its importance during this period and
decorated with a number of new buildings.
Seljuk Turks who started to enter the
Anatolion soil at the end of the 11st century,
captured the city in 1073 and ended Byzantine
dominance. Starting from this date until
Ottomans founded the political unity in
the Anatolia, the city lived different periods
under the dominance of Turkmen Beyliks,
Byzantine and Moguls. Ankara which gained
trade function as one of the Ahi centers after
1300, remained as an important trade center
during the Ottoman Empire period.
Ankara which became the symbol of National
Struggle as being the administrative center of
the War of Independence after 1920, became
the capital city of Turkish Republic on October
13, 1923. Central districts of Ankara are:Akyurt,
Altındağ, Çankaya, Çubuk, Elmadağ, Etimesgut,
Gölbaşı,Keçiören,Mamak,Sincan,Pursaklar and
Yenimahalle. Its rural districts are Ayaş, Bala,
Beypazarı, Çamlıdere, Evren, Güdül, Haymana,
Kalecik, Kazan, Kızılcahamam, Nallıhan, Polatlı
and Şereflikoçhisar.