A brief history of Turkey begins from the time when Turkic tribes settled in Asia Minor in the 21st century (although there were settlers there as early as the Stone Age). At all times, the territory of Turkey was subjected to the development of civilization, which is explained by its geographical location, in which even then the embryo of relations between the West and the East appeared.
In the 14th century, Osman I founded the Ottoman Empire. As a result, local residents and Turkic tribes began to be called Ottoman Turks. In the same century, in the thirties, the conquest of all other territories of Byzantium took place.
The further history of Turkey was created by the descendants of Osman, it is characterized by the seizure of new territories. This period was characterized by many bloody wars to expand the borders of the empire.
The history of Turkey never stopped, so already in the middle of the XVI century, during the reign of Suleiman I the Magnificent, the empire reached its peak of development and power. The high level of education of the Sultan, as well as his constant love for art, resumed the development of literature and architecture in the Ottoman Empire. Subsequently, this period was called the Golden Age of the Empire.
The new history of Turkey dates back to the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire began to lose its influence and began to disintegrate. Suspecting the future division of the country and the loss of independence, Kemal became the head of the nation, and in the 23rd year of the last century he became the first president of the Republic of Turkey. His main concept - uniting the nation and limiting the influence of the conductors of Islam - is still relevant.
It is from this time that the history of active development of tourism begins in Turkey. The magnificent beauty of the resorts every year attracts more and more vacationers from different parts of the world, and the combination of unique nature with ancient sights awakens in tourists the desire to know the traditions of Turkey and feel their mystery.
By the way, in addition to beach holidays, winter tourism is also actively developing. Back in the distant seventeenth year of the XX century, a military ski battalion was created - from that moment one can count the beginning of the history of the development of skiing in Turkey.
Recent history of Turkey
Today the country owns most of the peninsula. Its history from its inception to the present day is multifaceted and rich, and the basis of the modern values of the Turks consists of the religion and culture of many peoples who inhabited it in different eras and times.
The history of Turkey in the 20th century can be compared with the reign of Mustafa Kemal, that is, when religion existed separately from the state, and many religious customs were abolished.
Sufficiently relevant steeltrends from Europe. The result was a state with Western rationalism and Eastern piquancy. Then there were political wars and there were even three military coups. This all led to the need to amend the constitution, and a little later it was changed thanks to a new draft, which was adopted in 1982.
At the same time, the state did its best to minimize the influence of religion on the people, as a result of which secular life still serves as the basis of both foreign and domestic policy of the country. And, as a result, it is a guarantee of the further development of the state.
The history of Turkey in the modern world is the long-term rule of politicians, the growth of exports and the active development of tourism. Now the former Ottoman Empire is called the most European Asian country.
