Turkic history

Turks were an important political identity of Eurasia. They first appeared at Inner Eurasian steppes and migrated to many various regions (such as Central Asia, West Asia, Siberia, and Eastern Europe.) and participated in many local civilizations there. It is not yet known when, where, and how the Turks formed as a population identity. However, it is predicted that Proto-Turkic populations have inhabited regions that they could have the lifestyle of Eurasian equestrian pastoral nomadic culture.^[1]

Türk was first used as a political identity in history during the Göktürk Khaganate period.^[2] The old Turkic script was invented by Göktürks as well.^[3] The ruling Ashina clan origins are disputed.^[4]

Although there are debates about its inception, the history of the Turks is an important part of world history. The history of all people that emerged in Eurasia and North Africa has been affected by the movements of the Turks to some degree. Turks also played an important role in bringing Eastern cultures to the West and Western cultures to the East. Their own religion became the pioneer and defender of the foreign religions they adopted after Tengrism, and they helped their spread and development (Manichaeism, Judaism, Buddhism, Orthodox, Nestorian Christianity and Islam).

3rd century BC

• 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.^[7][8] The Dingling were also proposed to be early Proto-Turkic people^[9][10] or ancestors of Tungusic speakers among the Shiwei.^[a][12][13] or related to Na-Dené and Yeniseian speakers,^[14]

4th century

• 395: Migration Period

5th century

• 461: Sabir people around Siberia
• 480: Pre-Bulgarians between the Caspian Sea and the Danube

6th century

• 540: The re-emergence of the lost Central Asian Turks mentioned in the Ergenekon epic^[15]
• 551: Establishment of the First Turkic Khaganate.
• 552: Göktürks revolt against Rouran domination.
• 565: Defeat of the Hephthalites on their war with Göktürks.
• 582: Separation of the First Turkic Khaganate.

Central Asia

• 630: Eastern Turkic Khanate came under Chinese domination, Western Turkic Khanate came under Chinese influence.
• 639: Turkic prince Ashina Jiesheshuai's attempt on a Turkic revolt in the Chinese emperor's palace.
• 659: Western Turkic Khaganate came under Chinese rule.
• 674: The appearance of Turkic mercenaries (Mamluks) in Arab armies.
• 681: Second Turkic Khaganate established.
• 699: The establishment of the Turgesh Khanate (in present-day Kyrgyzstan)

Eastern Europe

• 626–627: Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius' request for help from the Khazars, the Khazars' invasion of the Caucasus by defeating the Sassanids
• 630: Khazars' settlement in the Don-Volga basin, which was affiliated to the Western Turkic Khaganate, and the establishment of the Great Bulgarian Khanate in the north of the Black Sea.
• 651–652: War of the Arab Empire and the Khazars, who overthrew the Sassanids and captured all of Iran
• 678: The division of the Great Bulgarian Khanate by the westward pressure of the Khazars

Inner Asia

• 705–715: Arabs take Transoxiana
• 720–735: Orkhon Monuments in Ötüken
• 721–737: Turgesh attack against Arabs
• 744: The destruction of the Second Turkic Khanate by the rebellious Uyghurs, Karluks and Basmyls
• 745: Establishment of the Uyghur Khaganate, independent khanate of Kimeks in what is today Kazakhstan
• 750: The strengthening of Arab-Turkish relations after the Abbasids came to the head of the Arab Empire
• 751: The entry of the Chinese into Central Asia, the defeat of the Chinese by the Arabs with the help of the Karluks in the Battle of Talas, the conversion of the Karluks to Islam
• 762: Uyghur Khaganate aided Tang dynasty in China in suppressing the An-Lu-Shan uprising
• 765: Adoption of the Mani religion by the Uyghur Khan Bögü
• 766: The dissolution of the Türgesh Khanate by the Karluks of the Uyghur Khanate, the establishment of the autonomous Karluk Khanate, the laying of the foundations of the Oghuz Yabgu State by the Oghuzes who escaped from the Karluks and migrated to the vicinity of the Caspian and Aral lakes.
• 789–795: Fight for the throne and decline in the Uyghur Khaganate

Eastern Europe

• 713–737: Khazar-Arab War, Khazar loss of Caucasus
• 716: The first written agreement of the Danube Bulgarian Khanate with the Byzantine Empire and the start of taxation
• 717–718: Aid of the Bulgarians to Byzantium against the Arab Siege of Constantinople
• 740: Adoption of Judaism as the official religion of the Khazars
• 745–775: Bulgarian-Byzantine relations tense
• 764: Invasion of the Caucasus and western Iran by the Khazars, defeating the Abbasids
• 780: Founding of Volga Bulgaria
• 792: After the Battle of Markeli, Byzantium began to pay taxes to the Bulgarians again.

Central Asia

• 821: Uighurs repulse Tibetans
• 832: The Uighur Khaganate plunged into turmoil
• 840: The collapse of the Uyghur Khaganate as a result of the attack of the Kyrgyz people, the establishment of the Kyrgyz Khaganate, the escape of the Uyghurs to the southwest, the Karluks, who did not recognize the Kyrgyz sovereignty, declared their independence and laid the foundation of the Karakhanid State.
• 848: The establishment of the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom of the Uyghurs who migrated to the South West
• 856: The establishment of the Karahoca Uyghur Kingdom by another Uyghur branch that migrated to the southwest.

Eastern Europe

• 860: The Russians, who expanded to the south, reached Kiev in the Khazar Khaganate.
• 861: Migration of Pechenegs around Sri Darya to the north of the Black Sea under the pressure of Oghuzes, Kimeks and Karluks
• 880: The formation of the Kimek–Kipchak confederation
• 889: The advance of the Pechenegs in the north of the Black Sea to the west under the pressure of the Khazars and Kipchaks
• 892: The Pechenegs advancing to the west forced the Hungarians from the Dnieper to migrate beyond the Carpathians, forming an agreement with the Byzantine Empire.

Asia and Africa

• 833–842: The increasing influence of Turkish slave soldiers in the Abbasid palace during Caliph Mutasim's reign
• 836: The relocation of the Abbasid capital from Baghdad to Samerra, where the Turkish slave garrison was located
• 868: Tulunid sovereignty over Egypt, Syria, Palestine and the north of Iraq but still remain within the Abbasid Caliphate

Central Asia

• 923: The establishment of the Later Tang dynasty by the Shatuo Turks, descended from the Göktürks, in the north of China
• 924: The destruction of the Kyrgyz State by the Mongol Khtai, the end of the Turkic rule in Ötüken, the migration of the Kyrgyz to their present homeland.
• 934: With Satuk Buğra Khan's acceptance of Islam, the Karakhanid State adopt the religion of Islam
• 979: The Shatuo Turks came under the domination of the Han Chinese Northern Song dynasty, the Shatuo flee to Inner Mongolia where they come the Ongud Turks.^[17][18] The Ongud assimilated to the Mongols.^{[19][20][21][22]}
• 990–999: The Karakhanid State destroyed the Samanid Empire, Transoxiana came under Turkic rule after 300 years.

Eastern Europe

• 920: Russo-Pecheneg War
• 922: Visit of Ibn Fadlan as ambassador to the Bulgarian Khanate of İdil, which converted to Islam
• 940: Russian-Byzantine alliance against Khazars, Khazars lose Crimea
• 943: Pechenegs allied with the Russians against the Byzantine Empire
• 965: Oghuz Yabgu State's alliance with the Russians against the Khazars
• 968–972: Pechenegs' attacks on the Russians
• 969: The capture of the Khazar capital by the Russian king Svyatoslav I, the withdrawal of the Khazars to the north of the Caucasus
• 985: Oghuz Yabgu State's alliance with the Russians against the Volga Bulgarian State
• 986: Settlements of the Seljuks in the south of Kazakhstan by breaking away from the Oghuz Yabgu State

Asia and Africa

• 905: The end of the Tulunid dynasty in Egypt by the Abbasids
• 935: Another Turkic dynasty, the Ikhshidid dynasty, seized power in Egypt and dominated Syria, Palestine, Hejaz and northern Sudan.
• 977: Sabuktigin establishs Ghaznavid dynasty in Khorasan(modern-day Afghanistan)
• 969: Termination of the rule of the Ikhshidid dynasty by the Fatimid State

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Central Asia

• 1030: Ghaznavid Empire reaches to its greatest extent under Mahmud of Ghazni.
• 1036: The Kansu Uyghur Kingdom came under the rule of the Mongolian Tankut Kingdom.
• 1042: The division of the Karakhanid State into East and West
• 1050: The destruction of the Kimek Khanate by the invasion of the Kipchaks
• 1089: Samarkand-centered Western Karakhanid State entered the Seljuk nationality
• 1091: The Eastern Karakhanid State, based in Kashgar, became subject to the Seljuks.
• 1092: As a result of the Great Seljuk State being dragged into internal turmoil, the two Karakhanid states became independent again.

Eastern Europe

• 1016: The destruction of the Khazar Khaganate by the Russians and the Byzantine Empire
• 1037: Settlement of Pechenegs defeated by the Russians in Romania
• 1061–1068: The Kipchaks, who defeated the Russians, captured the north of the Black Sea and Ukraine
• 1091: After the Battle of Manzikert, the Pechenegs, who attacked the Byzantine Empire, which was in turmoil, were destroyed by the Byzantine-Kipchak alliance around Enez.
• 1093: Cuman–Kipchak Confederation decisive defeat of the Kievan Rus' at the Battle of the Stuhna River.^[b][24]

Asia

• 1038: Establishment of the Seljuk State in Khorasan.
• 1040: In the Battle of Dandanaqan, the Seljuks defeated the Ghaznavids and spread towards Persia.
• 1048: The Seljuks, who defeated the Byzantine-Georgian alliance at the Battle of Kapetron, entered Eastern Anatolia.
• 1055: Seljuks conquer Baghdad and seize the Abbasid Caliphate.
• 1064: Seljuks conquer Ani Castle and break the Armenian-Georgian resistance
• 1071: The Oghuz Turcomans who have defeated the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of Manzikert, started settlements at Anatolia.^{[citation needed]}
• 1072: Establishment of Danishmend Principality in Sivas as subordinate to Great Seljuks
• 1077: Establishment of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm whose capital is Iznik as subordinate to the Great Seljuks.
• 1081: The construction of the navy on the Aegean coast of the Çaka Principality and the establishment of the Turkish Naval Forces
• 1085: Establishment of the Syrian Seljuk State.
• 1092: As a result of the murder of Sultan Melikşah by the Order of Assassins, the Great Seljuk State was dragged into internal turmoil
• 1096: The destruction of the pioneers of the First Crusade by the Anatolian Seljuk State in Iznik
• 1096–1099: As a result of the First Crusade, Iznik and Western Anatolia were taken back by Byzantium, and Crusader statelets were formed on the Syrian and Palestinian coasts.

South Asia

• 1001–1027: The expeditions of Mahmud of Ghazni, the ruler of the Ghaznavids, in Indian subcontinent resulted in the spread of Turkic sovereignty and Islam to the north of India
• 1037–1059: The struggle of the Ghaznavids with the Seljuk Empire resulted into Khorasan and Iran being dominated by the Seljuks
• 1059: Peace treaty between Ghaznavids and Seljuks
• 1079–1080: Ghaznavids's defeat of the Ghurid dynasty, which gained power in Afghanistan

Asia

• 1100: The Danishmends defeated the Principality of Antakya in Malatya and definitively stopped the Crusaders' advance to Southeastern Anatolia.
• 1101: The defeat of the Anatolian Seljuk State and the Danishmends by the Crusaders in Kastamonu and Merzifon
• 1104: The Great Seljuk State defeated the Crusaders in Harran and blocked their advance to the Euphrates.
• 1104: Establishment of Börüoğulları Atabey in Damascus
• 1105–1128: Seljuks struggle against the Crusaders in Syria, the resistance of Damascus and Aleppo to the Crusader sieges
• 1127: Establishment of Zengi Atabeylik in Mosul
• 1127–1174: The struggle of the Zengid's with the Crusaders
• 1144: The conquest of Urfa by the Zengid's
• 1144: Establishment of Beytegin Atabeylik in Erbil
• 1147–1149: Organized after the fall of Urfa, in the Second Crusade, the Anatolian Seljuk State defeated the Crusaders' German army in Eskişehir and Ladik, the Zengid's repelled the Crusaders' Siege of Damascus
• 1150: The elimination of the Urfa County, one of the four Crusader states, by the Zengids
• 1154: Elimination of the Börioğulları Atabey by the Zengids
• 1173–1178: The Anatolian Seljuk State became the only power in Anatolia by capturing all the lands of the Danishmends.
• 1174–1183: Salahaddin Ayyubi's Ending Zengid sovereignty in Syria
• 1176: The defeat of the Byzantines by the Anatolian Seljuk State in the Battle of Myriokephalon, the finalization of the Seljuk sovereignty in Anatolia
• 1190: The invasion of Konya by the German arm of the Crusaders in the Third Crusade, the disintegration of the German army after the drowning of the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in Silifke

Iran and Central Asia

• 1092–1118: Internal turmoil and emergence of semi-independent atabeyliks within the Great Seljuk State
• 1132: The Mongolian Karahitays started to move towards Turkic lands by eliminating the Qocho.
• 1134: Karahitays overthrow the Eastern Karakhanids
• 1137: Karahitays overthrow the Western Karakhanids and demolish their dominance in Central Asia
• 1141: The collapse of the Great Seljuk State, which was defeated by the Karahitays in the Battle of Qatwan
• 1154–1157: Dissolution of the Great Seljuk State after the rebellion of the Oghuzs, the independence of the Khorezmshahs State
• 1182–1194: The Khwarazmshahs conquered Transoxiana by defeating Iran, Khorasan and Karahitays
• 1188: The elimination of the Kerman Seljuk State, one of the successors of the Great Seljuk State, by the Oghuzes
• 1194: The abolition of the Iraqi Seljuk State, one of the successors of the Great Seljuk State, by the Khwarazmshahs State.

South Asia

• 1135: The Seljuk army re-entering Ghazni and taxing the Ghaznavids again
• 1148–1151: Great destruction caused by the Ghurids after capturing Ghazni
• 1152: Seljuks capture of Ghazni from Ghurids
• 1157–1163: With the disintegration of the Great Seljuk State, Ghazni and Afghanistan fell back into the hands of the Ghurids.
• 1186: The conquest of the Ghaznavid State, which continued to dominate Punjab, with Lahore as its capital, caused by the Ghurids.

Eastern Europe

• 1111–1116: Kipchak tribes defeated by the Russians
• 1123: Georgians supported by Kipchaks expel Great Seljuks from Tbilisi
• 1150: The Kipchaks regain their strength in the Dnieper.
• 1154: The Kipchaks, who repulsed the Russians, re-established their dominance around Kharkiv.
• 1157–1174: Conflicts between Volga Bulgarian and Russians
• 1174–1185: Military successes of the Kipchaks against the Russians
• 1200: The dissolution of the Kimek–Kipchak confederation

Asia and the Middle East

• 1202: The expansion of the Anatolian Seljuk State to Eastern Anatolia by eliminating the Saltuklu Principality
• 1207: The opening of the Anatolian Seljuk State to the Mediterranean with the conquest of Antalya
• 1214: The opening of the Anatolian Seljuk State to the Black Sea with the conquest of Sinop
• 1228: Elimination of the Mengüçlü Principality by the Anatolian Seljuk State
• 1230: The Khorezmshahs, who escaped from the Mongol invasion and advanced to Anatolia, were stopped by the Anatolian Seljuk State in the Battle of Yassıçemen
• 1239: The revolt of Baba İshak weakened the Anatolian Seljuk State.
• 1243: The defeat of the Anatolian Seljuk State by the Mongols in the Battle of Kösedağ
• 1250: The seizure of power by the Turkish-origin Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, putting an end to the Ayyubids
• Nureddin Bey laid the foundations of the principality in Karaman
• 1299: Founding of the Ottoman State

Central Asia

• 1212: The elimination of the Karakhanids, who ruled in Fergana, by the Khwarazmshahs State.

South Asia

• 1206: Establishment of Delhi Sultanate by Turkic-origin slave commanders
• 1236: Delhi Sultanate's dominance of all of northern India, Kashmir and Bangladesh
• 1290: Turko-Afghan-origin Khalji dynasty seized power in the Delhi Sultanate

14th century

• 1320–1424: Tughluk Dynasty in Delhi established and ruled most of the India.
• 1346: The Ottomans entered Europe.
• 1361: Conquest of Edirne by the Ottomans occurred.
• 1370: The Salars are desended from Turkmen who migrated from Central Asia and settled in a Tibetan area of Qinghai under Ming Chinese rule. The Salar ethnicity formed and underwent ethnogenesis from a process of male Turkmen migrants from Central Asia marrying Amdo Tibetan women during the early Ming dynasty.^{[25][26][27][28]}
• 1370: Timur's seizure of power, establishment of Timurid Empire.
• 1382: Tokhtamysh leads the Golden Horde's Army and sets Moscow on fire.
• 1389: Battle of Kosovo: Ottoman domination in the Balkans
• 1389–1403: Reign of Bayezid
• 1398: Timur's military expedition to India

15th century

Asia

• 1402: Battle of Ankara between Timur and Bayezid I
• 1406: Re-emergence of Akkoyunlu and Karakoyunlu people on the stage of history
• 1453: Conquest of Istanbul by Mehmed the Conqueror
• 1453–1504: The golden age of the Akkoyunlu state.

Central Asia

• 1405: Timur's death
• 1405–1447: Arrival of Shahruh in Herat
• 1447–1449: Ulugh Beg
• 1456: Establishment of the Kazakh Khanate

Eastern Europe

• 1430: Crimean Khanate formed
• 1445: Establishment of the Khanate of Kazan
• 1462–1505: Astrakhan Khanate, Kazakh khanate created
• 1473: Sultan Husayn Bayqara: Timurid Renaissance

16th century

Eastern Europe

• 1502: The Crimean Khanate's destruction of the Golden Horde state
• 1552: Russia's annexation of the Kazan Khanate
• 1556: The annexation of the Astrakhan Khanate by Russia
• 1557: Russia's annexation of the Nogai Khanate
• 1571: Crimean Khanate burns Moscow
• 1580–1598: Russia's elimination of the Siberian Khanate

Central Asia

• 1500: Muhammed Shaybani and Uzbeks in Transoxiana
• 1510: The defeat of Muhammed Shaybani by Shah Ismail

Asia

• 1502: Ismail's establishment of the Safavid dynasty in Iran
• 1514: The Battle of Çaldıran, the settlement of the Ottomans in Eastern Anatolia
• 1516: Battle of Ridaniye, Ottomans taking Syria and Palestine from the Mamluk State
• 1517: Ottoman domination in Hijaz
• 1534: Ottomans taking Iraq from Safavids
• 1538: Ottoman domination in Yemen
• 1551: Ottoman rule reaching Qatar and Oman
• 1578: Ottomans reaching the Caspian Sea
• 1590: Ottoman conquest of the entire Caucasus and Western Iran

South Asia

• 1526: Establishment of the Mughal Empire

Africa

• 1516: Establishment of Ottoman administration in Algeria
• 1516–1517: The Ottomans' destruction of the Mamluk State, Ottoman domination in Egypt
• 1551: Beginning of Ottoman rule in Libya
• 1557: Establishment of the Abyssinian Province by the Ottomans
• 1574: Beginning of Ottoman rule in Tunisia
• 1577: The spread of Ottoman rule in Fezzan
• 1576–1580: Ottoman influence in Morocco

17th century

Eastern Europe

• 1600: The defeat of the Siberian Khanate.
• 1606: The Treaty of Zitvatorok, which symbolized the Ottoman Empire's peak
• 1683: Siege of Vienna by the Ottomans.
• 1699: Treaty of Karlowitz. The decline of the Ottomans.

Asia

Central Asia

• 1605: Russian invasion of Yenisey
• 1615–1650: The struggle of the Yenisei Kyrgyz people against the Russians
• 1620: Russia's annexation of Yakut lands
• 1628: Dolgan's domination by Russia
• 1628–1630: Another Mongolian tribe, the Kalmyks, who were defeated by the Eastern Mongols, trampled on Kazakhstan and settled in the Volga region.
• 1634–1642: Russia's suppression of the Yakut revolts
• 1639: Russia's Reaching the Pacific Ocean
• 1680: Mongol capture East Turkestan, end of Chagatai Khanate

South Asia

• 1628–1658: Shah Jahan, emperor of India.
• 1658–1707: Aurangzeb, emperor of India.

18th century

Eastern Europe

• 1742–1775: Pugachev War in Russia (Tatar uprising)
• 1783: Annexation of Crimea by the Russians.

Asia

• 1717–1730: Tulip Era of the Ottomans.
• 1736–1747: Nader Shah of Turkoman origin established Afsharid Empire, owning the identity of Turkic Afshar tribes.
• 1794: Qajar dynasty founded in Iran by a Turk.

Central Asia

• 1709: Establishment of Kokand Khanate
• 1709–1718: The Dzungarian-Kazakh Khanate Conflict
• 1718: The division of the Kazakh Khanate into three kingdoms.
• 1721: Russia's annexation of Khakassia
• 1731: The minor part of the Kazakh Khanate came under Russian protection.
• 1740–1747: Iranian domination in the Khiva Khanate
• 1755–1759: The Manchu Dynasty, which took over the administration in China, seized East Turkestan which was in the hands of the Dzungarians
• 1755: Tuva under the rule of the Manchu Dynasty, which seized power in China
• 1756: Russia's capture of the Altai region
• 1785: Manghud's takeover of the Bukhara Khanate

Africa

• 1705: The Huseyni Dynasty appointed in Tunisia, which was a part of the Ottoman Empire
• 1798–1799: Egypt expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte. Turkish-French conflicts.

19th century

Eastern Europe

• 1829: Greece's independence
• 1878: Treaty of Berlin, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania gaining their independence, Bulgaria gaining autonomy
• 1881: Greek annexation of Thessaly
• 1881: Atatürk's birth
• 1885: Bulgaria's annexation of Eastern Rumelia
• 1813: Russia's annexation of Dagestan and Azerbaijan
• 1827: Russian domination of the Balkars
• 1828: Karachays' entry into Russian domination
• 1828: Russia's annexation of Yerevan and Nakhchivan
• 1829: Russia's annexation of Akhaltsikhe
• 1839: Tanzimat Edict in the Ottoman Empire
• 1876: The first constitution of the Ottoman Empire legislated.

Central Asia

• 1820: The Great Juz of the Kazakh Khanate came under the rule of the Kokand Khanate
• 1847: The lands of the Kazakh Khanate completely passed into the hands of Russia
• 1851–1854: The defeat of the Khiva Khanate to the Russians
• 1864: The start of Russian expeditions to West Turkestan
• 1865: Establishment of Kashgar Khanate in East Turkestan
• 1866: The Emirate of Bukhara came under Russian rule
• 1868: The Kokand Khanate came under Russian rule
• 1871: Russian occupation of Lake Balkhash
• 1873: The Khiva Khanate came under Russian rule
• 1876: Russia's annexation of the Khanate of Kokand
• 1877–1878: China's elimination of the Khanate of Kashgar
• 1881–1884: Russia's annexation of Turkmenistan

South Asia

• 1805: The Mughal State came under the auspices of the British who defeated the Maratha Confederation
• 1857: The British overthrow the Mughal State

Africa

• 1807: British abolish slave trade, Royal Navy patrol around Africa to intercept slave ships
• 1822: Sudan's entry into Ottoman rule
• 1830–1842: French invasion of Algeria
• 1831–1840: Ottoman-Egyptian struggle, Egypt gaining autonomy
• 1869: Opening of the Suez Canal
• 1881: Second French invasion of Algeria
• 1882: British invasion of Egypt
• 1885: Italian invasion of Habesh
• 1885: End of Turkish rule in Sudan
• 1888: British invasion of Somalia, end of Turkish presence in Horn of Africa

20th century

• 1905: Beginning of Jadidism movements.
• 1910–1920: Alash Horda Government of Kazakhs and Kyrgyz
• 1911–1912: Invasion of Tripoli by Italy
• 1912: Balkan wars
• 1915–1916: Gallipoli campaign
• 1917: Turkistan's declaration of autonomy
• 1918: The Armistice of Mudros was signed between Turkey and the Allied Powers.
• 1919–1922: The Turkish War of Independence took place.
• 1919–1928: Basmachi Uprising against the Soviet Union
• 1921–1944: Tuvan People's Republic
• 1922: Turkish victory over Greeks
• 1923: Turkey proclaimed to be a Republic
• 1932–1934: East Turkestan Islamic Republic of Uyghurs in China
• 1938: Ataturk's death
• 1944: Short-lived East Turkestan Republic established with the help of the Russian army
• 1955: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Declaring Xinjiang (East Turkistan) an autonomous region
• 1971: European withdrawal from Central Asia
• 1974: Turkish invasion of Cyprus
• 1983: The declaration of independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• 1988: The beginning of the Azeri-Armenian conflict
• 1990: Soviet invasion of Baku
• 1991: The collapse of the USSR and the emergence of the Commonwealth of Independent States
• 1992: Admission of the CIS Turkic republics to the UN:
  • Kazakhstan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Azerbaijan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Kyrgyzstan
• 1992: The first Turkic Speaking Countries Summit was held in Ankara on 30 October 1992.
• 1993: The occupation of a region of Azerbaijan by the Armenians.
• 1993: In 1993, the Turkish Culture and Arts Joint Administration was established in Almaty, which provides cooperation in the fields of culture and arts of Turkic Speaking Countries.
• 1993: The first Turkic Congress, which was a cultural, economic and political forum and was attended by all Turkic states and communities and related communities.

21st century

• 2005: Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan.
• 2005: Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev's proposal to establish a common market in Central Asia in his address to the nation.
• 2005: Andijan massacre in Uzbekistan
• 2006: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline put into service.
• 2007: The first meeting of riparian countries to determine the status of the Caspian Sea.
• 2008: Establishment of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic Speaking Countries between Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on 21 November 2008.
• 2009: Establishment of Organization of Turkic States.
• 2013: Gezi Park protests
• 2016: Turkish coup attempt by Peace at Home Council^[29]

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• Hüseyin Namık Orkun, Eski Türk Yazıtları, İstanbul, 1986.
• Hüseyin Namık Orkun, Türk Tarihi, Ankara, 1946.
• Osman Turan, Türk Cihan Hakimiyeti Mefrukesi Tarihi, İstanbul, 1978.
• Bahaeddin Ögel, Türk Mitolojisi, Ankara, 1971.
• Yusuf Hikmet Bayur, Hindistan Tarihi, Ankara, 1946.
• İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Selçuklu Tarihi, İstanbul, 1972.
• İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Harzemşahlar Devleti Tarihi, Ankara, 1956.
• M. Altay Köymen, Büyük Selçuklu İmparatorluğu Tarihi, Ankara, 1954.
• Çağatay Uluçay, İlk Müslüman Türk Devletleri, İstanbul, 1977.
• Faruk Sümer, Karakoyunlular, Ankara, 1984.
• A.N. Kurat, Peçenek Tarihi, İstanbul, 1937.
• B. Yenilmez, Yenilmez, Rize, 2002.

English and foreign books

• R. Grousset, L'Empire des steppes, Paris, 1960 (Türkçe çevirisi: Reşat Uzmen-Bozkır İmparatorluğu, 1996.)
• DE. Guignes, Histoire generale des Huns des Turcs et des Mongols, Paris, 1756.
• Jean-Paul Roux, Historie des Turcs, 1984.
• Jean-Paul Roux, Timur, 1994.
• Fayard Paris, Historie des Turcs, 1984.
• D.Sinor, Aspects of Altaic Civilization, 1963.
• M. Barthold, Turkestan down to the Mongol Invansıon, Londra, 1968.
• E. Berl, Historie de l'Europe d'Attila a Tamerlan, Paris, 1946.
• M.A. Czaplıcka, The Turks of Central Asia in History and at the Present Day, Oxford, 1918.
• W. Eberhard, Kultur und Siedlung der Randvölker China, 1942.
• L. Hambis, La Haute-Asie, Paris, 1953.
• Hammer-Purgstall, Von, Historie de l'Empire ottoman depuis son origine jusqu!a nos jours, Paris, 1835.
• H.H. Howorth, History of the Mongols, Londra, 1876.
• Jean-Paul Roux, Türklerin Tarihi – Pasifikten Akdenize 2000 Yıl, 2004

• Outline of the Ottoman Empire

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