Batıkent, Yenimahalle

It is a suburban residential area located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west of the city, and Ankara's largest suburb.

The population is approximately 200,000, mainly middle-class families; it is a popular residential area for students and government workers.

The dominant dwelling types are semi-detached and detached houses, and apartment buildings.

Batıkent was created as a cooperative housing project by Kent-Koop (Union of Batikent Housing Construction Cooperatives) to improve the quality of life for low and middle income people, mostly civil servants, traders, etc.

It was a pioneer in bringing low income people together in cooperatives, either by place of work or through the workers' unions, to decide for themselves about the type, size and number of units in their housing projects.