Did Mehmet the Conqueror really visit Troy?

Mehmet the Conqueror, who conquered Istanbul in 1453 when he was 21 years old, was an...

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How many years did Trojan War last?

During 730's B.C.E., around 500 years after Trojan War, Homer, who transcribed the Il...

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Was Troy on the seaside?

The questions about the filling process of Trojan plain and how close was the sea to...

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Since when was Troy accepted to be a sacred city?

After Troy was destroyed around 1180's B. C. E. due to a war, the city lost its forti...

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With whom did the political visits to Troy start?

It is not known for sure when the identification between Troy, also known as Ilion, a...

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Where does Homer come from?

The language of Homer is the starting point of experts who want to find out where Hom...

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What did Ataturk think about Troy?

During the Balkan Wars that took place in 1912-1913, Mustafa Kemal came to the Dardan...

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Are some written documents found in Troy excavations?

Until Korfmann's excavations, starting in 1988, no written documents of the Late Bron...

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How does Troy affect contemporary politics?

Can mankind live without war? History does not give us a lot of hope that it can. The...

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When did the Trojan War happen?

This is a question asked since ancient times. Some ancient writers dated the war betw...

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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