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After breakfast, we will discover Ankara, once a Hittite town, then a Roman city, and now the capital of Turkey. The city has been continuously inhabited since the Bronze Age. The very fine museum of Anatolian Civilizations details the ebb and flow of cultures that have passed through the area, from the Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians and Persians to the Galatians, Romans, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks and Ottomans. A small provincial town until Mustafa Kemal Atatürk named it the capital of the new Republic on October 13, 1923. Ankara developed very quickly. In the morning, we will visit the great Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish Republic. Our city tour will feature the world famous Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Lunch will be taken during our visit at the Ankara castle. After lunch, the group will enjoy a private presentation of traditional Turkish Folk dances. Dinner and overnight in Ankara.