In Ankara, Turkey, New Restaurants Enliven the Diplomatic Area The leafy, winding streets of the upscale Gaziosmanpasa district in the Turkish capital of Ankara have long provided respite from the crowded boulevards of the city center. Home to many of the city's consulates and embassies, the neighborhood has gone from a staid diplomatic hub to Ankara's choicest destination for an evening out, thanks to a dozen new restaurants and cafes that have opened over the past few years. Bookish Filistin Sokak 17 (90-312) 447-4734 bookishstore.com Featuring a hand-picked selection of exclusively English-language books and foreign-language magazines, this bookstore, which opened in May 2011, has great Turkey primers like Stephen Kinzer's "Crescent and Star," novels by Orhan Pamuk and Elif Safak and hard-to-find titles like "Honour Killing" by Ayse Onal.