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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = neighbourhood
| province             = Ankara
| district             = Çankaya
| name                 = Çayyolu
| population_total     = 6695
| population_as_of     = 2022
| coordinates          = {{coord|39|53|N|32|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_skyline           = Çayyolu main street.jpg
| image_caption           = Main street from south west to north east
| elevation_m             = 925
| postal_code      = 06810
| area_code        = 0312
}}
[[File:Koru station.jpg|thumb|Koru station, the last station in Ankara M2 metro]]
'''Çayyolu''' is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of [[Çankaya District|Çankaya]], [[Ankara Province]], [[Turkey]].<ref>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx Mahalle], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023.</ref> Its population is 6,695 (2022).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2022, Favorite Reports|url=https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=en |access-date=22 May 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=en|format=XLS}}</ref>
==Location and history==
Çayyolu is situated to the west of [[Hacettepe University#Campusus#Beytepe Campus|Hacettepe University Beytepe campus]], to the east of [[Otoyol 20|Ankara ring road]]  and to the south of the [[State road D.200 (Turkey)|Turkish state highway D.200]]. Its distance to the Ankara centrum is about {{convert|20|km}}. The core of the suburb is a former village named ''Kutuğun'' situated almost at the center of the Çayyolu suburb. Çayyolu is approximately a 400-year-old Turkish village. In 1967 the village was renamed Çayyolu. Beginning by the next year, housing projects around the village transformed the rural area into an urban area. <ref name=CY>[http://www.cayyolu.org.tr/cayyolu/ Çayyolu page {{in lang|tr}}]</ref> Up to 2012, it was a part of [[Yenimahalle]] [[ilçe]] (district). But in 2012, it was included in the [[Çankaya, Ankara (district)|Çankaya]] ilçe.<ref>[https://www.emlaktasondakika.com/haber/kent-bolge-haberleri/ankara-yenimahallenin-sinirlari-degisti-cayyolu-cankayaya-baglandi/39033 Local news {{in lang|tr}}]</ref> Today Çayyolu is a modern suburb with parks, shopping malls, supermarkets, restaurants, coffeehouses, cinema halls a sports complex and a theatre named [[125th Anniversary Çayyolu Stage]].
==Population==
Currently in addition to Çayyolu there are eight neighborhoods: Alacaatlı, Dodorga,  Konutkent, Koru, Profesör Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Ümitköy and Yaşamkent all of which collectively are known as Çayyolu.<ref>[http://www.cayyolu.org.tr/cayyolu/muhtarliklar/ Neighborhood list]</ref> From east to west Mutlukent, Ümitköy, Koru, Konutkent and Yaşamkent are along the highway. The population of these neighborhoods as of 2022 are shown in the table.<ref name=tuik/>
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Name of the neighborhood
!Population (2022)
|-
|Alacaatlı|| 42,784
|-
|Çayyolu|| 6,695
|-
|Dodurga|| 11,537
|-
|Konutkent|| 9,122
|-
|Koru|| 14,092
|-
|Profesör Doktor Ahmet Taner Kışlalı|| 19,035
|-
|Ümitköy|| 14,140
|-
|Yaşamkent|| 22,436
|}
==Mass transportation==
The mass transportation between Ankara centrum and Çayyolu is via [[Ankara Metro]] M2. The last three stations of the metro namely, Ümitköy, Çayyolu and Koru are actually within the suburb.
==References==
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{{Çankaya District}}
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Çankaya District]]