Governor of Ankara position. 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
Sanjak of Ankara Sanjak of Ankara The Sanjak of Ankara was a second-level province ("sanjak") of the Ottoman Empire. The town of Ankara became part of the Ottoman state in 1361 or perhaps in 1354. It was the first capital ("pasha sanjak") of the Anatolia Eyalet from its formation in the late 14th century until the late 15th century, when it was moved to Kütahya. The "sanjak" of Ankara remained part of Anatolia Eyalet until the latter's dissolution ca. 1841–46, when it became the seat of the new Ankara Eyalet. This was merged into the Bozok Eyalet in 1849, but Ankara remained the