Kocatepe Mosque is the newest and largest mosque in Ankara, and the second largest in Turkey. Built in 1967 and completed in 1987. Despite being a modern building it was designed on classic Ottoman style, with 4 minarets, domes and half domes.

The Mosque complex includes a car park and supermarket, and has a capacity to hold 20,000 worshippers.

Ankara Citadel is one of the most important attractions of Ankara. Located atop a hill in the old side of Ankara; this ancient building dates back from the Hittities times, but historically its foundation is attributed to Galatians and completed by the Romans. After the Byzantines and Seljuk made many changes.

The citadel was devastated by Arabian and Persian attacks and was restored later in the 14th century (in 1330) by the Ilhanli king, Keykavus II.

The citadel consists in two sections: The inner castle and the outer castle. The first one are still in good conditions, its wall were made of marble and red Ankara stone. The second one has few intact remains of its structure

Anatolian Civilizations Museum is one of the most important museums in Turkey. It is located on the south side of Ankara Castle in the Atpazari area and occupies two Ottoman buildings, which have been renovated; one of them is the Mahmut Pasha Bedesten and the other is the Kurshunlu Han.

The Museum was built by the prime minister of Fatih Sultan Mehmed during 1464-1471. The museum holds artifacts from up to 7500 years, from the Assyrian, Phrygian, Urartian, and other Anatolian civilizations, and a unique collection of Hittities artifacts.

Within the Museum the Kursunlu Han is used as an administrative building, housing the work rooms, library, conference hall, laboratory and workshop, while the Mahmut Pasha Bedesten holds the exhibits.

There are collections of the Paleolithic era, and continue chronologically through the Neolithic, Early Bronze, Assyrian trading colonies, Hittite, Phrygian, Urartu, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman periods. Are displayed also an extensive collection of artifacts from the excavations at Karain, Çatalhöyük, Hacilar, Canhasan, Beyce Sultan, Alacahöyük, Kültepe, Acemhöyük, Bogazköy (Gordion), Pazarli, Altintepe, Adilcevaz and Patnos as well as examples of several periods.

There are exhibits of gold, silver, glass, marble and bronze works dating back as far as the second half of the first millennium BC.

The Ataturk Mausoleum or Antibakir is the place where the rests of the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk, are resting. The Mausoleum is located on the Anit Tepesi, beyond the railroad station, about 2.5km/1.5mi southwest of Ulus Meydani.

The Mausoleum was designed by Prof. Emin Onat in association with Prof. Orhan Arda, its construction took about 10 years and completed in 1953. The building is a notable example of modern Turkish architecture, and bears lively collection of memorabilia from Ataturk's life and work, private library, documents, stamps, coins, books and cars.

Ataturk’s body was buried in the Mausoleum on November 10 1953, in a great ceremony.

The Mausoleum features a large area known as Mausoleum Hill. Gardens and parks surround the building, which is reached by special roads. Leading to the Mausoleum is Lion Road, bordered on either side by 24 lion statues. To the right of the entrance is the Tower of Independence, and to the left, the Tower of Freedom. In front of the towers are two groups of statues depicting three men and three women, who represent the Turkish nation.

To the right of the entrance is Mehmetcik Tower, and to the left Defense Law Tower. On the right is a colonnaded and vaulted section looking into the courtyard. The Mausoleum and the Guard Section is here. This section ends with Victory Tower. Between this tower and the Peace Tower, exactly opposite to the Hall of Honor where Ataturk's body lies, is another double row of columns. The section between the Peace Tower, and the April 23 Tower to the right of the entrance houses the administrative offices.

Ataturk’s tomb is situated between the Reform Tower and the Republic Tower in the Hall of Honor. To the sides of the entrance of the Hall of Honor there are bas-reliefs depicting some important episodes of the Turkey’s history. In the left side is a bas-relief in commemoration of the Baskumandan Meydan War, and in the right there is a bas-relief depicting the wars and victories from Vienna to Sakarya. In front of the window, on a raised stone platform is Ataturk's Sarcophagus. It was made of a single piece of colored marble, in front of which is Ataturk's Independence Medallion. Ataturk is buried directly under this sarcophagus.