Beypazari- City along the Silk Road in Central Anatolia

known for it's mineral water- they bottle it and sell it, obviously!  They say it promotes good health if you drink it everyday (subtle advertising) and you can even get clear skin from washing your face with it.  I bought some in apple flavor.  Apparently their marketing skills worked!

factory where they bottle the mineral water

view of the city

The city was once under water so as you drive along the Silk Road, you can see the layers from the Sedimentary Rock.  (omg, that's the first time I've ever used anything I learned from geology!)

It's also known for carrots (weird) and silver and gold.  Guess who got their shop on??  This girl!

market- those green bottles on the bottom are grape leaves- delicious!  

So the "call to worship" (done 5x's a day) was much louder here than in Ankara because it is less congested so you really hear it.  I went to my first mosque in Turkey while in Beypazari.  I had to remove my shoes but didn't have to wear a head covering.  Very beautiful building.

I think this street pup is trained better than some of our American pets!  He's got the skill for begging down pat!

So the city was on route as part of the Silk Road used to transport goods across parts of Asia and was occupied by many different people and therefore has a lot of historic value. (Hittites, Phrygians, Byzantines, Seljuks, and Ottomans)  These were carvings in Arabic inscriptions uncovered in Beypazari.  

I learned that their wealth could be determined by the number of windows a house had- the more windows, the richer the family because it cost more to insulate.