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Turkish capital   /tˈərkɪʃ kˈæpətəl/   Listen
Turkish capital

noun
1.
The capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats.  Synonyms: Angora, Ankara, capital of Turkey.






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"Turkish capital" Quotes from Famous Books



... he proclaimed a gazi, or holy war, against the professors of Christianity. Suddenly, like some beast of prey, he managed to leap the mountain heights which separated the Greek Province from the Mahomedan conquests, and he pitched himself in Broussa, in Bithynia, which remained from that time the Turkish capital, till it was exchanged for Adrianople and Constantinople. This was the beginning of a long series of conquests lasting about 270 years, till the Ottomans became one of the first, if not the first power, not only of ...
— Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) • John Henry Newman



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