A nationwide celebration was organized on Friday to mark the 952nd anniversary of the battle in japanese Türkiye that “opened the door to Anatolia” for the Turks. The celebrations have been underway in Malazgirt and Ahlat, two small cities in Muş that performed a key function within the defeat of the Byzantine forces by the Seljuks.
The Battle of Manzikert (Malazgirt), was the primary main victory of the Seljuk Sultanate in opposition to the Byzantine Empire that dominated most of Türkiye.
In Malazgirt National Park, an enormous venue the place dozens of yurts (conventional tents) have been arrange, the celebratory occasions hosted massive crowds from round Türkiye who watched live shows by Ottoman navy mehter bands and archery reveals.
Muş Governor Avni Çakır, in his speech earlier than the occasions mentioned, “Our ancestors spread across Anatolia, even toward the Bosporus, but had been unable to make these territories a safe place for our nation. Sultan Alparslan’s victory turned Anatolia into a safe homeland.”
Stating that the occasions will depart a strong legacy for future generations, Çakır mentioned that they’ve held these celebrations with growing enthusiasm lately underneath the Presidency of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Noting that they’ll convey a message of unity and solidarity to the entire world from Malazgirt on the one hundredth anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye this yr, Çakır mentioned, “Every necessary preparation has been put in place to welcome our president with other state officials on Saturday to address the nation at the ceremony.”
The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Muş deputy Mehmet Emin Şimşek mentioned your entire Islamic world was praying for the victory of Alparslan when his military confronted the Byzantine military in Malazgirt. “Sultan Alparslan prayed to Allah to grant him victory and donned a white fabric that may be his shroud if he died within the battle, and opened the doorways of this land to the nation 952 years in the past.”
Citizens confirmed curiosity in actions the place the Erzurum Metropolitan Municipality Mehter Band and people dance teams from completely different provinces participated
Visiting the stands the place conventional video games are performed, and native merchandise are promoted, residents participated in archery.
About the battle
On Aug. 26, 1071, Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes’ military took on the Seljuk military of largely mounted archers, led by Sultan Alparslan, struggling an enormous defeat. Romanos was taken captive, earlier than being launched by Alparslan. According to the settlement between the 2 leaders, just a few border posts have been handed over to the Seljuks. The deal allowed Sultan Alparslan to show his full consideration to the Fatimids ruling over Egypt. However, the emperor was quickly toppled, tortured and killed by rivals, earlier than the empire was consumed by a harmful civil struggle. The settlement between the 2 leaders was not ratified by the brand new emperor, who rejected its phrases. The civil struggle allowed nomadic Turkmen tribes following within the footsteps of the Seljuk military to flood and take over most of Anatolia, other than just a few outposts on the coast. Alparslan didn’t dwell lengthy after the battle, dying by the hands of an murderer a yr later.
The conquest of Anatolia additionally instantly resulted within the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire searching for assist from the Catholic Vatican. Pope Urban II used Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos’s request for navy help to declare, on the Council of Clermont in 1095, a basic mobilization of Western Christendom in opposition to the Turks who had occupied Anatolia and far of the Middle East. The ensuing mass invasion is known as the Crusades.
The Battle of Manzikert is seen by the Turks as the start of the transformation of Anatolia because the land of the Turks.
The finish of August is noticed as Victory Week, which marks two key historic victories by Turkic forces: The Battle of Manzikert, and the Great Offensive of Aug. 26, 1922, the largest navy operation of the Turkish War of Independence that noticed the invading Greek military soundly defeated. The 96th Victory Day on Aug. 30 commemorates Türkiye’s victory within the Battle of Dumlupınar, within the Aegean province of Kütahya, as a part of the Great Offensive.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
