Italy and Türkiye have much in common. While Italy considers itself the successor of the Western Roman Empire, Türkiye identifies itself as the successor of the Ottoman Empire, which in turn replaced the Eastern Roman Empire and became its successor.
At the time of the Ottoman Empire, there were countless links between today’s Italy and Türkiye: Trade, Italian (civil and military) servants, painters as well as humanists at the Sultan’s court, Turkish fashion, which…