Verstehen · Kapitel 9
History of Turkey
Turkey lies at the crossroads of world history — here some of humanity's oldest civilizations emerged, here Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Ottomans vied for dominance, and here Atatürk shaped one of the most radical modernizations of the 20th century.
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Prehistory & Antiquity
Anatolia is one of the cradles of human civilization. Göbekli Tepe (near Şanlıurfa) — erected around 9,500 BC — is the…
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Byzantine Empire (330–1453)
In 324 AD, Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium and named it Constantinople…
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Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)
The Ottoman Empire — from a small principality in northwestern Anatolia to a world empire that stretched from Vienna to…
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Atatürk & Modern Turkey (from 1923)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938) — military commander, visionary, revolutionary — is the most important figure in mode…
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