Board Thread:Fan Fiction/@comment-25344655-20160905201425/@comment-50.83.35.189-20160907032658

George II knew he couldnt expand into the middle-east, that would streatch out his power too thinly, so he used the Turks to claim the land and still be under the Byzantine banner

So basically his core region was Byzantium, but the Turks are also part of Byzantium.