Turkey

Published by the Federal Research Division of the U.S. Library of Congress as part of the Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Army between 1986 and 1998, offering a comprehensive description and analysis of the historical setting, geography, society, economy, political system, and foreign policy.

Contains maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities and facilitates the location of similar content on the web.

In the Medieval Near East, there were at least two important groups of Turks. So, when we say "The Turks", which ones do we mean? because the Ottomans aren't the only important Turks in relation to most of the rest of the cultures within the SCA. Naturally, in their Central Asian homeland, there are numerous subgroups/ tribes among the Turkoman people (various spellings: Turkmen, Turcmen, etc.). But in relation to Medieval and Renaissance European history there are TWO important groups, the Seljuks and the Ottomans.

Discusses some prevalent (and erroneous) beliefs about the clothing and cultures of the Near East.

This egroup is designed for those individuals who are interested in the Turkish Personas, Turkish history of the Middle Ages along with SCA.

This exhibition explores the art and culture of the Turks from Inner Asia to the Bosphorus over a thousand year period from 600 to 1600 AD. Their journey incorporated many different centres of power and artistic traditions. The story begins with the Uighurs, a nomadic people of Central Asia and China, and ends with the Ottoman Empire from the reign of Mehmet II to Suleyman the Magnificent including the fall of Byzantium and the spread of Ottoman rule to include Mecca and Medina.