Where had Trojan War happened?

In the Iliad there are many details about place of the war, which should happened som...

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When did the political and religious significance of Troy end?

The Byzantinean period in Troy also witnessed a great battle, just like it did in the...

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Was There Any Mention of the Achaens in Hittite Texts?

By reading the tablets in Hittite archives, we see that the kings in the capital of t...

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Are there any written documents in the Hittite archives that were sent from the west to the east?

On the other hand, a finding that will prove correspondence from the West to the East...

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When was the Iliad transcribed?

After the Trojan War (generally accepted around 1200 BC), there was a long calm perio...

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How much of Troy has been excavated?

If we consider the 147 years of excavation history of Troy, we can divide the excavat...

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Can archeology prove the Trojan War?

We don't have a written document from late Bronz Age (1200's B.C.E.) directly related...

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What are the most important works that have been written about Troy and the Turks?

Reşit Saffet Atabinen – 1948 The first book published in Turkey on this topic is t...

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Whose side was Hittites on during the Trojan War?

M.Osman Korfmann's excavation work and his publications proved that Troy/Ilios/Wilusa...

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Which country sends the most visitors to Troy?

Up until the new period excavations that Professor Osman Korfmann started in 1988, th...

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Homer, the Iliad and Troy continue to influence the culture, art, science and literature of the world. Although the research history of this subject, in which literature, archaeology and history interconnect, reachs to a long past, not everything about this subject could be brought to the light. The number of questions about this enigmatic subject, which begins with a mythological story and then continues with numerous historical accounts, does not stop at 101, but could even extend to 1001. But we divided our subject to 10 sections, just like the 10 cities of Troy, and our aim here is to give our readers a clear explanation of the research done since the antiquity.

What is the magic behind this poet, this epic and this city, which has mesmerized people for thousands of years?
What part of the epic is real and what part is fiction? Is there really a place called Troy?
Were the unforgettable heroes of the war real persons?
Now with 101 questions and answers, we will give explanations to these and similar questions.

Sections
I. Homer
II. Iliad
III. Troy and The Trojans
IV. Troy and History of The Excavations
V. Trojan War
VI. Archaeology and Mythology
VII. Trojans and Hittites
VIII. Troy and Politics
IX. Troy and The Turks
X. Troy Nowadays
XI. Conclusions
XII. Bibliography