After four centuries of Turkish domination, finally in the 20th century an independent Albania was created.

The war, which has cost 19,000 lives, has exposed Kurdish resentment at Turkish cultural domination.

From 1554 to 1594 it was under Turkish domination.

Beginning by Turkish domination, Anamur flourished as the main settlement of the area.

The common people appreciated his courageous stand against the nobility's corruption and the harsh Turkish domination.

At the close of the 15th century, under the Turkish domination, there were only ten suffragan sees, which gradually grew less and finally disappeared.

While the written language remained static as a result of Turkish domination, the spoken dialects moved further apart.

That gathering followed centuries of Turkish domination, spoken of with bitterness even today.

In 1430 it came under Turkish domination.

Turkish domination, which the Communists tried so brutally to prevent, was now coming to pass directly as a result of Communism.