Ankara
Polite and Political
Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is the Capital City of Turkish Republic if not an important commercial and industrial city. It houses all foreign embassies and it is an important crossroad of trade, strategically located at the centre of Turkey's highway and railway networks.
The region's history dates back to the Bronze Age; Hatti Civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the Hittites, then the Phrygians (10th century BC); Lydians and Persians followed. After these came the Galatians, a Celtic race who were the first to make Ankara their capital (3rd century BC). It was then known as Ancyra, meaning anchor. The town subsequently fell to the Romans, Byzantines,Seljuks and finally to the Ottomans. It remained under the Ottoman control until the First World War.
Ankara gained prominence under the leadership of Ataturk during the national resistence which followed World War I. It was declared the capital of the new Turkish Republic on October 13th 1923 when the National War of Independence freed Turkey from foreign occupation. Ataturk’s commemorative mausoleum still dominates the city from the most prominent hill of the city.
Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is the Capital City of Turkish Republic if not an important commercial and industrial city. It houses all foreign embassies and it is an important crossroad of trade, strategically located at the centre of Turkey's highway and railway networks.
The region's history dates back to the Bronze Age; Hatti Civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the Hittites, then the Phrygians (10th century BC); Lydians and Persians followed. After these came the Galatians, a Celtic race who were the first to make Ankara their capital (3rd century BC). It was then known as Ancyra, meaning anchor. The town subsequently fell to the Romans, Byzantines,Seljuks and finally to the Ottomans. It remained under the Ottoman control until the First World War.
Ankara gained prominence under the leadership of Ataturk during the national resistence which followed World War I. It was declared the capital of the new Turkish Republic on October 13th 1923 when the National War of Independence freed Turkey from foreign occupation. Ataturk’s commemorative mausoleum still dominates the city from the most prominent hill of the city.
