Polatli

Polatli is a city and an area in Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia locale of Turkey, 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, making a course for Eskisehir. As indicated by 2010 registration, populace of the locale is 117,473 of which 98,605 live in the city of Polatli. The region covers a zone of 3,789 km², and the normal rise is 850 m. The old Phrygian capital Gordion is 10 km from the city of Polatli.

On his undertaking toward the east, Alexander the Great cut the acclaimed Gordian Knot, a sign of his coming principle over the entire Asia. Pessinus, an old city on the upper stream Sangarios cutting edge Sakarya River, is additionally inside the outskirts of Polatli. The legendary Phrygian King Midas is said to have ruled from Pessinus and to be covered here.

Polatli additionally possessed a vital place in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 as the Battle of Sakarya August 23-September 13, 1921 was battled here, the most extreme eastern point come to by the propelling Greek Army in Anatolia. There are two dedication graveyard of those lost in the fight. There is likewise a landmark named Mehmetcik Monument about the fight only 6 kilometers west of Polatli.