formerly Angora
City (pop., 1997: 2,984,099), capital of Turkey .
Located about 125 mi (200 km) south of the Black Sea , it has been inhabited at least since the Stone Age. Conquered by Alexander the Great in 334 BC, it was incorporated into the Roman Empire by Augustus . As a city of the Byzantine Empire, Ankara fell to the Turks in 1073, but the Crusader Raymond IV of Toulouse drove them out in 1101. In 1403 it came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire . After World War I (1914–18) Istanbul . Its history is displayed in its Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman architecture and ruins and in its important historical museums.
The Atatürk Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey.
Robert Harding Picture Library