Mevlana Boulevard (also known as Konya Boulevard) is a boulevard in

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

, Turkey. It is named after

Mevlana Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), Maturidi theologian (''mutakallim''), and Sufi mystic born during the Khwarazmian Empi ...

, who is also known as Rumi, the Islamic scholar who spent most of his life in what is now Turkey in the 13th century.

Geography

The boulevard was actually a part of the Ankara ring road before the construction of the motorway. The southernmost point of the boulevard is at where it fuses to the Turkish state highway which connects Ankara to South Turkey. The boulevard continues to North up to where it fuses to Turgut Özal Boulevard (which in turn fuses to which connects Ankara to the east and north Turkey.) Between these two points, the length of the boulevard is about .

Main Buildings

There are two important intersections. One is the intersection with

İsmet İnönü Boulevard İsmet İnönü Boulevard () is a major avenue in Mersin, Turkey. It is named after İsmet İnönü (1884-1973), the second president of Turkish Republic between 1938 and 1950. Geography The eastern end of the boulevard is to the north of the ...

which connects Ankara to the west and the other one, at the end of the course is Fatih Sultan Mehmet Boulevard which connects Ankara to northwest Turkey. Most of the buildings are situated to the east of the boulevard. But new quarters of Ankara are flourishing to the west. One of the most important buildings is the intercity bus terminal of Ankara (AŞTİ).AŞTİ page
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