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The Thracians were also present in modern-day Turkish Thrace. [21] It is not known if the Trojan War is based on historical events. [22] Troy's Late Bronze Age layers matches most with Iliad ' s story. [23] Around 750 BC, Phrygia had been established, with its two centers in Gordium and modern-day Kayseri. [24]
Turkey, [a] officially the Republic of Türkiye, [b] is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea, Greece, and Bulgaria to the west.
The Cambridge History of Turkey is a four-volume series on the history of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey. [1] [2 ... Turkey in the Modern World, 1839 ...
The history of modern Turkish painting can be traced back to the modernization efforts in the Ottoman Empire during the Tanzimat period, in the 19th century. This article contains a brief history of Turkish painters and art movements from the mid-19th century to the present.
The history of modern Turkey begins with the foundation of the republic on 29 October 1923, with Atatürk as its first president. The government was formed from the Ankara-based revolutionary group, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his colleagues. The second constitution was ratified by the Grand National Assembly on 20 April 1924.
Turkish revolutionary organizations (2 C, 1 P) Turkish–Armenian War (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Modern history of Turkey"
240 BC: Great Wall of China started to be built to protect the nation against Inner Asian nomads.; c. 202 BC: Xiongnu chanyu Modu conquered the Hunyu (渾庾), Qushe (屈射), Dingling (丁零), Gekun (鬲昆), and Xinli (薪犁); [5] The Gekun and Xinli would later appear among the Turkic-speaking Tiele people, respectively, as Hegu [6] and Xue.
The Emergence of Modern Turkey is a 1961 book written by historian Bernard Lewis, an expert in the history of Middle East and Islam. [ 1 ] The book covers the history of modern Turkey , from the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire up to the present days.