Gençlik Park
Located in Ulus District of Altındağ District, the youth park is one of the historical parks of Ankara. In the early years of the Republic, Hermann Jansen, who was invited to plan Ankara, had designed the Youth Park as a contemporary entertainment-leisure venue. Thus, both the swampy area of the Ankara Stream would be drained and an example would be set for the use of urban open and public spaces for those living in the new capital of the Republic. The plan was approved in a Council of Ministers meeting chaired by Atatürk in 1936, and Youth Park was opened on 19 May 1943, Youth and Sports Day.
The Exhibition House, built in 1933, was converted into an Opera in 1946, an Italian amusement park was opened in 1951, and the park became a qualified representative of the public space with its health museum, sculptures and promenades. In 1957, two small steam locomotives "Mehmetçik" and "Efe", which were produced in Eskişehir Cer Atölyesi in order to increase the public's love for railways, started to cover the distance of 1750 square meters by commuting between Poolbaşı and Esmen stations. Later, Ada Lokantası, Fenerbahçe Restaurant and Göl Casino were opened.
