Example sentences for: ankara

How can you use “ankara” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 1200–700 b.c. ). Their first capital city was Hattusa (now Bo‘azköy, near Ankara), which dates from the 13th century b.c. and has tombs, fortifications, enclosed temples, and a citadel containing an impressive library of more than 3,300 cuneiform tablets.

  • He was enormously popular with the common Turkish people, and when he died in 1938 thousands of mourners lined the railway track to salute the white presidential train as it carried him from Istanbul for burial in Ankara, the new capital.

  • Ankara may be the official capital of modern Tur­key, but Istanbul remains the country’s largest city, most important commercial centre, and busiest port, producing more than one-third of Turkey’s man­u­­­facturing out­­put.

  • According to the Turkish Daily News Sunday, President Bill Clinton was among world leaders who telephoned Ankara to urge acceptance of the EU's conditions.

  • A NYT front-pager mentions that two years ago the EU angered the United States and embarrassed Ankara by voting not to extend an offer of accession to Turkey.


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