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2 MUSEUMS OF ALTındağ MUNICIPALITY ARE ON THE WORLD LIST

14 February 2025

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Altındağ's museums have registered their success. Altınköy Open Air Museum, visited by tens of thousands of people every year, and Ulucanlar Prison Museum, which has held the title of being Turkey's most visited private museum for years, ranked in the top 20 on Google lists. IN THE TOP 20 AMONG 250 MILLION BUSINESSES Providing directions for a total of 1 trillion kilometers in 2024, Google Maps lists 250 million businesses and places around the world. In its 20th year, Google Maps has published special lists containing the most viewed locations around the world. These lists, which span a wide range of sites such as historical buildings, natural beauties, tourist attractions and museums, bring together the places that users are most interested in and explore. Used by more than 2 billion people every month, Google Maps offers guidance in many areas, from directions to location discovery. Every year, 500 million people contribute to the platform such as comments, photos and ratings. Google Maps lists 250 million businesses and venues around the world. The 20 most examined places in Turkey were divided into three categories: "Places to Visit, Parks and Museums". Altındağ Mayor Dr. Two museums, which are among the most prestigious projects of Veysel Tiryaki and brought Altındağ to the top in the field of tourism, achieved great success by being in the top 20 among 250 million businesses. While Ulucanlar Prison Museum ranked 13th in the "Most examined museums" list, Altınköy Open Air Museum ranked 19th. The list of 20 museums includes world-famous museums such as Topkapı Palace Museum, Mevlana Museum, Göbeklitepe, Göreme Open Air Museum, Ephesus Archeology Museum, Panorama 1453 History Museum, Anatolian Civilizations Museum. “THIS SUCCESS IS NOT AN ACCIDENT…” Altındağ Mayor Dr. emphasized that the success of Altındağ's museums worldwide is not a coincidence. Veysel Tiryaki "Both of our museums are very important places not only for Altındağ or Ankara, but also for Turkey and the world... Altınköy Open Air Museum is a much larger and more comprehensive museum compared to other examples in the world... In addition, since this is an urban transformation area, it is also a very successful example of urban transformation... Ulucanlar Prison Museum is a very valuable area both politically and historically... After it was closed for use as a prison, its demolition was on the agenda. We took responsibility and restored it as a museum. "We opened its doors to visitors. It is given an award every year because it is the most visited private museum in Turkey. This success is not a coincidence, it is the result of the right decisions and appropriate steps." Pointing out that all of the museums on the list are natural museums or state museums, Mayor Tiryaki said, "As a district municipality project, only Ulucanlar Prison Museum and Altınköy Open Air Museum are on the list. As a district municipality in the center of Ankara, we are proud of the success of our 2 museums, which we have created with effort from beginning to end, and we welcome visitors from all over the world to visit Altınköy and Ulucanlar."