Gökçek Parkı

About Gökçek Parkı

Gökçek Parkı is a municipal park in the Bağlarbaşı neighbourhood of Keçiören, in northern Ankara, looked after by ANFA, the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality's parks company. ANFA dates the park to 2000 and gives its area as 53,746 square metres. Water is the centrepiece. A pool with a waterfall and fountains covers 4,997 square metres, set among about 15,000 square metres of lawn. For families there is a 1,039-square-metre "spider" climbing play area and a separate 500-square-metre children's playground, and the sports facilities include a football pitch and five table-tennis tables. The park is well set up for sitting outdoors, with 27 covered seating groups, 11 pergolas and 142 benches listed by the municipality. A group of historic-style Ankara houses inside the grounds holds a tea garden and restaurants, and ANFA notes that one café in the park is also used as a wedding hall. Practical notes: the park lies off Kızlarpınarı Caddesi, where a bus stop carries the park's name. It works well for a family outing, combining play areas and open lawns with tea or a meal in the Ankara houses.