Turkish History and Historians

Turkey was once a great nation. The Turkish soldiers contributed a lot to Malay history and victory of Indonesia against the Dutch. The Turkish graves can be found in Aceh, North Sumatra. The Turks also contributed a lot to Australia's history. How did the Turks become great contributors to the development of other nations? The answer is Turkey had brilliant historians!

This is the link for Prof. Halil Inalcik, a Turkish historian: http://www.inalcik.com/indexTr/

Turkish grave:
http://m.wikitravel.org/en/Banda_Aceh