# The Story of Turkey: From Byzantium to the Ottoman Empire to Today — Fexingo History A podcast by Fexingo. From the eastern Roman capital of Constantinople to the sprawling Ottoman sultanate and the modern Turkish republic, the land that is now Turkey has been a crossroads of empires, faiths, and cultures for over two millennia. Lucas and Luna guide listeners through this layered history, starting with the foundation of Byzantium, the reign of Justinian and Theodora, and the construction of Hagia Sophia. They explore the rise of the Seljuks, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 under Mehmed II, and the empire's golden age under Suleiman the Magnificent. The show dives deep into the Tanzimat reforms, the Armenian Genocide, the partition of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, and the Turkish War of Independence led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Later episodes cover the population exchange with Greece, Turkey's transition to a multiparty system, the 1980 military coup, the rise of political Islam, and the recent shift to an executive presidency. Why does this story matter today? Because Turkey's struggle between secularism and religious identity, its role in NATO, its European Union aspirations, and its complex relationship with the Kurdish minority echo the very tensions that… Feed: https://feeds.fexingo.com/history/the-story-of-turkey.xml ## Latest episodes - [The 1960 Coup That Redefined Turkey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1895450461/815f02c62455) (2026-10-29, 14 min): audio https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-story-of-turkey/episode-0275.mp3 - [Atatürk's Silent Revolution: Language Reform in Turkey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1895450461/bc3671aa84fd) (2026-10-28, 6 min): audio https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-story-of-turkey/episode-0274.mp3 - [The Tulip Era: Art, War, and the Fall of Empire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1895450461/de869210eed1) (2026-10-27, 8 min): audio https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-story-of-turkey/episode-0273.mp3 - [The Young Turk Revolution and the Ottoman Constitution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1895450461/9238e6ace7c6) (2026-10-26, 8 min): audio https://audio.fexingo.com/history/the-story-of-turkey/episode-0272.mp3 - 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