[
US
/ˈæŋkɝə/
]
NOUN
- the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats
How To Use Ankara In A Sentence
- Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan told Turkey's CNBC-e television channel that Ankara would on Thursday begin to truck goods across Iraq and ship them by sea from the southern port of Mersin to Alexandria, Egypt, avoiding Syria. Tension Rises at Turkey-Syria Border
- In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never be – at war with Islam.
- A forest of party flags and posters hung over Ankara as campaign buses rumbled about broadcasting music and speeches. Times, Sunday Times
- Senay is a hotel cleaner from Ankara, who fears the immigration police, because she is not supposed to have a job, nor make money from subletting her flat.
- To overcome this poor responsiveness, recombinant poxvirus vectors, including vaccinia, fowlpox and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), can be genetically engineered to express one or more tumor-associated antigens to greatly enhance the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells bearing any of the targeted antigens. ® and CV-301 are prime-boost vaccines, sequentially combining two different poxviruses (vaccinia and fowlpox). Reuters: Press Release
- The Sincan High Criminal Court has revoked the "nonsuit" decision of the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on the criminal complaint about the phones of Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu being tapped. Hurriyet Dailynews
- The plan failed to achieve a simple majority of the Ankara parliament in a knife-edge vote on Saturday.
- She is wearing a brown patterned cotton blouse, a wrap-around skirt made from a local fabric called ankara and black sandals.
- Prior to the recent cease-fire, the PKK had stepped up attacks after their jailed leader, Abdullah Ö calan, said he was calling off talks with Turkey's government because he said Ankara's stated goal of improving conditions for Turkey's large Kurdish minority wasn't going anywhere. Attack on Minibus Kills 10 in Turkey
- Ankara maintains a 30,000 strong military force in northern Cyprus and continues to wield significant influence there.