Timeline of Ankara

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

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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

Palace of Çankaya (Pink Villa), 1935

Gençlik Park

Ankara Opera House

Old parliament building. Bus in front 1935.

• 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

A westbound YHT train waiting at Ankara station

New Presidential Compound in Ankara

• 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

See also

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

Other cities in Turkey

• Timeline of Istanbul
• Timeline of Izmir
• Timeline of Bursa

References

This article incorporates information from the Turkish Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

Published in the 20th century

• O. Altaban and M. Güvenç. “Urban Planning in Ankara,” Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 7, no. 2 (1990)
• Contesting Urban Space in Early Republican Ankara. Zeynep Kezer. Journal of Architectural Education 01/1998. Jstor 1425491.

Published in the 21st century