Beypazari

Beypazarı is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, approximately 100 km west of the city of Ankara.The district covers an area of 1,814 km2 (700 sq mi), and the average elevation in the center is 675 m (2,215 ft). The district contains three other small towns and 64 villages. It used to be an important city in Asia Minor in ancient times.

The area has a long history of occupation by Hittites, Phrygians, Ancient Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks and the Ottoman Empire.Hıdırlık Tepesi -hilltop view of the townOriginally a stop on a trade route connecting Istanbul to Baghdad, Beypazarı was known as Lagania, meaning rocky peak in the Luwian language during the Roman and Byzantine times, and the town was a regional administrative center.