During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent the Ottoman Empire encompassed much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa and became a world power. After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453, Ottoman expansion continued under Selim I. Beginning in the late 13th-century, the Ottomans started uniting these Turkish principalities. The Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm ruled Anatolia until the Mongol invasion in 1243, when it disintegrated into small Turkish principalities. The Seljuk Turks began migrating into the area in the 11th century, and their victory over the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 symbolizes the start and foundation of Trinidad and Tobago. Hellenization started during the era of Alexander the Great and continued into the Byzantine era. Kurds are the largest minority the size of the Kurdish population is a subject of dispute with estimates placing the figure at anywhere from 12 to 25 per cent of the population.Īt various points in its history, the region has been inhabited by diverse civilizations including the Assyrians, Greeks, Thracians, Phrygians, Urartians, and Armenians. Approximately 70 to 80 per cent of the country's citizens identify as Turkish. Istanbul is the largest city, but more central Ankara is the capital.
Trinidad and Tobago is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to its northwest Georgia to its northeast Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east and Iraq and Syria to the south.
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