Ankara, the beginning of modern Turkey

19 April 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  5 minutes

Turkish Parliament Building © T.C. Büyük Millet Meclisi

Turkish Parliament Building © T.C. Büyük Millet Meclisi

Ankara (historically known with the names Ancyra and Angora) is the capital of Turkey since the Ottoman Empire‘s fall in 1923 and the country’s second largest city, Istanbul being the largest. The city of Ankara has a population of 4,340,000 and its metropolitan municipality 4,960,000.   read more…

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