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| 1402 | Bayezid I the Thunderbolt |  |
| Ankara Bayezid attempts to defend some emirs who had revolted against Timur |
| Ankara Byzantium regains Salonica & Wallachia, Serbia & Bosnia recover their independence |
| Ankara Tamberlaine routes Bayezid at Ankara & takes him into captivity |
| Ankara The commander of Ankara refuses to surrender to Timur, Bayezid goes to it's defence |
| 1919 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Ankara Demands complete independence for all Turkish speaking territories |
| Ankara Proclaims a National Pact after formulating his programme at Erzurum & Sivas |
| Ankara Renounces the Empire |
| 1920 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Ankara A new National Assembly at Ankara |
| Ankara Endorsed by the legal Ottoman parliament & the new National Assembly at Ankara |
| Ankara The National Assembly proclaims the State of Turkey with Ataturk as President |
| 1923 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| 29th Oct Ankara Ankara becomes the capital of the Turkish Repuplic |
| 29th Oct Ankara Kemal is made executice President & Turkey has one political party |
| 29th Oct Ankara Proclaims the Republic of Turkey with Ankara as its capital |
| 29th Oct Ankara The Republic of Turkey is officially recognized |
| 1924 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Ankara An elected Parliament is created |
| 3rd Mar Ankara Abolishes the Caliphate |
| 1925 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Mar Ankara Polygamy is outlawed |
| 2nd Sep Ankara Religious orders are suppressed |
| 30th Oct Ankara Turkey & Greece agree naval parity in the eastern Mediterranean |
| 30th Oct Ankara Turkey & Greece agree territorial staus quo |
| 1926 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| 5th June Ankara A border Turkey & Iraq border treaty is signed by Turkey, Iraq & Britain |
| 1st Sep Ankara Civil marriage is made compulsory |
| 1928 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Ankara Ankara is replanned by the German engineer H Jansen |
| Ankara Islam is disestablished |
| Ankara The fez & veil are forbidden |
| 3rd Nov Ankara Adopts the Roman Alphabet for official use by Turkey |
| 1930 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| 30th Oct Ankara Turkey & Greece agree naval parity in the eastern Mediterranean |
| 30th Oct Ankara Turkey & Greece agree territorial staus quo |
| 1953 | Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Ankara Trans ferred to a newly completed mausoleum on a hill overlooking Ankara |
| 2003 | Erdogan, Recep Tayyip |  |
| 11th April Ankara Schwimmer says Turkey's reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership |
| 2003 | Gul, Abdullah |  |
| 1st April Ankara Colin Powell leads a "fact-finding" mission for co-operation in a war with Iraq |
| 11th April Ankara Schwimmer says Turkey's reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership |
| 2003 | Sezer, Ahmet Necdet |  |
| 11th April Ankara Schwimmer says Turkey's reform plans should be sufficient for EU membership |