Timeline of Ankara
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ankara, Ankara Province, Turkey.
Prior to 14th century
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- 546 BCE – Achaemenid Persians in power (approximate date).[1]
- 334 BCE – City taken by forces of Alexander III of Macedon.[1]
- 278 BCE – Celtic Galatians in power.[2]
- 25 BCE – City taken by forces of Augustus and becomes part of the Roman Empire.[2]
- 20 BCE – Monumentum Ancyranum built.
- 3rd century CE – City besieged by Gothic forces.
- 272 CE – City becomes part of Roman Empire again.
- 314 – Church council held.
- 362 – Julian (emperor) of Roman Empire visits city; "Column of Julian" erected.[2]
- 7th century – City becomes capital of the Opsician Theme.
- 8th century – City becomes capital of the Bucellarian Theme.
- 1073 – City becomes part of the Seljuq Empire.
- 1101 – Ankara Castle captured by the Crusaders.
- 1227 – Ankara Castle captured by the Seljuqs.
14th–19th centuries
- 1356 – City taken by forces of Ottoman Orhan I.[2]
- 1402 – 20 July: Battle of Ankara fought at Çubuk; Turkic Timur takes city.[3]
- 1403 – Ottomans in power again.
- 1471 – Mahmut Paşa Bedesteni built.
- 1523 – Çengel Han built.
- 1566 – Cenabi Ahmed Pasa Mosque built.[4]
- 1688 – Earthquake.[1]
- 1832 – Ankara Castle renovated.
- 1864 – City becomes capital of the Ankara Vilayet.[5]
- 1890 – Population: 27,825 (approximate).[5]
- 1893 – Istanbul-Ankara railway constructed.[1]
20th century
- 1920
- 23 April: Government of the Grand National Assembly established.
- Hakimiyet-i Milliye newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1923
- 13 October: City becomes capital of the Republic of Turkey.[5]
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. football club formed.
- 1924
- Population: 35,000 (approximate).
- Musiki Muallim Mektebi opens.
- Presidential Symphony Orchestra headquartered in Ankara.
- 1925
- Forest Farm established.
- Pembe Köşk becomes Turkish presidential residence.
- 1927
- Ankara Palas opens.[7]
- Population: 44,553.
- Victory Monument erected.[2]
- 1930
- City renamed "Ankara."[1]
- Ethnography Museum of Ankara founded.
- State Art and Sculpture Museum built.
- 1932 – Pink Villa built.
- 1933 – Ankara Zoo established.
- 1935 – Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium built.
- 1937 – Ankara Central Station inaugurated.
- 1938 – November: State funeral of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk held.
- 1940 – State Conservatory established.
- 1943 – Gençlik Parkı (park) and Museum of Anatolian Civilizations opens.
- 1945 – Population: 226,712.[8]
- 1946 – University of Ankara founded.[1]
- 1948 – Ankara Opera House inaugurated.
- 1950 – Population: 286,781.
- 1953 – Anıtkabir mausoleum of Atatürk erected.
- 1955 – Esenboğa Airport begins operating.
- 1956 – Middle East Technical University.[1]
- 1961 – Turkish Grand National Assembly Museum opens.
- 1967 – Hacettepe University founded.[5]
- 1971 – Barıṣ newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1973 – Population: 1,461,345 city; 1,553,897 urban agglomeration (approximate).[9]
- 1974 – Yenikent Asaş Stadium built.
- 1978 – 9 October: Bahçelievler massacre.
- 1982 – 7 August: Esenboğa International Airport attack.
- 1983 – 16 January: Airplane accident.
- 1984
- City administration reorganized.[10]
- Mehmet Altınsoy becomes mayor of Greater Ankara.
- Bilkent University founded.[1]
- Turkish Aerospace Industries headquartered in Ankara.
- Population: 2,019,000 (estimate).[11]
- 1987 – Kocatepe Mosque built.
- 1989
- National Assembly Mosque[12] and Atakule Tower[2] built.
- Murat Karayalçın becomes mayor.
- 1990 – March: Bombings.[1]
- 1991 – Sheraton Ankara in business.
- 1993
- Bilkent Symphony Orchestra founded.
- Vedat Aydın becomes mayor.
- 1994 – Melih Gökçek becomes mayor.
- 1997 – Ankara Metro begins operating.
21st century
- 2003 – Göksu Park was opened.
- 2004 – Wonderland Ankara was opened.
- 2005 – Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum of technology established.
- 2006 – 17 May: Turkish Council of State shooting.
- 2007
- 22 May: 2007 Ankara bombing.[13]
- Population: 3,953,344 (urban)[14]
- 2009 – Eskişehir-Ankara Yüksek Hızlı Tren high-speed railway begins operating.
- 2010
- Cer Modern museum inaugurated.
- Ankara Arena was opened for use.
- 2012 – Population: 4,417,522.[15]
- 2013
- 1 February: 2013 United States embassy bombing in Ankara.
- 19 April: Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque was opened.
- May–June: 2013 Taksim Gezi Park protests.[16]
- 5 December: TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum was closed to use.
- 2014
- 12 February: M3 (Ankara metro) was opened for use.
- 7 March: Within 2 thousand 117 pieces of toys where "Ankapark" was opened to the public.[17]
- 13 March: M2 (Ankara metro) was opened for use.
- 5 August: Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway opened for service.[18]
- 17 October: It opened for use as it renovated Ottoman Stadium.
- 20 October: Presidential Palace was opened.
- 2015
- 1 January: Battle of Sakarya Historical National Park was opened for use.
- 10 October: 86 die, 186 are injured from two explosions near peace rally.[19]
- 31 October: Cebeci İnönü Stadium was closed to use.
- 2016
- 17 February: 2016 Ankara Merasim Street bombing attack
- 13 March: 2016 Ankara Güvenpark-Kızılay Square bombing attack
- 19 December: Andrei Karlov did the assassination.
- 25 December: The 2016 Ankara Cup event was held.
- 2017
Images
- Palace of Çankaya (Pink Villa), 1935
- Gençlik Park
- Ankara Opera House
- Old parliament building. Bus in front 1935.
- A westbound YHT train waiting at Ankara station
- New Presidential Compound in Ankara
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See also
- History of Ankara
- List of mayors of Ankara
- List of universities in Ankara
- Timelines of other cities in Turkey: Bursa, Istanbul, Izmir
References
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- Cybriwsky 2013.
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- Tuğrul Ansay; Don Wallace, Jr., eds. (2011), Introduction to Turkish Law (6th ed.), Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International
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Covering Altindag, Cankaya, Etimesgut, Golbasi, Kecioren, Mamak, Sincan, and Yenimahalle districts in Ankara
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- "Turkey protests: Unrest rages in Istanbul and Ankara". BBC. 1 June 2013.
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This article incorporates information from the Turkish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Published in 19th century
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Angora", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
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- Published in 20th century
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