With Lake Mogan and Lake Eymir, this is where Ankara comes to catch its breath. It's the first stop for anyone fleeing the city on a weekend: lakeside walks, cycling, breakfast, fish. Summer packs it out, but the lake swallows the crowd whole. When the city's noise gets to be too much, coming here stops being a decision and becomes a reflex. If you want zero distance from nature, let the dice fall on Gölbaşı.