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Turkey is place with splendid beauty. The Pre-Turkic History reminds us of Anatolia. The Pre-Turkic History gives information about the peninsula of Anatolia which comprises most of modern Turkey is one of the oldest continuously resided regions of the world.
The location of Antolia is at the convergence of Asia and Europe. From the Pre-Turkic History we come to know that Çatalhöyük, Çayönü, Nevali Cori, Hacilar, Göbekli Tepe and Mersin which were the settlements of Neolithic. The Neolithic Settlements are regarded as one of the earliest human settlements of the world. From the Pre-Turkey History of Anatolia we get to know that the languages spoken by the Anatolians were Indo-European, Semitic and Kartvelian languages.
Anatolia's Pre-Turkic History makes us know that Hittites was the first major conglomerate of Anatolia during the period of 18th century to13th century BC. Later, ascendancy was achieved by the Phrygians. Lydia, Caria and Lycia were the most brawny heir states of Phrygia. We can know from Pre-Turkic History that the languages spoken by the Lydians and Lycians were basically Indo-European.
In the mean time Ionians settled in the Western Anatolia. Pre-Turkey History about Anatolia reminds us that during 6th and 5th centuries the Persian Achaemenid Empire captured the whole arena. Afterwards during 334 BCE Anatonia was captured by Alexander the Great. Afterwards Anatonia was divided up into many small Hellenistic kingdoms. Pre-Turkic History in Anatolia reminds us that by the middle of 1st century BCE all the Hellenistic kingdoms yielded to Rome. The Roman emperor Constantine I selected Byzantium as Roman Empire's new capital and renamed it as Constantinople. Constantinople became the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire's capital after the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
In the History of Turkey the Pre-Turkic History holds an important place.
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