Ulus

Today, Shammara (my roommate) and I walked around the old center of Ankara, Ulus. We've basically found Ankara to be completely devoid of foreigners/tourists, except today we saw our first Japanese tourists. So, that means we normally wander around, being stared at by all the locals. There was an open air bazar-like thing with lots of shops and we bought some metal spoons and forks...and were still stared at.

Kisilay feels much like a Western European city, but Ulus is distinctly Turkish. There's a larger percentage of women wearing headscarves, you don't see couples holding hands...the feeling there is much different.