He was also planning to annex Iraq and possibly Eastern Anatolia.

It is bordered by the Marmara Region to the west, the Central Anatolia Region to the south, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the southeast, the Republic of Georgia to the northeast, and the Black Sea to the north.

Anatolia was the ancient home of Greek and Armenian people.

As you know, all my dreams were limited to buying you medicine and artificial teeth.

He has presided over the emergence of a vibrant new class of Anatolian entrepreneurs.

They remember Anatolia, the great central plateau of Turkey and Asia.

Many of the new entrepreneurs, like the women in headscarves, are from villages in Anatolia.

Because of these natural conditions, the Black Sea coast historically has been isolated from Anatolia.

But the day came, here in Anatolia, as everywhere where there's oppression.

He put a governor in place in Egypt at al Fustat, and launched raids into Anatolia in 663.

On March 15, the riots spread to a neighborhood in the Ümraniye district of Istanbul, on the Anatolian part.

In the 20th century the population of Antalya increased as Turks from the Caucasus and the Balkans moved into Anatolia.

Genetics During the late Roman Period, prior to the Turkic conquest, the population of Anatolia had reached an estimated level of over 12 million people.

In paragraph 11 of the Armenian Declaration on Independence, the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey was referred to as Western Armenia .

But the immigrants have been mostly poor peasants from Anatolia, whose integration has proven to be difficult.

There were also tribes that practiced domesticating animals as far north as Turkey, and as far south as the Zagros Mountains.

All existing naval institutions in the parts of Anatolia that were administered by the Ankara government were assigned to this Directorate.

) During the War of Independence, Turkish naval forces transported 220,000 tons of weapons, ammunition and equipment to the land forces in Anatolia.

At the end, 4 coastal regions and 3 inner regions were named according to their proximity to the four seas surrounding Turkey, and their positions in Anatolia.

The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on July 1, 1097, between the crusaders and the Seljuk Turks, near the city of Dorylaeum in Anatolia.

The absence of the Italian delegation from the Conference ended up facilitating Lloyd George's efforts to persuade France and the United States to support Greece and prevent Italian operations in Western Anatolia.

PKK KONGRA GEL was still using landmines and other types of explosives, especially with the aim of posing a threat to the security of transportation in eastern and south eastern Anatolia.

The historical importance of the region is also reflected by the small town of Birgi, east of Ödemiş, which was the capital of the Anatolian Turkish Beylik of Aydın and it has outstanding examples of Seljük and Ottoman architecture.

What the Turks remember, however, was the perceived treason of the other components of the empire, especially that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The latter had cheered the Greek armies when they invaded western Anatolia in 1919.

Refugees from Anatolia went as far as Middle Eastern countries, in order to save their lives. It seems that migration routes remained the same throughout the centuries, regardless of whether their direction was eastbound or westbound.

Rumi s family proceeded to Baghdad, performing the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, then to Damascus, then to Karaman where they settled for seven years before leaving for Konya, Anatolia in 1228.

However, although the age for civil marriage had been raised, there were, according to outside information, many marriages without civil standing performed according to religious rites, especially in Anatolia, where young child brides were involved.

The Turkmen, nomads who settled in the area of Lake Van, were responsible for a number of mosques, such as the Blue Mosque in Tabriz, and they had a decisive influence after the fall of the Anatolian Seljuqs.

A key factor was the increasing prominence and power of more traditional sections of the population from central Anatolia, where many small businesses grew big, enriching a more Islamic oriented middle class.

However, the contest is more accurately seen as one between an open and an introverted Turkey between civilian, democratic rule and military tutelage and between a globalizing and a protectionist economy. The AKP s support came from both the winners and losers of globalization, from conservative middle Anatolia and cosmopolitan Istanbul, from the nationalist Black Sea region and the predominantly Kurdish Southeast.

What the Turks remember, however, was the perceived treason of the other components of the empire, especially that of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The latter had cheered the Greek armies when they invaded western Anatolia in 1919.