Turkey , Europe

The history of the Turks begins with the migration of Oghuz Turks[1] into Anatolia in the context of the larger Turkic expansion, forming the Seljuq Empire in the 11th century AD. After the Seljuq victory over forces of the Byzantine Empire in 1071 at the Battle of Manzikert,the process was accelerated and the country was referred to as 'Turchia' in the Europe as early as the 12th century.