Timeline of Ankara

Prior to 14th century

546 BCE – Achaemenid Persians in power (approximate date).

334 BCE – City taken by forces of Alexander III of Macedon.

278 BCE – Celtic Galatians in power.

25 BCE – City taken by forces of Augustus and becomes part of the Roman Empire.

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.

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.

1402 – 20 July: Battle of Ankara fought at Çubuk; Turkic Timur takes city.

1403 – Ottomans in power again.

1471 – Mahmut Paşa Bedesteni built.

1523 – Çengel Han built.

1566 – Cenabi Ahmed Pasa Mosque built.

1688 – Earthquake.

1832 – Ankara Castle renovated.

1864 – City becomes capital of the Ankara Vilayet.

1890 – Population: 27,825 (approximate).

1893 – Istanbul-Ankara railway constructed.

20th century

1920

23 April: Government of the Grand National Assembly established.

Hakimiyet-i Milliye newspaper begins publication.

1923

13 October: City becomes capital of the Republic of Turkey.

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.

Population: 44,553.

Victory Monument erected.

1930

City renamed "Ankara."

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.

1946 – University of Ankara founded.

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.

1961 – Turkish Grand National Assembly Museum opens.

1967 – Hacettepe University founded.

1971 – Barıṣ newspaper begins publication.

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.

Mehmet Altınsoy becomes mayor of Greater Ankara.

Bilkent University founded.

Turkish Aerospace Industries headquartered in Ankara.

1987 – Kocatepe Mosque built.

1989

National Assembly Mosque and Atakule Tower built.

Murat Karayalçın becomes mayor.

1990 – March: Bombings.

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.

Population: 3,953,344 (urban)

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.

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.

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.

13 March: M2 (Ankara metro) was opened for use.

5 August: Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway opened for service.

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.

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

5 January: Otoyol 21 project 5th (Niğde-Pozantı) was prepared.