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ANKARA
The
city of Ankara is situated at the heart of the extensive
Anatolian plateau, at the foot of the mountain chain
known as Elma Dagı, point of encounter for a radiating system
of important communication routes.
The
city, an important cultural, trading and arts center in
Roman times, and an important trading center on the caravan
route to the east in Ottoman times, had declined in importance
by the nineteenth century. It again became an important
center when Kemal Atatürk choose it as the base from wich
to direct the War of Liberation. By consequence of its role
in the war and its strategic position, it was declared the
capital of the new Turkish Republic on October 13th, 1923.
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