How the Byzantine Empire Shaped Turkish Identity
Turkey’s identity is often described as a bridge between worlds, and no empire did more to build that bridge than the Byzantine Empire.
The Legacy of the Byzantine Empire in Modern Turkey
The Byzantine Empire ruled from Constantinople, the city now called Istanbul, for over a thousand years, and its legacy is still written across the modern city’s skyline.
How the Hittite Empire Shaped Turkish Identity
Few ancient civilizations are as woven into modern Turkey’s sense of itself as the Hittites.
The Legacy of the Hittite Empire in Modern Turkey
Long before the Greeks, the Romans, or the Ottomans, an empire rose from the plains of central Anatolia and ruled much of the region for nearly five centuries.
