Ankara
City
Capital of Turkey since 1923.
Names
- until March 28, 1930 Angora
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- 1898 – October 31, 1922 Ottoman Empire
- since October 29, 1923 Turkey
Capital of
- since October 29, 1923 Turkey
Events here 11
- May 15, 1919 – October 11, 1922 Turkish War of Independence
- October 20, 1921 Treaty of Ankara (1921)
- October 29, 1923 Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
- March 3, 1924 Abolition of the Ottoman caliphate
- February 28, 1953 Balkan Pact (1953)
- September 12, 1963 Ankara Agreement
- October 10, 2015 2015 Ankara bombings
- February 17, 2016 February 2016 Ankara bombing
- March 13, 2016 March 2016 Ankara bombing
- July 15–16, 2016 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
- December 19, 2016 Assassination of Andrei Karlov