Tag: Ottoman

The closeness of the eunuchs to the members of the Ottoman dynasty put them in a position of considerable power since they had the ear of the sultan and valide ...

There is hardly any difference between a han and a caravanserai except for the first being urban and the latter being situated on the roads and highways between urban settlements. ...

Ottoman book art was rooted in the traditions of the wider Islamic world, but evolved and diversified in Ottoman territories. Traditions were adapted to Ottoman taste and flourished under the ...

For Muslims, water is critical for the ablutions they perform before prayer services in addition to its importance in everyday life. Even more important, however, is the need for the ...

The son of the last Ottoman prince reacts against Prime Minister Erdoğan’s remarks about ‘Muhteşem Yüzyıl,’ saying, ‘His ancestors are our grandfathers’. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent remarks criticizing ...

One of the major debates that arose prior to and during Murat’s reign involved the decline of the Ottoman Empire and its suspected causes. Smoking and drinking were among reasons ...

Since the lavish, feel-good Turkish epic “Conquest 1453” had its premiere this year, its tale of the taking of Constantinople by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmet II has become the highest-grossing ...

Today there are complaints that religious holidays are only an excuse to take a vacation. It seems that the Ottomans also used them to take a break. The most researched ...

An empire lived continuously for 700 years in the history… Richness of centuries whose diplomacy bridges today with the past… Foundation of today’s diplomacy is laid by them. Of course ...

Cultural authorities in Skopje have announced plans to convert the Macedonian capital’s Ottoman-era fortress into a museum displaying pieces and artifacts stemming from the imperial age. The project started earlier ...