Ankara（Turkey）

安卡拉市（土耳其）

【概况】安卡拉市是土耳其首都，位于安纳托利亚高原中部，人口535万，是土仅次于伊斯坦布尔市的第二大城市。市区分新城、旧城两部分。旧城以古城堡为中心，至今仍保留着奥斯曼时代的风貌。

【政治】安卡拉市级领导机构包括市议会和市执行委员会。市议会是决策机关，市执行委员会是市议会政策的执行机关。市长同时担任市议会议长，是该市最高领导。市长通过直接选举产生，任期5年。现任市长曼苏尔·亚瓦什于2019年4月就职。

【经济】安卡拉市位于土耳其公路和铁路网的中心，是全国第二大工业中心。支柱产业为第三产业，尤其是服务业。公共服务业占很大比重。对外贸易以出口纺织品和农畜加工品为主。安市奥斯提姆工业园是土国内最大工业园。

【文化教育】安卡拉市历史悠久、名胜古迹众多，如罗马时期的尤利阿奴斯之柱、奥古斯都神殿、罗马浴场、安卡拉城堡，拜占庭时期的城堡和墓地，塞尔柱时期的阿拉丁清真寺等。安市有著名的安卡拉大学、中东技术大学等高等学府。

【两市交往】1990年6月20日，北京市与安卡拉市正式建立友好城市关系。

人文交流：2010年6月，为庆祝两市结好20周年，我市在安卡拉市举办了“魅力北京”图片展。2012年6月，应安卡拉市邀请，我市西城区京都演艺集团派杂技演出团组赴安卡拉市参加 “大安卡拉市艺术节”。2012年9月，在土耳其“中国文化年”框架下，我市在安卡拉市举办了“魅力北京”图片展和“北京之夜—献给土耳其人民的歌”大型综合文艺演出。

Ankara（Turkey）

[Overview] Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the second largest city of the country after Istanbul. Located in the middle of the Anatolian Plateau, Ankara has a population of 5.35 million and consists of an old town and a new town. The old town, centering around the citadel,  maintains the style of the Ottoman Empire period.

[Politics] Ankara is governed by the municipal council and the municipal executive committee. The former is the decision-making body while the latter is a commission that implements the resolutions of the council. The mayor, elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term, is the top leader of the city and also the chairperson of the municipal council. The incumbent Mayor Mansur Yavaş took office in April 2019.

[Economy] Located at the center of Turkey's road and railway networks, Ankara is the second largest industrial center of the country, with the tertiary industry, especially services as its economic pillar. Public services account for a large share. The city mainly exports textiles and processed agricultural and animal products. The OSTIM Industrial Zone within Ankara is the largest industrial park of Turkey.

[Culture and Education] With a long and glorious history, Ankara is home to a large number of attractions with historic significance. Examples include the Column of Julian, the Temple of Augustus, the Roman Baths and the Ankara Castle of the Roman Empire period; castles and cemeteries of the Byzantine Empire period; and Alaeddin Mosque of the Seljuk Empire period. The city also hosts famous universities such as Ankara University and Middle East Technical University.

[Relations with Beijing] Beijing and Ankara officially became sister cities on June 20, 1990.

Culture: In June 2010, Beijing held the “Charming Beijing” photo exhibition in Ankara in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the formation of sister-city relationship between the two cities. In June 2012, at the invitation of the Ankara side, an acrobatics troupe sent by Jingdu Performing Arts Group of Beijing's Xicheng District participated in the Ankara Art Festival. In September 2012, Beijing held the “Charming Beijing” photo exhibition and the Beijing Night Show: Songs for the Turkish People  in Ankara as part of the China Culture Year in Turkey program.

（Source: Foreign Affairs Office of Beijing Municipal Government）