Ankara Metro Ankara Metro The Ankara Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At present, Ankara's rapid transit system consists of five metro lines – the "Batıkent Metrosu (M1)", the "Koru Metrosu (M2)", the "Törekent Metrosu (M3)" lines and the new "Keçiören Metrosu (M4)" line opened in 2017, along with the light rail "Ankaray" line. The Ankaray, the M1, M2 and M3 lines, together transported 104.1 million passengers in 2014. That corresponds to a ridership of approximately 289,155 per day. The "Kızılay to Atatürk Cultural Center" link of M4 is not yet opened and remains under
History of Ankara in 1356. Another Turkic ruler, Timur, defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara in 1402 and captured the city, but in 1403 Ankara was again under Ottoman control. Following the Ottoman defeat during World War I, the Ottoman capital Constantinople was occupied by the Allies. The Turkish nationalist movement, under Kemal Atatürk, established its headquarters in Ankara in 1920 (see Turkish War of Independence). After the War of Independence was won, the Turkish nationalists abolished the Ottoman Empire on October 29, 1923. A few days earlier, on October 13, 1923, Ankara had replaced Constantinople as its capital, and it