Few of us appreciate that an Ottoman sultan was the first to turn commerce into geopolitics, monopolizing the supply of one of the world’s original mass consumer goods. Selim’s power proved so ...

It is the second largest series in existence after the Wurzburg set and the first time a set of Ottoman sultan portraits has come to auction. Other Italian-made portraits depicting Ottoman sultans ...

Selim I transformed the Ottoman Empire through bold conquests and strategic diplomacy, doubling its territory and securing its dominance in the Islamic world. This video explores how his military ...

The Hospice Khassaki Sultan was established in 1552 and named after the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the ... we work two shifts. The first for the poor families, the other for the employees at Al- ...

Istanbul marks the 572nd anniversary of its conquest by Fatih Sultan Mehmet, celebrating the city’s transformation into the ...

"The first documents that shed light (on the first ... "That says a lot. The Ottoman sultan himself ensured that the administrative system of Mount Athos was preserved and safeguarded," he said.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 572nd anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan praised ...

from its first leader, Osman, through to the ascension of one of its greatest leaders, Suleiman the Magnificent. Examining the earliest expansion of the Ottoman sultans from what is now Turkey ...

It is the second largest series in existence after the Wurzburg set and the first time a set of Ottoman sultan portraits has come to auction. Other Italian-made portraits depicting Ottoman sultans ...