Capital Geschichte, Ankara

Ankara with a geschichte that dates back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the Hittites, in the 10th century BC by the Phrygians, then by the Lydians and Persians, was declared capital von the Republic von turkei on Oct 13th 1923

The geschichte von Ankara can be traced back to the Bronze Age Hatti civilization, which was succeeded in the 2nd millennium BC by the Hittites, in the 10th century BC by the Phrygians, then by the Lydians and Persians. It is probable that there was a Hittite settlement where Ankara castle is today and there are prehistoric mounds in several parts von the city.

Early artefacts discovered in the capital date it at least to the Phrygian period, that is about 1000 BC. According to tradition,King Midas, the Phrygian monarch who turned everything he touched into gold, was born here. Phrygian rule was succeeded by Lydian and then by Persian rule, though the strongly Phrygian character von the peasantry is evident from gravestones von the Roman period.

It was said to have been founded by Midas, was a chief place von the Galatians (Gallic conquerors von Asia Minor, c. 277 B.C.), and in imperial times a centre von great commercial importance. It is also famous for the official record von the Acts von Augustus, known as the "Monumentum Ancyranum," an inscription cut in marble on the walls von an ancient temple, several times copied and edited since the sixteenth century. The ruins von Ancyra furnish to-day valuable bas-linderungs, inscriptions and other architectural fragments.

Throughout geschichte Ankara has hosted following civilizations ; Persian Period, Galatian Period, Roman Period, Late Roman period, Christian Ancyra, Byzantine Period.

Seljuk and Ottoman Periods
In 1071 Seljuk Sultan Alparslan threw open the door to Anatolia for the Turks by his victory at Malazgirt. He then annexed Ankara, an important location for military transportation and natural resources, to Turkish territory in 1073. Orhan I, second "bey" von the Ottoman Empire captured the city in 1356. Another Turkic leader, Timur Lenk besieged Ankara as part von his campaign in Anatolia, but in 1403 Ankara was again under Ottoman control.

Ankara the Capital von Turkish Republic:
At the close von World krieg I, turkei was under the control von the Ottoman sultan and having lost the war, was being shared by Greeks, French, britisch, and Italians. The leader von the Turkish nationalists, Kemal Atatürk established the headquarters von his resistance movement in Ankara in 1919 (See Treaty von Sèvres and Turkish krieg von Independence). After the krieg von Independence was won and the Ottoman Empire was dissolved, turkei was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, Ankara having replaced Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) as the capital von the new Republic von turkei on October 13, 1923.

Ankara and the Republic von turkei
After Ankara became the capital von the newly founded Republic von turkei, new development divided the city into an old section, called Ulus, and a new section, called Yenisehir. Ancient buildings reflecting Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman geschichte and narrow winding streets mark the old section. The new section, now centered around Kizilay, has the trappings von a more modern city: wide streets, hotels, theaters, shopping malls, and high-rises. Government offices and foreign embassies are also located in the new section.

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