Etimesgut

Etimesgut

The ruins uncovered during archaeological excavations within the district borders prove that human settlement in the region can date back to the Copper Age. With this; The first information obtained from written sources about the naming of the region shows that this place was called "Amaksis" during the Hittite period. As a matter of fact, on a map drawn by Heinrich Kiepert, the region was named "Amaksyz" and "Akmasyz". Also on the map, some of the villages connected to here are noted as "Alvan", "Baghlydja" and "Emirjaman", which are undoubtedly Elvankent, Bağlıca and Eryaman, which are districts of Etimesgut today. Although it was known as "Akmasus" by the Ottomans in the early periods; Ahi Mesud, an Ahi chief who lived in Ankara around the 14th-15th centuries, inspired the current name of the district. It is thought that Mesud was born in Kırşehir, migrated to Ankara and founded a zawiya named after him in a village that remains within the borders of Baglica today. Ataturk, who visited this region, known as "Ahi Mesud Subdistrict" until the proclamation of the Republic, in 1928, ordered the establishment of a model village here, and after the village was rebuilt, it was named "Etimesut" by the local people. In December 1937, the name of the village was officially changed to "Etimesut". It was changed to "Etimesgut" and was called by this name for about a century.