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Three people, including a baby, are killed and 20 other people are hospitalized in an apartment fire in Ankara, Turkey. 2025-07-12
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announces the UNRWA will open an office in Turkey's capital, Ankara. 2025-06-21
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates sign several investment accords during a high-level visit to Ankara by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, including a $10 billion investment fund to support the Turkish health and energy sectors. The Turkish and Emirati central banks also sign a cooperation agreement. 2021-11-25
A court in Turkey sentences 337 people to life imprisonment, 60 people to other jail terms and acquits 75 people. The defendants were pilots and civilians linked to the Akıncı Air Base near Ankara. 2020-11-26
Two men are detained in Ankara, Turkey, after shots are fired at the United States embassy. 2018-08-20
Six people are arrested in Ankara for alleged involvement in the murder of Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey. 2016-12-20
The Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is killed in a gun attack at an art gallery in Ankara. Russia calls the assassin, 22-year old police officer, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a "terrorist". Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu goes to Moscow for a planned trilateral meeting on Syria, saying "the incident will not impact relations between Turkey and Russia". 2016-12-19
An explosion occurs in central Ankara, Turkey, with at least 34 people killed and 125 wounded. 2016-03-13
The Turkish radical leftist group Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front claims responsibility for the bombing in Ankara. 2013-02-2
Russia and Turkey sign a $20 billion deal permitting Moscow to build and own a controlling stake in Ankara's first nuclear power plant. 2010-05-12