page_title: Polatlı
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Polatlı / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Basalt relief stele showing a banquet scene. From Yağri, Polatlı, in modern-day Turkey. Hittite Empire Period, 14th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.
context_page_description: Polatlı is a city and a district in Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, on the road to Eskişehir. According to 2019 census, population of the district is 125,075 of which 98,605 live in the city of Polatlı. The district covers an area of 3,789 km², and the average elevation is 850 m.
context_section_description: The ancient Phrygian capital Gordion is 10 km from the city of Polatlı.  On his expedition to the east, Alexander the Great cut the famous Gordian Knot, an omen of his coming rule over the whole Asia.  Pessinus, an ancient city on the upper river Sangarios (modern day Sakarya River), is also within the borders of Polatlı.  The mythological Phrygian King Midas is said to have ruled from Pessinus and to be buried here.
  Polatlı also occupied an important place in the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 as the Battle of Sakarya (August 23-September 13, 1921) was fought here, the utmost eastern point reached by the advancing Greek Army in Anatolia.  There are two memorial burial grounds of those lost in the battle. There is also a monument named Mehmetçik Monument about the battle just 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Polatlı.
caption: Relief stele showing a banquet scene. From Yağri, Polatlı. Hittite Empire Period, 14th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul
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