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, ...

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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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The Battle of Varna in 1444 marked a turning point in medieval history, where the Ottoman Empire crushed a major Christian crusade and solidified its rise as a dominant superpower. This video explores ...

During the First Balkan War, the Greek Navy, under the command of Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, liberated the island of Lemnos without any casualties among the occupying Turks. The Battle of ...