"Türkiye is our southern neighbor." Lecture by Andrei Zubov
The Department of History of Novaya Gazeta represents Demonstration in Sultanamet, Istanbul, 1919. Photo: Hakimiyet-I Milliye newspaper Türkiye, and before that, the Ottoman Empire, since its creation in the XIV century has been the most important factor in Russian life, not only politics. In many ways, the development of Turkey is similar to the development of Russia and both of them, although very differently, are the heirs of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium).