Mamak, Ankara

Mamak is a municipality and metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 321 km2, and its population is 687,535 (2022). It is part of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is 950 m.

Important public buildings include an infamous military prison which has been the subject of legend; the military electronic surveillance centre; and Ankara's largest rubbish dump.

Composition
There are 64 neighbourhoods in Mamak District:


 * Abidinpaşa
 * Akdere
 * Akşemsettin
 * Altıağaç
 * Altınevler
 * Araplar
 * Aşık Veysel
 * Bahçeleriçi
 * Bahçelerüstü
 * Balkiraz
 * Başak
 * Bayındır
 * Boğaziçi
 * Bostancık
 * Büyükkayaş
 * Çağlayan
 * Cengizhan
 * Çiğiltepe
 * Demirlibahçe
 * Derbent
 * Diriliş
 * Dostlar
 * Durali Alıç
 * Dutluk
 * Ege
 * Ekin
 * Fahri Korutürk
 * General Zeki Doğan
 * Gökçeyurt
 * Gülveren
 * Harman
 * Hürel
 * Hüseyingazi
 * Karaağaç
 * Karşıyaka
 * Kartaltepe
 * Kazım Orbay
 * Kıbrısköy
 * Kızılca
 * Köstence
 * Küçük Kayaş
 * Kusunlar
 * Kutlu
 * Kutludüğün
 * Lalahan
 * Mehtap
 * Misket
 * Mutlu
 * Ortaköy
 * Peyami Safa
 * Şafaktepe
 * Şahap Gürler
 * Şahintepe
 * Saimekadın
 * Şehit Cengiz Topel
 * Şirintepe
 * Tepecik
 * Türközü
 * Tuzluçayır
 * Üreğil
 * Yeni Bayındır
 * Yeşilbayır
 * Yukarı Imrohor
 * Zirvekent

Notable people

 * Kübra Öztürk (born 1991), Woman Grandmaster of chess
 * Mustafa Yılmaz (born 1992), Grandmaster of chess