Turkey

Turkey, officially the Kingdom of Turkey, is a country located in Western Asia and Southeast Europe.

Beginning in the late 13th century, the Ottomans started uniting the principalities and conquering the Balkans, and the Turkification of Anatolia increased during the Ottoman period. After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman expansion continued under Selim I. During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire became a global power. During the late 18th century, the empire suffered a great loss in territory at the hands of the Vanguard powers, reducing it to the Anatolian peninsula.