Governor of Ankara Governor of Ankara The Governor of Ankara (Turkish: "Ankara Valiliği") is the bureaucratic state official responsible for both national government and state affairs in the Province of Ankara. Similar to the Governors of the 80 other Provinces of Turkey, the Governor of Ankara is appointed by the Government of Turkey and is responsible for the implementation of government legislation within Ankara. The Governor is also the most senior commander of both the Ankara provincial police force and the Ankara Gendarmerie. The current governor, Mehmet Kılıçlar, was appointed on 22 September 2014. The Governor of Ankara is appointed by the President
Ankara Diocletian (284–305), seems to have engaged in a substantial programme of rebuilding and of road construction from Ankara westwards to Germe and Dorylaeum (now Eskişehir). In its heyday, Roman Ankara was a large market and trading center but it also functioned as a major administrative capital, where a high official ruled from the city's Praetorium, a large administrative palace or office. During the 3rd century, life in Ancyra, as in other Anatolian towns, seems to have become somewhat militarized in response to the invasions and instability of the town. The city is well known during the 4th century as a