Timeline of Ankara

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

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Prehistory Prehistory of Anatolia Palaeolithic Anatolia c. 500,000–  10,000 BC Mesolithic Anatolia c. 11,000–  9,000 BC Neolithic Anatolia c. 8,000–  5,500 BC
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Iron Age Diauehi 1200–800 BC Neo-Hittites 1200–800 BC Phrygia 1200–700 BC Caria 1150–547 BC Doris 1100–560 BC Aeolis 1000–560 BC Tuwanuwa 1000–700 BC Ionia 1000–545 BC Urartu 859–595/585 BC Median Empire 678-549 BC Lydia 685–547 BC
Classical Age Classical Anatolia Classical Thrace Achaemenid Empire 559–331 BC Kingdom of Alexander the Great 334–301 BC Kingdom of Cappadocia 322-130 BC Antigonids 306–168 BC Seleucid Empire 305–64 BC Ptolemaic Kingdom 305–30 BC Kingdom of Pontus 302–64 BC Bithynia 297–74 BC Kingdom of Pergamon 282–129 BC Galatia 281–64 BC Parthian Empire 247 BC–224 AD Armenian Empire 190 BC–428 AD Roman Republic 133–27 BC Kingdom of Commagene 163 BC–72 AD Roman Empire 27 BC–330 AD Sassanian Empire 224–651 AD
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Prior to 14th century

• 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

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.^[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.
• 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]
• 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.^[8]
  • Mehmet Altınsoy becomes mayor of Greater Ankara.
  • Bilkent University founded.^[1]
  • Turkish Aerospace Industries headquartered in Ankara.
• 1987 - Kocatepe Mosque built.
• 1989
  • National Assembly Mosque^[9] 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

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.^[10]
  • Population: 3,953,344 (urban)^[11]
• 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.^[12]
• 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.^[13]
  • 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.^[14]
  • 13 March: M2 (Ankara metro) was opened for use.
  • 5 August: Ankara-Istanbul high-speed railway opened for service.^[15]
  • 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.^[16]
  • 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

• Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Angora", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse 
• Evliya Çelebi (1834). "(Angora)". Narrative of Travels in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the Seventeenth Century. 2. Translated by Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. London: Oriental Translation Fund. 
• William Francis Ainsworth (1842). "(Angora)". Travels and researches in Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, Chaldea, and Armenia. London: John W. Parker. 
• "Angora", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740 

Published in the 20th century

• "Stadt Angora", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902 
• "Angora", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 
• O. Altaban and M. Güvenç. “Urban Planning in Ankara,” Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 7, no. 2 (1990)
• "Central Anatolia: Ankara". Greece & Turkey. Let's Go. 1996. p. 520+ – via Open Library. 
• Contesting Urban Space in Early Republican Ankara. Zeynep Kezer. Journal of Architectural Education 01/1998. Jstor 1425491.

Published in the 21st century

• Toni M. Cross; Gary Leiser (2000), Brief History of Ankara, Vacaville, California: Indian Ford Press, ISBN 0965595811 
• Elvan Altan Ergut (2006). "Presenting Ankara". Rethinking Architectural Historiography. Routledge. p. 151+. ISBN 978-1-134-23629-9. 
• Zeynep Kezer (2009). "Ankara". In Emily Gunzburger Makas and Tanja Damljanovic Conley. Capital Cities in the Aftermath of Empires: Planning in Central and Southeastern Europe. Routledge. pp. 124–140. ISBN 978-1-135-16725-7. 
• "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+. ISBN 90-04-22517-X. 
• Deniz Altay (2012). "Urban Spaces Re-Defined in Daily Practices: 'Minibar', Ankara". In Lars Meier and Lars Frers. Encountering Urban Places: Visual and Material Performances in the City. Ashgate. p. 63+. ISBN 978-1-4094-8781-4. 

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City of Ankara
Transportation	AŞTİ Esenboğa Etimesgut Metro EGO
Museums	Anıtkabir Atatürk Museum Mansion Pembe Köşk Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum Ethnography Museum Feza Gürsey Science Center Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library METU Science and Technology Museum MİT Museum of Espionage Roman Baths of Ankara State Art and Sculpture Museum TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum Ulucanlar Prison Museum War of Independence Museum
Theatres	125. Yıl Çayyolu Sahnesi Altındağ Tiyatrosu İrfan Şahinbaş Atölye Sahnesi Küçük Tiyatro Mahir Canova Sahnesi Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage Oda Tiyatrosu Ankara Opera House Şinasi Sahnesi
Concert halls	Ankara Opera House Çankaya Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi Concert Hall CSO Concert Hall MEB Şura Salonu
Sport venues	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Ankara 75th Anniversary Race Course Ankara Aktepe Stadium Ankara Arena ASKI Sport Hall Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall Başkent Volleyball Hall Cebeci İnönü Stadium Ankara Ice Skating Palace Selim Sırrı Tarcan Sport Hall THF Sport Hall Osmanlı Stadyumu
High schools	Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi Atatürk Lisesi Milli Piyango Anadolu Lisesi Science High School Dr. Binnaz Rıdvan Ege Anadolu Lisesi Gazi Anadolu Lisesi Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara TED Ankara College Foundation Schools TVF Fine Arts and Sports High School
Universities Colleges	Ankara University Atılım University Bilkent University Çankaya University Gazi University Hacettepe University Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Middle East Technical University TOBB University of Economics and Technology Turkish National Police Academy Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Religious buildings	Aslanhane Mosque Kocatepe Mosque Maltepe Mosque
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