Prehistory

We will consider history of the country as the history of the land, on which contemporary Türkiye extends. The Anatolian peninsula has been inhabited for a long time, which was partly the result of its convenient location between Europe and Western Asia. People migrated through Anatolia, Mostly in directions on the East axis – West, settling in its areas permanently or only temporarily. Sometimes they had an impact on the first organized tribes or communities found here, and often they assimilated themselves. The oldest traces of human stay were found near such cities, jak anttya, Isparta i Ankara, and they point to the older era of stone (paleolithic), So for a period of ok. 80-15 thousand. years ago.

The first settlements of the younger stone era (neolithic) Established in the vicinity of Burdur (Hacilla) in Help (Catal Huyuk) 8000 years BC. The last place mentioned was inhabited from OK. 7500 do 5000 r. p.n.e., and the settlement was already defensive. Its inhabitants not only collected food, but they also made it, Later, they raised cattle and made copper items – in the transition period between the Stone Age and the Bronze Age (chalkolit). Walls of houses covered with paintings (Many religious performances) and rich finds in the form of even pottery products and numerous statuettes, which can be admired today at the Ankar Museum, testify to the high level of neolithic culture in Asia Minor. However, to greater significance in chalcolyte (Ok. 5500 – 3000 p.n.e.) There was a housing estate at today's Hacillar. Its inhabitants dealt with copper processing on a massive scale. About 3000 years BC. The Bronze Age began in Anatolia. Archaeological excavations in Kultepe (Ancient Kanesz) Near Kayseri, the Local Center of Power revealed, where bronze processing was dealt with at a high level. Taws with an Assyrian wedge magazine were also found here, For many cities were colonies of Assyrian merchants trading bronze products and copper. At that time, Around the middle course of the Kizilirmak River, The first protohctite settlements began to arise, and a little later the growing influx of Indo -European peoples brought to Anatolia Hittite.