The information given in Byzantine historical works regarding the Turkish tribes and states in the north of the Black Sea is of great importance.
Byzantine sources have a special meaning in terms of revealing the political, historical and cultural lives of the Turkish groups that migrated to the west via the Northern Migration Route, starting with the Huns, and in comparison with the information given in sources of other nations.
In this context, the work known as the Short History of Nikephoros is an important reference source for the history of the Turks in Eastern Europe.
The historically valuable Short History of Nikephoros, the 268th
Patriarch of Istanbul, sheds light on the events between the years 602-769.
Nikephoros in his work; The subject of the book is the emperors who ascended to the throne in the Byzantine Empire during the reign, internal events, the conflicts between the sympathizers of the Green and Blue colors, the marriages of the impe Show More