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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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:
  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.^{[citation needed]}
  • 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
    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.
  • 11 March: The events of the 21st Ankara International Film Festival started.
  • 8 April: Başkent Volleyball Hall was opened.
  • 28 August: 2010 FIBA World Championship Group C matches started in Ankara.
• 2011
  • PKK
    . 5 civilians lost their lives.
  • 17 March: The events of the 22nd Ankara International Film Festival started.
• 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]
  • 22 May:
    2013 Turkish Cup Final
    match played in Ankara.
  • 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 was assassinated.
  • 25 December: The 2016 Ankara Cup event was held.
• 2017
  • 5 January: Otoyol 21 project 5th (Niğde-Pozantı) was prepared.
  • Population: 5,445,026 (estimate, urban agglomeration).^[20]

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

See also

• History of Ankara
• List of mayors of Ankara
• List of universities in Ankara
• Izmir

References

This article incorporates information from the Turkish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

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Published in 20th century

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  ISBN 0965595811

Published in 21st century

• Elvan Altan Ergut (2006). "Presenting Ankara". Rethinking Architectural Historiography. Routledge. p. 151+.
  ISBN 978-1-134-23629-9
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• ISBN 978-9004153882
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• Zeynep Kezer (2009). "Ankara". In Emily Gunzburger Makas and Tanja Damljanovic Conley (ed.). Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires: Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe. Routledge. pp. 124–140.
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• "Ankara". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
• Ismail Hakki Kadi (2012). "Town of Ankara and its Mohair Industry". Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century: Competition and Cooperation in Ankara, Izmir, and Amsterdam. Ottoman Empire and its Heritage. Brill. p. 29+.
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