The square Mosque with its single great dome and four slender minarets, dominates the skyline of the former Ottoman capital of Edirne. Sinan, the most famous of Ottoman architects in the 16th century, ...

The Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, once an Ottoman imperial residence, is now a luxury hotel overlooking the Bosphorus. Its most lavish accommodation, the Sultan Suite, costs over $52,000 per ...

Ten years ago, I was in Istanbul, the city of empires, history and the sea. At a quiet dinner table, I met a Turkish researcher specializing in Arab relations. He spoke passionately about the Ottoman ...

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Stop what you're doing because I’m possibly about to bring you the best discount of the year - DUSK is selling their stunning Ascot Ottoman Double Bed for just £49. Yep, you heard me right, £49. There ...

Pope Leo XIV leads the canonization mass of seven new saints at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Credit: Massimo Percossi / EPA via AMNA Under clear autumn skies at St. Peter’s Square on October 19, ...

Constantinople stood against sieges and attacks for many centuries, until finally new technology—the big cannons of the Ottoman Empire—brought down the Byzantine Empire’s capital. The fall of ...

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The Swedish theologian and traveler Michael Eneman journeyed through the East in the early 18th century, documenting valuable observations from Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Cyprus, and Constantinople.

Kosem Sultan was a woman who refused to be just another widow on the Ottoman court - instead she became a real ruler of the empire. Her decisions made such an impact, that after her death noblemen in ...

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