Çayyolu
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Çayyolu | |
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 Main street from south west to north east | |
  Çayyolu Location in Turkey  Çayyolu Çayyolu (Turkey Central Anatolia) | |
| Coordinates: 39°53′N 32°42′E / 39.883°N 32.700°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Ankara |
| District | Çankaya |
| Elevation | 925 m (3,035 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 6,695 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 06810 |
| Area code | 0312 |
Çayyolu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Çankaya, Ankara Province, Turkey.[1] Its population is 6,695 (2022).[2]
Çayyolu is situated to the west of Hacettepe University Beytepe campus, to the east of Ankara ring road and to the south of the Turkish state highway D.200. Its distance to the Ankara centrum is about 20 kilometres (12 mi). The core of the suburb is a former village named Kutuğun situated almost at the center of the Çayyolu suburb. Çayyolu is approximately a 400-year-old Turkish village. In 1967 the village was renamed Çayyolu. Beginning by the next year, housing projects around the village transformed the rural area into an urban area. [3] Up to 2012, it was a part of Yenimahalle ilçe (district). But in 2012, it was included in the Çankaya ilçe.[4] Today Çayyolu is a modern suburb with parks, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, coffeehouses, cinema halls a sports complex and a theatre named 125th Anniversary Çayyolu Stage.