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Timeline of Ankara

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ankara, Ankara Province, Turkey.

Contents

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.

    • References

    Timeline of Ankara Wikipedia
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