Abstract:

Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 First, in Byzantine sources, the Turkish reference used for areas in the north of Turkistan and the Caucasus to express the areas in which the Turks live, XII. At the beginning of the century, it began to be used for Anatolia in Latin sources. The boundaries of Turkey, which first extended into a small area from Denizli to Karaman, have become almost today in the following few centuries. It is clear that the demographic and cultural change in Anadolu has a significant place in the beginning of the use and development of the Turkish character to express Anadolu. However, the name of Turkey first expresses the field between Denizli and Karaman, which is the heart of the Anadolu Selçuklu administration, and the participation in these boundaries only after a period in which the Turkmen activities in the region reached the peak point, shows that political power is determinant in the development of Turkey’s character. This aspect is evident in the years ahead with the Turkey’s boundaries to the Arabic and Egean islands. When the name of Turkey appeared in the study and XVI. It will be examined to see what the evolution it recorded to the century.