Complex sentence: In the 16th century about 2,500 publications about the Turks were spread around Europe (over a thousand of which were in German), in these publications the image of the'bloodthirsty Turk' was imprinted on reader.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 16th century about 2,500 publications about the Turks were spread around Europe (over a thousand of which were in German). In these publications the image of the'bloodthirsty Turk' was imprinted on reader.