1920    The Grand National Assembly of Turkey TBMM is founded in Ankara.

1923    Ankara replaces Istanbul as the capital of Turkey.

1930    Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

1930    Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

1972    Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

1993    Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu is assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara.

1998    While ''en route'' from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.

1999    Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.

2007    At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.