İncirli

İncirli is a neighbourhood in the Keçiören district of Ankara Province, Turkey. The Yunus Emre Avenue is the main road in the neighbourhood. It is bordered by Etlik, Aşağı Eğlence, Esertepe and Kuşcağız neighbourhoods within the same district.

Not to be confused with İncirli, Yenişehir.

Name

The meaning of the name İncirli in Turkish is "(land) with figs". The area was once famous for fig trees.

References
  • Municipality of Keçiören, Turkey. "Neighbourhoods in Keçiören, Ankara" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2008-03-31.

Other uses
  • Turkish name for the Aegean, now Greek island Nisyros in the Cyclades


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