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Killing the brother: Gaining and maintaining power as an Ottoman sultan

Killing the brother: Gaining and maintaining power as an Ottoman sultan

Culture

10 min read

French spy in Ottoman custody: Napoleon’s secret diplomatic gamble in Istanbul

French spy in Ottoman custody: Napoleon’s secret diplomatic gamble in Istanbul

Culture

3 min read

What If America had been Ottoman? Forgotten proposal from Columbus to Sultan Bayezid II

What If America had been Ottoman? Forgotten proposal from Columbus to Sultan Bayezid II

Culture

4 min read

How conquest of Istanbul by Sultan Mehmed II changed world Image

Culture

How conquest of Istanbul by Sultan Mehmed II changed world

4 min read

Ottoman archaeo-diplomacy shaped European power games in 19th century Image

Culture

Ottoman archaeo-diplomacy shaped European power games in 19th century

3 min read

European intellectuals made targeting Turks their mission—here’s why Image

Culture

European intellectuals made targeting Turks their mission—here’s why

6 min read

Ottoman Istanbul’s sacred duty: When Sultanahmet Mosque became Kaaba cover workshop Image

Culture

Ottoman Istanbul’s sacred duty: When Sultanahmet Mosque became Kaaba cover workshop

4 min read

Circassians worldwide mark 161st Anniversary of 1864 exile Image

Culture

Circassians worldwide mark 161st Anniversary of 1864 exile

2 min read

From Homs to Santiago: A forgotten chapter of Ottoman migration to Latin America Image

Culture

From Homs to Santiago: A forgotten chapter of Ottoman migration to Latin America

3 min read

Tracing Turkishness in Ottoman Empire: Myths vs historical evidence Image

Culture

Tracing Turkishness in Ottoman Empire: Myths vs historical evidence

7 min read

Orthodox Christianity was saved by Sultan Mehmed II, says Bulgarian historian Image

Balkans

Orthodox Christianity was saved by Sultan Mehmed II, says Bulgarian historian

3 min read

How Ottoman Empire protected Easter celebrations in Jerusalem? Image

Culture

How Ottoman Empire protected Easter celebrations in Jerusalem?

5 min read

Ottoman heir Kenize Murad awarded France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur Image

Lifestyle

Ottoman heir Kenize Murad awarded France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur

3 min read

'Protocol': All you need to know about Ottoman Eid ceremonies Image

Culture

'Protocol': All you need to know about Ottoman Eid ceremonies

13 min read

Cabbages vs. Okras: Eternal rival teams in the Ottoman Palace Image

Culture

Cabbages vs. Okras: Eternal rival teams in the Ottoman Palace

13 min read

Tsar Peter against Ottomans: Nearly lost his life while building Greater Russia Image

Culture

Tsar Peter against Ottomans: Nearly lost his life while building Greater Russia

15 min read

Reassessing Ottoman multiculturalism: A response to Japanese historian's claims Image

Culture

Reassessing Ottoman multiculturalism: A response to Japanese historian's claims

3 min read

Enderun Academy: Lifeblood of Ottoman imperial bureaucracy Image

Culture

Enderun Academy: Lifeblood of Ottoman imperial bureaucracy

11 min read

Late Ottoman Empire: Commentaries on women in public Image

Culture

Late Ottoman Empire: Commentaries on women in public

11 min read

Month of worship and entertainment: Ramadan in Ottoman Empire Image

Culture

Month of worship and entertainment: Ramadan in Ottoman Empire

21 min read

Role of Sultan Abdulhamid II in struggle of Javanese Muslims againts Dutch colonialism Image

Culture

Role of Sultan Abdulhamid II in struggle of Javanese Muslims againts Dutch colonialism

8 min read

What made 1915 Canakkale Victory a turning point for Türkiye in WWI? Image

Culture

What made 1915 Canakkale Victory a turning point for Türkiye in WWI?

3 min read

Route of Sultan Mehmed II’s conquest of Trabzon determined by experts Image

Culture

Route of Sultan Mehmed II’s conquest of Trabzon determined by experts

5 min read

Fleeing Austrian and Russian oppression, Polish refugees modernized the Ottoman Army Image

Opinion

Fleeing Austrian and Russian oppression, Polish refugees modernized the Ottoman Army

19 min read

Ottoman revenge: 5,700 severed noses of enemy army sent after Hungarian atrocities Image

Culture

Ottoman revenge: 5,700 severed noses of enemy army sent after Hungarian atrocities

7 min read

Ancient scents that shaped power: From Cleopatra to Ottoman Sultans Image

Culture

Ancient scents that shaped power: From Cleopatra to Ottoman Sultans

3 min read

Sefer Reis and Mir Ali Bey: Two great Ottoman sea wolves who were bane of Portugal in Indian Ocean Image

Culture

Sefer Reis and Mir Ali Bey: Two great Ottoman sea wolves who were bane of Portugal in Indian Ocean

17 min read

Ottoman Empire’s forgotten photographers Sebah & Joaillier’s story retold in Turkish novel Image

Culture

Ottoman Empire’s forgotten photographers Sebah & Joaillier’s story retold in Turkish novel

5 min read

How Gertrude Bell’s journey through Troy led to political empire Image

Culture

How Gertrude Bell’s journey through Troy led to political empire

9 min read

Could newly discovered shipwreck in Black Sea be linked to Ottoman Empire? Image

Culture

Could newly discovered shipwreck in Black Sea be linked to Ottoman Empire?

5 min read

Could Sultan Abdulhamid’s Hejaz Railway revive Ottoman heritage in Syria? Image

Culture

Could Sultan Abdulhamid’s Hejaz Railway revive Ottoman heritage in Syria?

6 min read

Why are Ottoman sultans featured in Italy’s Uffizi Gallery Image

Culture

Why are Ottoman sultans featured in Italy’s Uffizi Gallery

4 min read

How Türkiye's Trabzon influenced Bologna’s unique street Vicolo Trebisonda's name Image

Culture

How Türkiye's Trabzon influenced Bologna’s unique street Vicolo Trebisonda's name

2 min read

Echoes of Ottoman Empire: Ayse Gulnev Osmanoglu on family, history and legacy Image

Culture

Echoes of Ottoman Empire: Ayse Gulnev Osmanoglu on family, history and legacy

18 min read

How Turks lost Arab lands: Tale of betrayal, conflict Image

Culture

How Turks lost Arab lands: Tale of betrayal, conflict

4 min read

How rulers in Anatolia tackled inflation from Roman to Ottoman eras? Image

Culture

How rulers in Anatolia tackled inflation from Roman to Ottoman eras?

7 min read

Between pleasure and death: Animals in Ottoman Empire Image

Lifestyle

Between pleasure and death: Animals in Ottoman Empire

34 min read

How Hungary’s historical ties with Turkic world shape its future in Organization of Turkic States Image

Region

How Hungary’s historical ties with Turkic world shape its future in Organization of Turkic States

5 min read

New documentary explores 'Don Quixote' author Cervantes’ Ottoman fascination Image

Culture

New documentary explores 'Don Quixote' author Cervantes’ Ottoman fascination

3 min read

Osmanoglu family member shares Ottoman Empire insights at London Yunus Emre Institute Image

Culture

Osmanoglu family member shares Ottoman Empire insights at London Yunus Emre Institute

2 min read

Layers of history: Building in Istanbul reflects Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman eras Image

Culture

Layers of history: Building in Istanbul reflects Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman eras

2 min read

Leonardo da Vinci meets Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II: Istanbul’s unrealized Golden Horn bridge Image

Culture

Leonardo da Vinci meets Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II: Istanbul’s unrealized Golden Horn bridge

12 min read

Famous Islamic scholar al-Nabhani's legacy at risk amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict Image

Culture

Famous Islamic scholar al-Nabhani's legacy at risk amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict

4 min read

Asarkale dig sheds light on Hellenistic to Ottoman Türkiye Image

Culture

Asarkale dig sheds light on Hellenistic to Ottoman Türkiye

5 min read

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon’s ancient history reveal global double standards Image

Culture

Israel’s attacks on Lebanon’s ancient history reveal global double standards

8 min read

Turkish soldier Hasan's 55-year vigil at Al-Aqsa Mosque comes to life on theatre stage Image

Culture

Turkish soldier Hasan's 55-year vigil at Al-Aqsa Mosque comes to life on theatre stage

5 min read

Ottoman secrets revealed in shipwreck found in Türkiye's Mugla Image

Culture

Ottoman secrets revealed in shipwreck found in Türkiye's Mugla

3 min read

Is center of the world really in Türkiye? Image

Culture

Is center of the world really in Türkiye?

6 min read

10 legendary films bringing Ottoman Empire to big screen Image

Culture

10 legendary films bringing Ottoman Empire to big screen

9 min read

Victory Day of Türkiye: How a nation defied the impossible on Aug. 30 Image

Culture

Victory Day of Türkiye: How a nation defied the impossible on Aug. 30

12 min read

Did you know Ottoman Empire issued world's first animal rights declaration? Image

Culture

Did you know Ottoman Empire issued world's first animal rights declaration?

4 min read

Leonardo da Vinci’s little-known proposal to Ottoman Sultan Bayezid Image

Culture

Leonardo da Vinci’s little-known proposal to Ottoman Sultan Bayezid

9 min read

UNESCO Heritage Ottoman city breaks visitor records in 2024 Image

Lifestyle

UNESCO Heritage Ottoman city breaks visitor records in 2024

2 min read

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