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VICTORY OF SULTAN MOHAMMED ALP ARSLAN AND SOME ISLAMIC STATES

[09 December 2014 – 16 Safar 1436 Tuesday]

Prof. Dr. Ramazan Ayvallı

M. U. Faculty of Theology Assistant Professor

There are very important victories in Turkish-Islamic history. The “Battle of Manzikert”, which took place on August 26, 1071, on the Manzikert Plain in Eastern Anatolia, between the forces of the Great Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan and the Byzantine Emperor Romanos Diogenes, is one of the greatest victories in Turkish-Islamic history. This Seljuk-Byzantine War, which opened the gates of Anatolia to the Turks, is very important in terms of its religious, national, political and military results.

After the Victory of Manzikert, in just fifteen years, the whole of Anatolia's title deed passed into the control of the Turks. Within this regard, the Victory of Manzikert was a very important turning point in Turkish and history of the world.