Ankara(Angora) Cat
The central Anatolian plateau forms the heartland of Turkey:ochre-hued, chleft by ravines and dominated by volcanic peaks.The boldly contoured steppe has a solitary majesty covered with wheat fields framed by ranks of poplars.
This plateau was also a cradle of human civilization.At Catalhöyük, remains of settlements as old as the eight millennium B.C. have been unearthed.Here in the homeland of many civilizations and the historic battlegorund between East and West, the Hattis,Hittites, Phrygians, Galatians, Romans Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottoman all fought for their sovereignty and established their rule.In the 11th century, migrating Turks from the east made the plateau their own.During its turbulent history, Central Anatolia has endured invasion by great conquerors, such as Alexander the Great and Tamerlane, In the course pf ten millennia of habitation, the denizens of the area have reflected in their art the dramatic contours of the surrounding landspace, from the vigorous paintings of Catalhoyuk and the confident lines of Seljuk architecture, to, more recently, the impressive modern form of Atatürk's mausoleum.
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