History of Ankara Phrygia, after an earthquake which severely damaged that city in antiquity. In Phrygian tradition, King Midas was venerated as the founder of Ancyra, but Pausanias mentions that the city was actually far older, in line with the present-day knowledge that we have on its history. There is the possibility that at the time Midas came the city was essentially unpopulated. In the same way by modern standards it could be argued that Ankara did not exist before Atatürk moved the capital of Turkey to the city, since its population before the capital came was almost non-existent in comparison to what
Ankara in the Sincan district of Yenikent, outside the city center. Ankara has a large number of minor teams, playing at regional levels. In the TFF Second League: Bugsaşspor in Sincan, Ankara Demirspor in Çankaya, Etimesgut Belediyespor in Etimesgut, Keçiörengücü in Keçiören; in the TFF Third League: Ankara Adliyespor in Keçiören; Altındağ Belediyespor in Altındağ; in the Amateur League: Turanspor in Etimesgut, Türk Telekomspor owned by the phone company in Yenimahalle, Çubukspor in Çubuk, and Bağlumspor in Keçiören. In the Turkish Basketball League, Ankara is represented by Türk Telekom, whose home is the Ankara Arena, and CASA TED Kolejliler, whose home