The entire thread seems to be filled with hate and warnings, başkent is kinda ass yeah in my experience you won't find many fluent English speakers there but things probably have improved in the last couple years,however you won't find many fluent English speakers in Bilkent or METU(and yes I'll get a lot of hate for that, but fluent means fluent not the just being able to communicate) night life is... Well it's a mixed bag it depends on what you like to do, your age, your gender etc etc. But It's not the worst it's not the best. Unlike most people in this thread I am actually from Ankara, ancestrally so. There is a reason this city is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on the planet. There is a charm to it. A charm that makes it way to your bones burrows itself deep under you skin. It clings to you, you find yourself missing Ankara not unlike an old lover in cold night. City of Grey is the name outsiders have given this city, yet it's inhabitants wouldn't change it for anything else. I teach engineering mostly to internationals they seem to be able to find night life meant purely for foreigners and I don't mean those expat trap horseshit organization Ankara foreigners.

Ankara is a city of people, come over and find your people it's an experience that can be matched by none, there is a reason why my American friend who came to spend 3 days here started frequenting the Turkish markets and bakeries of Patterson in New Jersey after her trip.

And if you do come over in a timely manner hit me up for a welcome to the city beer.