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Entertainment Quality and variety of entertainment venues that form an important of Ankara life are among the essentials of the city. It is possible to taste the traditional Turkish dishes at the restaurants at the Ankara Castle located in the Ulus district. Gölbaşı province is the recreation and holiday spot of the city. City’s entertainment revenues at the Tunalı Hilmi, and Tunus Streets as well as Park Street and Koru Mesa Plaza in the Çayyolu neighborhood have the quality to attract those who are looking for an entertainment. Local Characteristics Seymens Seymens (name of an irregular militia tradition in Central Anatolia) who participate in holiday and wedding ceremonies with their traditional local costumes are the symbols of bravery, dare and patriotism. Although, it is originated from “Sekban” unit of the Guild of Janissaries, the Seymen tradition goes back to the Oghuz tribes which settled in Ankara and its environs. Kargın, Çavundur and Büğdüz of Çubuk province, Bayındır of Elmadağ 98 province, Kayı, Kınık and of Yenimahalle province Dodurga, Peçenek ve Yazır located at the skirts of Hüseyin Gazi Dağı mountain, Avşar villages at the Bala province got their names from the 24 Oghuz tribes. Settlement spot of princes before going to the Söğüt province was Gölbaşı. Seymen ceremonies were held at the times when the “National Spirit” reached to a peak. Last big Seymen Ceremony was held on December 27, 1919. When Mustafa Kemal arrived in Ankara soil during the invasion of Anatolia, another Seymen ceremony was held just like they did during the Oghuz Period. When Atatürk asked them , “Why are you here?” Seymens of Ankara told, “We are here to see you and die in your path.” Local Cuisine Kitchen was the largest part of the old Ankara houses. At one side of the kitchen, there were oven and furnace and at the other side, there was the pantry where the foodstuff for winter was kept. Pantry usually has two stories and 99