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unusual facts about Sincan, Ankara


Ulucanlar Prison Museum

In 2006, the inmates of the closed prison section were transferred to a newly built prison in Sincan, Ankara.


1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash

The 1962 Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash occurred on 8 March 1962 at 17:43 local time (15:43 UTC) when a Turkish Airlines Fairchild F-27 airliner, registration TC-KOP, on a scheduled domestic flight from Esenboğa Airport (ESB/LTAC) in Ankara to Adana Airport (ADA/LTAF), flew into the Bolkar Mountains on approach to landing.

5 Fingers

He would photograph top-secret documents and turn the films over to Franz von Papen, the former German chancellor, at that time German ambassador in Ankara, via the intermediary Moyzisch, a commercial attaché at the embassy.

9th of September Express

In the 1980s the İzmir Blue Train was added making 3 daily trains between İzmir and Ankara.

Akçataş

Akçataş, Kalecik, a village in the district of Kalecik, Ankara Province

Ali Bardakoğlu

He met with Pope Benedict XVI on November 28, 2006 in Ankara to help further interfaith dialog between Catholics and Muslims.

Anadolu Agency

After Istanbul came under occupation on March 16, 1920 and the Ottoman parliament was annulled, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk called on all provinces to hold elections for a new parliament to be established in Ankara.

Arnold W. Braswell

In February 1973, Braswell assumed command of the United States Logistics Group in Ankara, Turkey.

Azmiye Hami Güven

Azmiye Hami Güven (Konya, 1904 - Ankara, 1954) was a Turkish woman novelist.

Bektashi Order

Bektashis continue to be active in Turkey and their semi-clandestine organizations can be found in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir.

Çankaya

Çankaya University, a university in Çankaya district of Ankara, Turkey

Çeltek

Çeltek, Gölbaşı, a village in the district of Gölbaşı, Ankara Province

Cihangir Akşit

In 1994, he began serving as the Chief of the Personnel Management Branch for the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey (TGS) in Ankara.

Clemens Holzmeister

In 1926 he oversaw the remodelling of the Festival Theatre in Salzburg, then spent several years erecting government buildings in Ankara, Turkey.

Conference of London

Bekir Sami Kunduh, representative of Ankara, insisted that the delegate from Istanbul could not enter the negotiations, and rejected the use of Sêvres as the basis of the talks.

Dimitrios Gounaris

After the successful Greek advance towards Eskişehir and Afyon in July, he urged the continuation of the advance towards Ankara, which was however stopped in the Battle of Sakarya.

Doğankaya

Doğankaya, Şereflikoçhisar, a village in the district of Şereflikoçhisar, Ankara Province

Edmond Rugova

Edmond Rugova's first international match as coach of the Kosovo national football team was the international friendly against Saudi Arabia to be played on 15 June 2007, in Ankara, Turkey.

Elections for Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey

The number of metropolitan centers was three in 1984 (Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir) and eight in 1989 (with Adana, Bursa, Gaziantep, Kayseri and Konya).

Ercüment Kafkasyalı

Ercüment Kafkasyalı (born 13 September 1985 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish football player.

Ernest Mamboury

Throughout his life in Istanbul, which lasted for more than forty years until his death in 1953, Mamboury dedicated most of his literary works on the Byzantine structures of this city, as well as other significant historic monuments in Istanbul and Ankara.

Formula-G

The last race was done in Ankara, Turkey on 2007.The first and second positions in this year was held by the teams of Istanbul Technical University.

François Zoko

After 55 games and scoring 11 goals, Zoko was contacted by several teams in the Jupiler League but decided to join the Ankara club for a new challenge in the Turkcell Süper Lig.

Gökdere

Gökdere, Kalecik, a village in Kalecik district of Ankara Province

Harun Tekin

Sami Harun Tekin (born 28 June 1977 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish singer, musician, and poet.

Illuyanka

This version is illustrated on a relief which was discovered at Malatya (dating from 1050-850 BC) and is on display in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey.

International Association of Wagner Societies

Wagner societies can be found in all parts of the world, including Venice, Great Britain, Shanghai, Tokyo, Lisbon, Melbourne, Adelaide, Ankara, New York, Toronto, Cape Town, Bangkok, New Zealand and Puerto Rico.

J-600T Yıldırım

CPMIEC officials have confirmed at the IDEF 2007 military fair in Ankara that B-611M, the improved version of B-611, was not a part of the Sino-Turkish cooperation program.

Józef Piłsudski Institute of America

An affiliate of the Institute was also established in Ankara through a group of politicians, among them Michał Sokolnicki.

Kerem Kabadayı

He was born on December 20, 1977, in Ankara, Turkey, to Ülkü (Yulku) Kabadayı and his wife Müjde.

Laser hair removal

A study conducted in 2000 at the ASVAK Laser Center in Ankara, Turkey comparing alexandrite laser and electrolysis for hair removal on 12 patients concluded that laser hair removal was 60 times faster, less painful and more reliable than electrolysis.

Melih Gökçek

Speaking at the ceremony, WWO's board member Elaine Valdov said that Ankara had experienced a serious water shortage problem from 2007 to 2008, and "Kızılırmak River Rehabilitation Project" had been initiated under the guidance of Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek to solve the matter.

During 2007 water crisis of Ankara, he suggested the water be transported from Kızılırmak.

Mircea I of Wallachia

The defeat of Sultan Beyazid I by Timur Lenk (Tamerlane) at Ankara in the summer of 1402 opened a period of anarchy in the Ottoman Empire and Mircea took advantage of it to organize together with the Hungarian king a campaign against the Turks.

Mithatpaşa Avenue

As a result of series of plans (like that of Lörcher in 1925s and that of Hermann Jansen in 1930s) new Ankara was developed.

Murat Karayalçın

He is a former foreign minister (1994–1995), deputy prime minister, and a former mayor of Ankara (1989–1993).

Mustafa Akaydın

Mustafa Akaydın was born in 1952 and received his primary and secondary education in Ankara and Istanbul.

Necip Torumtay

On 24 June 2011, Necip Torumtay suffered symptoms of coronary artery spasm during his stay at the Aksaz Naval Base in Marmaris, and was transferred to the Gülhane Military Hospital, Ankara, by an air ambulance.

Osman Faruk Loğoğlu

Loğoğlu is currently the president of the Eurasian Strategic Studies Center (ASAM), one of the leading think tanks in Turkey, headquartered in Ankara.

Photinus

Photinus grew up in Ancyra in Galatia, where he was a student and later a deacon of bishop Marcellus.

Selahattin Özmen

An associate professor at the Gazi University in Ankara, he led the team that performed in 2012 Turkey's third face transplant.

Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet

He became close to Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk while serving in Ankara, which improved the relations between the two countries.

SYHK

After six years of development work, four units were delivered on September 14, 2011 in Ankara.

TAI/AgustaWestland T129

On 17 August 2011, Turkish Aerospace Industries announced the first successful flight of the T129 prototype "P6", that was produced at its facilities in Ankara, Turkey.

The Incandescent Ones

Trying to leave the hospital, he is picked up outside and driven to a house in Ankara where he is interrogated by Russians.

Turkish Council of State shooting

The Turkish Council of State shooting was a 2006 incident in which gunman Alparslan Arslan entered the Turkish Council of State building in Ankara and shot dead one judge and injured four others.

Uçarı

Uçarı, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Ankara Province

Ulus Square

(Atatürk is the founder of modern Turkey, Çankırı is the name of a city to the north of Ankara, Cumhuriyet means Republic and Anfartalar was the location of a critical battle during the Gallipoli Campaign.)

Walter J. D. Annand

Annand was awarded a DSc in 1972 in which year, sponsored by the British Council, he was engaged as Visiting Professor in Engineering at the Middle East Technical University, at Ankara, Turkey.

Yılanlı

Yılanlı, Çamlıdere, a village in the district of Çamlıdere, Ankara Province, Turkey


see also

Şafak Sezer

Şafak Sezer (born 10 October 1970 in Sincan, Ankara) is a Turkish actor who usually appears in comedic roles.