Kahramankazan

Kahramankazan

Kahramankazan, formerly known as Kazan, is a district of Ankara. While it was one of the villages established on the Murted Plain, it became a district in 1987 and has shown great development. Turkish Aviation and Space Industry facilities, where F-16 aircraft are produced, are located in the district. It is said that during the Battle of Ankara, which took place between the Ottoman armies and the Mongol armies in 1402, the Ottoman Empire used Kazan Village as a soup kitchen, and the village took the name "Kazan" because of the cauldrons left behind by the army that left their weight there at the end of the war. On the night of the July 15 military coup attempt in 2016, the name of the district was changed to "Kahramankazan" by the law adopted on October 25, 2016, as the people of Kazan resisted the coup plotters and 9 people lost their lives while trying to prevent this attempt. The district is located on the plain, which was also known as "Mürted Plain", "Murtaza Abad" and "Akıncı" in the past. The exact date of establishment of the district is not known. Artifacts unearthed during archaeological excavations show that many different civilizations settled in the Murted Plain in different periods of history.