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The Beyliks

The Period of Principalities
Political unity in Anatolia was disrupted from the time of the collapse of the Anatolian Seljuk State at the beginning of the 14th century (1308), when, until the beginning of the 16th century, each of the regions in the country fell under the domination of Beyliks Principalities. Eventually, the Ottoman Principality, which destroyed all other principalities and restored political unity in Anatolia, was established in the Eskisehir, Bilecik and Bursa areas.

The area in central Anatolia east of the Ankara-Aksaray line as far as the area of Erzurum remained under the administration of the Ilhani General Governor until 1336. The infighting in Ilhan gave the principalities in Anatolia their complete independence. In addition to this, new Turkish principalities were formed in the localities previously under Ilhan occupation.

During the 14th century, the Turkomans, who made up the western Turks, started to re-establish their previous political sovereignty in the Islamic world. Rapid developments in Turkish language and culture took place during the time of the Anatolian Principalities. In this period, the Turkish language entered the sciences and literature, and became the official language of the Principalities. New medreses were established and progress was made in the medical sciences.

Gulsehri, Nesimi (d. 1404) and Ahmedi (1325-1412) are the prominent Turkish language poets of the 15th century.

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