Wender·Vista
Ankara
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTurkey
on the Anatolian plateau, the capital above the steppe

Ankara

— — the city that holds the country's pulse.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Ankara sits high on the Anatolian steppe, a working capital rather than a postcard one. The old citadel above Ulus looks down on a modern republic that chose this city on purpose, not for the view. Winter wind comes off the plateau and the coffee in Kızılay is strong. The honest one. — from the studio

from the studio
Ankara
— bring it home

Ankara, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Ankara

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Ankara is the capital of the Republic of Turkey, set on the Central Anatolian plateau at roughly 938 metres of elevation, about 350 kilometres east of Istanbul. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk moved the seat of government here in 1923, choosing a defensible inland city over the imperial capital on the Bosphorus. The population now passes 5.7 million. The old core climbs to Ankara Castle above the Ulus district, while ministries, embassies, and the parliament cluster south through Kavaklıdere and Çankaya.

— informed by Wikipedia — Ankara
— the stone

The citadel walls above Ulus are the city's deepest stone — Roman foundations rebuilt by the Byzantines and the Seljuks, with spolia from older buildings worked into the courses. Just below, the Temple of Augustus and Rome still carries the Latin inscription of the Res Gestae on its inner walls, the fullest surviving copy of the emperor's account of his reign. The adjoining Hacı Bayram Mosque, completed in the 15th century, holds the tomb of the Sufi poet Hacı Bayram-ı Veli.

— the visit

Anıtkabir, Atatürk's mausoleum, sits on a hill west of the centre and is the city's most visited site, open daily without a fee. The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, in a restored 15th-century bedesten below the castle, holds Hittite reliefs and one of the densest collections of Anatolian prehistory anywhere. Spring and autumn are the kind seasons — the plateau makes for sharp continental winters and dry summers. The Ankara metro and a dense bus network reach most of what a visitor wants.

— informed by Wikipedia — Anıtkabir
— where
Turkey · Ankara, Central Anatolia
— elevation
938 m · 3,077 ft
— position
39.9334° N · 32.8597° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
4 km W
Anıtkabir
mausoleum
2 km N
Ankara Castle
citadel
2 km N
Hacı Bayram Mosque
mosque
N
Ankara
Anıtkabir
Ankara Castle
Hacı Bayram Mosque
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Ankara — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Atatürk moved the capital to Ankara in 1923 after the founding of the republic. The inland location was easier to defend and signalled a clean break from Ottoman Istanbul on the Bosphorus.

Ankara sits at about 938 metres on the Central Anatolian plateau, which gives it cold, often snowy winters and hot dry summers very different from coastal Turkish cities.

The citadel hill above the Ulus district. Its walls layer Roman, Byzantine, and Seljuk stonework, with the Roman Temple of Augustus and the 15th-century Hacı Bayram Mosque just below.

Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Turkish republic. It crowns a hill west of central Ankara and is open daily with no admission fee.

The greater Ankara metropolitan area holds more than 5.7 million people, making it Turkey's second-largest city after Istanbul and the political centre of the country.

Late April through early June and again in September and October. The plateau climate makes January and February genuinely cold, and July afternoons can pass 35 degrees Celsius.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for Turks living abroad and for diplomats or scholars who have worked in Ankara. The citadel skyline reads as the working capital rather than as a tourist Istanbul stand-in.

It sits comfortably in warm minimalist, library-traditional, and modern-Mediterranean rooms. The ochre and terracotta tones of the plateau pair with walnut, brass, and undyed linen.

Yes. The piece reads as muted earth tones with a strong architectural line, which is the centre of the warm-minimalist and quiet-luxury direction right now. A Medium over a console works.

Above a standard sofa, a single Large or a 4-tile Mural reads cleanly from across the room. For a console table, a Medium centred at eye level is the steady choice.

Yes. Order it in the Dura Satin or Matte finish for wet rooms and backsplashes. Both are scratch-resistant and the colour stays in the surface.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so it does not lift with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reid Wender curates the atlas and no images are licensed in from outside.

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