2. BEING A CAPITAL
• FOLLOWING THE OTTOMAN DEFEAT
AT WORLD WAR I, THE OTTOMAN
CAPITAL CONSTANTINOPLE (MODERN
ISTANBUL) AND MUCH OF ANATOLIA
WERE OCCUPIED BY THE ALLIES, WHO
PLANNED TO SHARE THESE LANDS
BETWEEN ARMENIA, FRANCE,
GREECE, ITALY AND THE UNITED
KINGDOM, LEAVING FOR THE TURKS
THE CORE PIECE OF LAND IN
CENTRAL ANATOLIA.
3. • IN RESPONSE, THE LEADER OF THE TURKISH
NATIONALIST MOVEMENT, MUSTAFA KEMAL PASHA,
ESTABLISHED THE HEADQUARTERS OF HIS
RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN ANKARA IN 1920. AFTER
THE TURKISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE WAS WON
AND THE TREATY OF SÈVRES WAS SUPERSEDED BY
THE TREATY OF LAUSANNE, THE TURKISH
NATIONALISTS REPLACED THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY ON 29 OCTOBER
1923. A FEW DAYS EARLIER, ANKARA HAD
OFFICIALLY REPLACED CONSTANTINOPLE AS THE
NEW TURKISH CAPITAL CITY, ON 13 OCTOBER
1923.
4. • AFTER ANKARA BECAME THE CAPITAL OF THE NEWLY
FOUNDED REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, NEW DEVELOPMENT
DIVIDED THE CITY INTO AN OLD SECTION,
CALLED ULUS, AND A NEW SECTION,
CALLED YENIŞEHIR. ANCIENT BUILDINGS REFLECTING
ROMAN, BYZANTINE, AND OTTOMAN HISTORY AND
NARROW WINDING STREETS MARK THE OLD
SECTION. THE NEW SECTION, NOW CENTERED
ON KIZILAY, HAS THE TRAPPINGS OF A MORE
MODERN CITY: WIDE STREETS, HOTELS, THEATERS,
SHOPPING MALLS, AND HIGH-RISES. GOVERNMENT
OFFICES AND FOREIGN EMBASSIES ARE ALSO
LOCATED IN THE NEW SECTION. ANKARA HAS
EXPERIENCED A PHENOMENAL GROWTH SINCE IT
WAS MADE TURKEY'S CAPITAL. IT WAS "A SMALL
TOWN OF NO IMPORTANCE" WHEN IT WAS MADE
THE CAPITAL OF TURKEY.
5. • EVERY YEAR 13RD OCTOBER IS CELEBRATED
WITH GREAT CEREMONY. THE CEREMONY
STARTS IN FRONT OF ANKARA CITADEL ;
SEYMENS AND STUDENTS PARTICIPATED
CEREMONY WITH THEIR SPECIAL CLOTHES.
6. ETİMESGUT INTERNATIONALANATOLIAN
DAYS FESTIVALS
• THIS FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED WITHIN SEPTEMBER MONTH IN FESTIVAL AREA IN ETIMESGUT. THIS
FESTIVAL PURPOSES ARE BEING TOGETHER THE TURKISH NATIONS CULTURE TOGETHER AND
KNOWING EACHOTHER WELL. FURTHERMORE THIS FESTIVAL GIVES IMPORTANCE TO BEING
NATION AND FRIEND AND WANTS TO IMPROVE CITY CULTURE.
• THIS FESTIVAL LASTS THREE DAYS AND SOME POPULAR SINGERS GIVE CONCERT IN THE AREA.
