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Istanbul (previously Constantinople) has served as the capital of numerous kingdoms and empires throughout its nearly 3,000year history, and yet today the Republic of Turkey's capital is in the city of Ankara. How did that happen?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzurum...
*Just because I have sources doesn't mean my research is infallible. Though I aim for as much accuracy as I can manage, there are likely some facts I have gotten wrong.

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