığı" (in Turkish). Firma Seç. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  3. ↑ "İletişim" (in Turkish). Havacılık ve Uzay Teknolojileri Genel Müdürlüğü. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  4. ↑ "İletişim" (in Turkish). Sivil Havacılık Genel Müdüürlüğü. 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

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