Forest farm
The Forest Farm was established in 1925 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first President of the Turkish Republic as a private farm. After 1926, the management of the farm was offered to Spiritual Christians from Russia living in north Kars Province who were noted for animal breeding (List of horse breeds in DAD-IS, Malakan horse, Malakan cow) but who refused repatriation to Soviet Union. They declined to move to Ankara, because the most zealous believed they must live close to Mount Ararat for the Second Coming of Christ. In 1937, Atatürk donated the farm to the Turkish state. At the farm is an exact replica of the house, where Atatürk was born in 1881 in Thessaloniki, Selânik, Ottoman Empire. Visitors to the farm can sample the products of the farm such as old-fashioned beer, fresh dairy products, ice cream, and meat rolls and kebabs made on charcoal, at a traditional restaurant (Merkez Lokantası, Central Restaurant) and other areas of catering around the farm.Zoo
The Ankara Zoo ( tr, Ankara Hayvanat Bahçesi) is a zoo, zoological garden founded in 1933 (). It houses some big cats, various birds, monkeys, apes, ungulates, snakes, and an aquarium. The zoo also breeds and sells Turkish Angora, Angora cats.Recent controversies and disputes
The current Presidential Complex (Turkey), Presidential Complex of Turkey has been constructed on the part of the territory of the forest farm and this issue has involved substantial legal and political disputes in Turkey. According to the most recent reports, Turkey's Public Housing Development Administration (TOKI) is planning to sell farm land of the farm in an auction.References
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