ankara was made the capital of turkey in 1453 ce.
ankara was made the capital of turkey in 1453 ce.
when was ankara made the capital of turkey?
1453 ce
after ankara became the capital of the newly founded republic of turkey, new development divided the city into an old section, called "ulus", and a new section, called "yenişehir". ancient buildings reflecting roman, byzantine, and ottoman history and narrow winding streets mark the old section. the new section, now centered on kızılay square, has the trappings of 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. ankara has experienced a phenomenal growth since it was made turkey's capital in 1923, when it was "a small town of no importance". in 1924, the year after the government had moved there, ankara had about 35,000 residents. by 1927 there were 44,553 residents and by 1950 the population had grown to 286,781. ankara continued to grow rapidly during the latter half of the 20th century and eventually outranked izmir as turkey's second largest city, after istanbul. ankara's urban population reached 4,587,558 in 2014, while the population of ankara province reached 5,150,072 in 2015.
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a large number of the naval officers and students of the naval academy went to anatolia for participating in the turkish war of independence. on 10 july 1920, the "directorate of naval affairs" ("umur-u bahriye müdürlüğü") was founded in ankara under the ministry of national defense and was given the duty of organizing and maintaining strategic logistical shipping through the black sea in order to provide the turkish liberation forces in anatolia with weapons and other supplies. all existing naval institutions in the parts of anatolia that were administered by the ankara government were assigned to this directorate. the directorate of naval affairs was extremely successful in organizing local surface units and volunteers and in forming an intelligence network to discover the movements of the enemy ships. as a result, logistic transportation was carried out effectively. the turkish grand national assembly in ankara made an agreement with the soviet union to procure supplies for the turkish liberation forces. "aydın reis" left from samsun (on 16 september 1920) and "preveze" left from trabzon (on 30 september 1920) for novorossiysk in order to transport weapons, other supplies and financial aid to the turkish liberation forces. the "trabzon shipping detachment", which was founded on 21 september 1920, was renamed as the "trabzon naval shipping command" with the directive issued by the ministry of national defense on 26 october 1920. on january 1, 1921, the samsun naval command was formed. in the subsequent stages of the turkish war of independence, due to the growing need for maritime shipping and the increase in the quantity and quality of the units and small ships, the organizational structure of the directorate of naval affairs was gradually extended.
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