550g. Mr before. e. -- Kira invasion of the Persian shah to Anatolia.

334g. Mr before. e. -- Alexander the Great crushed the Persian army and seized Asia Minor.

250g. Mr before. e. -- State Pergamon.

129g. Mr before. e. -- On the territory of Asia Minor province establishes the Roman Empire.

47-57gg. Mr. e. -- Travel Apostle Paul by city Anatolia.

330g. -- Constantine the Great defer capital Roman Empire in Byzantium and rename it in Constantinople.

527-565gg. -- The highest flowering of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Emperor Justinian I, the construction of the Cathedral of St. Sophia - the largest Christian church in the world.

1037 - 1109's. -- State-Seljuk Turks, with its centre in Iran.

1000-1200gg. -- Crusades.

1071-1243gg. -- Turkish Seljuk Sultanate, with its capital in Konya and Kayseri. Mongols destroyed.

1288g. -- Education Ottoman Empire.

1453g. - Capture of Constantinople Fatih Sultan Mehmet II and turn it into the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

1514-1517gg. - Sultan Selim I crushed the Persian army, expanded the empire to the Egyptian border, seized the holy city of Mecca and Medina and became the nominal head of all Muslims.

1520-1566gg. -- The reign of Sultan Suleiman I Qanooni, called the Magnificent in Europe and in Turkey - Legislators. The highest flourishing empire: Turkish sultan controls most of North Africa, Eastern Europe (in troops in 1529 Suleiman came to Vienna) and the entire Middle East, the Marine Fleet Empire patrol the Mediterranean and Red Sea, Indian Ocean.

1683g. -- Turkish army led by the great vizier, Kara Mustafa was divided under the Vienna united army of Austrians and Poles.

1735 - 1739's. -- Russian-Turkish war (in alliance with Austria) for access to the Black Sea and to stop raids Crimean Tatars. Russian troops under the command Miniha took Azov, Ochakov, Khotin, Iasi, twice occupied Crimea. The war ended in the signing of the Belgrade peace in 1739

1768-1774gg. -- Russian-Turkish war, initiated by Turkey following the denial Russia withdraw its troops from Poland. The defeat of Turkish troops in Large and Cahul, the Turkish fleet-Chesmenskom in battle, engaging in the Crimea forced the Turkish government to sign Kyuchuk-Kaynardzhiysky world in 1774

1787-1791gg. -- Russian-Turkish war, initiated by Turkey in order to return the Crimea and other territories. Victory Russian troops under the command of Suvorov (Kinburn, Focsani, Rymnik, Ismail), Russian fleet under the command Ushakov (Kaliakriya). End Yasskim world in the war in 1791

1806-1812gg. -- Russian-Turkish war, initiated by Turkey in order to return the former holdings in the Northern Black Sea and the Caucasus. Victory Russian troops and diplomatic skill Kutuzova Buharestskomu led to peace in 1812

1828-1829gg. -- Russian-Turkish war as part of European powers struggle for the division of Turkey. Russian troops took the city in Transcaucasia Kare and Erzurum, defeated the Turkish troops in Bulgaria and came to Constantinople. End War Adrianopolskim world in 1829

1877-1878gg. -- Russian-Turkish war, Russia began to strengthen influence in the Balkans.

1877g. -- Battle at Shipka, siege and the taking of Russian troops Plevny and Kars;

1878g. -- Winter transition Russian army through the Balkan Range, the victory at Shipki, Sheynovo, Filippolya, taking Adrianopolya. End War SanStefanskim world in 1878, whose decisions were reviewed at the Berlin Congress in 1878 The war has contributed to the liberation of the peoples of the Balkan Peninsula Osmanov from centuries of domination.

1853-1856gg. -- Crimean war, in which allies of Turkey against Russia were made by France and England.

1876-1909gg. Correcting Abdul-Hamid II, Sultan of the last, yet we have had some power. He attempted to salvage the possession empire with the help of the German Reich. 1908g. -- Mladoturetskoy after the revolution ousted the Sultan.

1911 - 1913's. -- Trip to Tripoli, the Balkan war.

1914 - 1919's. -- Turkey entered into the First World War on the side of Germany, after the defeat to Turkey troops entered the Entente.

1920 - 1922's. -- The war for independence led by Mustafa Kemal.

1923-1924gg. -- Proclamation of the Turkish Republic. The capital moved to Ankara. The adoption of the constitution.

1925-1935gg. -- Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) holds the fundamental transformation of the whole Turkish society. Forbidden polygamy, the wearing of national dress. We introduce the legal system of European type, compulsory civil marriage, gregoriansky calendar, announced Sunday holiday. Islam was separated from the state, instead of the Arab introduced the Latin alphabet, granted women suffrage. All citizens must have the name, until then, the Muslims can have it or do not have a very Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Parliament has appropriated the name ( "father of Turks").

1938g. -- Death of Ataturk. The power is transferred to his associates Ismetu Inönü, who announced the neutrality of Turkey during World War II. The only authorized political party is the Republican People's Party (Partido Ataturk).

1946-1950gg. -- Establishing democratic institutions, the opposition Democratic Party wins the election. 1950-1961gg. -- The Democratic Party is concentrating in his hands so much power that threatens democracy. The army, which Ataturk instructed to defend democracy and the constitution, goes on stage and make a number of Democratic Party leaders tried on charges of violating the constitution. The head of the party Adnan Menderes executed. There are elections.

1970g. -- Heirs of the Democratic Party once again go beyond the agreements reached. In a situation again had to intervene army: senior military officers occupy the premises of national broadcasting and read a brief address to the nation. The Government removed from power, democracy is restored.

1980g. -- Parliamentary crisis: because of the intransigence of the two main parliamentary parties unable to agree about anything, a few months he could not elect a president. Inflation reached 130% per year, swept the streets of crime, rampant terrorism. The army reiterated and restore order, which had to pay close supervision and restriction on the rights of citizens. The Constitution was rewritten so as to prevent the future occurrence of a parliamentary deadlock. As a result of a referendum supervised by the authorities of the new constitution was adopted, head of military government, General Kenan Evren dissolved the military committee and became president of the republic.

1983-1993g. -- Held elections for a new constitution, which won Anavatan Party (which is less than the entire government sympathizers). The new Prime Minister Turgut Ezal proclaimed liberalization of the economy that has created a boom business.