The general condition of historiography of Byzantium in Turkey and a bibliography study

History demonstrates to us that civilization has invariably moved from the east to the west. In this context,clans who lived closest to the Orient had their own technical crafts,currencies,alphabets,architecture and sculpture.Furnished with all these,they formed the habit of living in villages and became ?civilized or civil?One of the best examples of this is The Roman Empire.The revolutionary wave initiated by clans together with slaves at home and barbarian attacks abroad plunged the Roman Empire into an economic recession. Consequently, Rome lost its importance as the political centre and a new capital called New Rome or Constantinapolis was built on the site of Byzantium which was a former Megara colony.This new capital was to be the name of a medieval empire called The Bizantine Empire.This paper deals with ?Byzantine histiography and historiographers? in the light of main studies carried out in Turkey covering the period from The Foundation of The Turkish Republic to the 2000s.The first two parts of this study include a concise History of the Byzantine Empire and the development of Byzantine studies (Byzantinology) in Turkey which started with a translation by Katip Çelebi of Chalkokondyles History ,went through great and important stages and has managed to survive up to the present time.The third part is concerned with studies conducted by such prominent Byzantine historiographers such as Prof. Dr. Akdes Nimet Kurat, Prof. Dr. Fahameddin Başar, Prof. Dr. Fikret Işıltan, Prof. Dr. Işın Demirkent, Prof. Dr. M.Fuad Köprülü, Prof. Dr. Melek Delilbaşı, Prof. Dr. Nevra Necipoğlu, Prof.Dr. Semavi Eyice, Prof. Dr. Şerif Baştav, Assis. Prof. Dr. Ebru Altan, Assis. Prof. Dr. Levent Kayapınar, Assis. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Daş, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muharrem Kesik followed by a conclusion.It can be concluded in the light of the data collected that in recent years there have been a considerable increase in studies on the Byzantine History and Historiography which is the cornerstone of The Turkish History and Historiography owing to publications related to Byzantium in spite of some drawbacks such as language difficulties and a lack of a specialized institution, sufficient written documentation and periodicals.