Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin başkenti ve İstanbul'dan sonra ikinci büyük şehridir. Eski adı Angora olan şehrin nüfusu 2005 verilerine göre 4,319,167 (İl nüfusu 5,153,000) olup, rakımı 850 metredir.M.o 12. yüzyılda Hititler dönemindeki ismi Ankuwash olan şehir, Galat ve Roma İmparatorluğu döneminde Ancyra olarak anılmış, Hellenistik çağ ve Doğu Roma İmparatorluğu döneminde Ánkyra ismini almıştır. Anadolu'nun merkezinindeki İç Anadolu Bölgesi'nde bulunan bulunan Ankara Ankara ilinin de merkezidir. Ankara keçisi ve bu keçiden üretilen tiftik, Ankara kedisi ve Ankara tavşanı ile ünlüdür
the capital city of Turkey. 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) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made Ankara the centre of resistance to both the Ottomans and the invading Greeks, and it became the capital of the Republic of Turkey in 1923. The modern city is the country's chief industrial centre after Istanbul. Its history is displayed in its Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman architecture and ruins and in its important historical museums
the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats. (synonym) Turkish capital, capital of Turkey