Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Üniversitesi

ANKARA IN GENERAL
History
Hacettepe University is located in Ankara, the capital
of Turkey, in the heart of Anatolia, the seat of many of
history’s great civilisations. The region’s history goes
back to the Hatti civilisation of the second millennium
to be followed by the Hittites, Phrygians, Lydians, and
Persians. The Galatians, a branch of the Celts, were
to make Ankara their capital in the third century bc,
then known as Ancyra. The city was later taken by the
Romans, Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and finally the
Ottoman Turks.
Ankara originally was a small rural town located in
and around the historical citadel. When the rural town
hosted the first Parliament of the Republic, it was fated
to become the capital. Hence city modernisation was
undertaken and the meticulous planning according
to modern standards was made for a population of
250.000. However, at present it is a flourishing city with
a population of over 3.5 million bursting at the seams.
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