Ankara

[ang-ker-uh, ahng-]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Turkey, in the central part.

Ankara

/ ˈæŋkərə /

noun

1. Former name (until 1930): Angora. Ancient name: Ancyra. the capital of Turkey: an ancient city in the Anatolian highlands: first a capital in the 3rd century _bc , in the Celtic kingdom of Galatia. Pop: 3 593 000 (2005 est)

Ankara

1. Capital of Turkey, located in west-central Turkey; the country's administrative, commercial, and cultural center.

Formerly known as Angora; home of Angora goats, famous for their fine wool.

Example Sentences

On October 17, a Turkish official had announced that a team of 81 rescuers sent by Ankara to locate the hostages' bodies in Gaza was waiting in Egypt to enter the strip.

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The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process.

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An Ankara court on Friday threw out a graft case against Turkey's main opposition CHP on grounds it had no substance, an AFP journalist at the hearing said.

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Across the region—from Cairo to Doha and from Ankara to Ramallah—the ideological scaffolding that has long propped up extremist movements is crumbling.

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Ankara is in talks with Armenia to normalise relations and has voiced support for Tripp, which would create a direct link from Turkey to Azerbaijan through its exclave.

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