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Turkey launches airstrikes against around 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, in response to the PKK's bombing of Ankara, killing an unknown number of militants.
2023-10-2

It is announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will hold a tripartite meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara on Thursday. This will be the first Cabinet-level meeting between Russia and Ukraine since the invasion began.
2022-03-7

Poland summons the Belarusian chargé d'affaires after Belarusian troops crossed into Polish territory overnight. A Polish government spokesman says that the Belarusian personnel advanced 300 m into Poland and only returned across the border when they were confronted by a Polish patrol.
2021-11-3

Armed locals in Ankara, Turkey, attack shops, houses and cars owned by Syrians. The assaults occurred after a Turkish teenager was killed yesterday during a fight between Syrians and locals, and the wounding of Turkish men who were stabbed by a Syrian man in another incident.
2021-08-12

The Netherlands withdraw their ambassador in Ankara and say that they will not accept a new Turkish ambassador in The Hague. Dutch foreign minister Halbe Zijlstra says, "We have not agreed on how to normalise ties."
2018-02-5

The death toll from the coup is reported to be at least 42 in Ankara and 60 across Turkey. 130 soldiers have been taken into custody and one Turkish Army general has been killed.
2016-07-15

Thousands gather in Ankara to pay their respects to those killed in Saturday's peace rally bombings. Marches and sit-ins protesting the attack were also held in Istanbul. No group has claimed responsibility. Turkey’s already polarized political parties traded accusations of responsibility for the attack. National elections are still scheduled for November 1, 2015.
2015-10-11

Police attack thousands of demonstrators with tear gas and water cannons in Ankara during the celebrations of the anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.
2012-10-29

Opposition parties boycott the swearing-in of the new parliament in Ankara after judges ban nine elected MPs.
2011-06-28

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao holds talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara.
2010-10-8