International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Turkey

Ankara is twinned with:

Africa Cairo, Egypt, since 2004 Algiers, Algeria, since 1999 Khartoum, Sudan, since 1992 Mogadishu, Somalia, since 1959 Americas Havana, Cuba, since 1993 Santiago, Chile, since 2000 Washington, D.C., United States, since 2011 La Paz, Bolivia, since 2009 Asia Bangkok, Thailand, since 2006 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, since 1994 Astana, Kazakhstan, since 2001 Beijing, People's Republic of China, since 1990 Hanoi, Vietnam, since 1998 Islamabad, Pakistan, since 1982 Shiraz, Iran Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, since 1984 Kuwait City, Kuwait, since 1994 Manama, Bahrain, since 2000 Seoul, South Korea, since 1971 Europe Bourg en Bresse, France Vienna, Austria, since 2012 Baku, Azerbaijan Skopje, Macedonia, since 1995 Bucharest, Romania, since 1998 Kiev, Ukraine, since 1993 Lefkoşa, Northern Cyprus Minsk, Belarus Moscow, Russia, since 1992 Pristina, Kosovo, since 2005 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994) Sofia, Bulgaria, since 1992 Tbilisi, Georgia, since 1996 Tirana, Albania, since 1995