The popular perception of Byzantium in contemporary Turkish culture

The aim of this article is to present the sources available ordinary Turkish citizen for forming an opinion about Byzantium. These range from written (school curricula newspapers) visual (cinema television), and I categorize them on basis a set criteria such as accessibility, control over audience, intellectual depth. show how non-state actors have been laying groundwork more informed perception Movies, theatrical productions, cartoons in humorous magazines satirizing essentializing view Byzantine past through parody, are shown play deconstructive role process.