Behind the golden walls of the imperial harem, the real power of the Ottoman Empire often rested with its women. In this ...

The Ottoman Empire arose in modern Turkey at the turn of the 14th century. It emerged from the unification of the old Seljuk Turkic states under the House of Osman (its namesake). Its Islamic ...

The Armenian Genocide, the systematic mass murder and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians carried out in Turkey and ...

With that in mind, the Newberry Consort, an “early music” ensemble, will perform “In the Real of Osman,” in Evanston on May ...

A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice ...

NARA--Artifacts recovered from an Ottoman Empire frigate that sank off Japan’s Kii Peninsula in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) were at risk of disintegrating until researchers hit upon the idea of ...

On the anniversary of the so-called Armenian “genocide,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent a message to Türkiye’s Armenian ...

Ottoman Empire. As several of my interlocutors suggested, this time, the sick man of Europe is Europe.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday steered clear of describing the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era mass killings of ...

An exploration of the Ottoman Empire's rich history, travelling across Turkey and beyond via its local railway routes. In the first episode, Alice starts her journey in Adana, near Syria.

Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride that covers 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century. Alice Roberts ...

Tourists exploring the ancient Roman aqueduct in İznik, Bursa, recently made an unexpected discovery: an Ottoman Period tombstone integrated into the aqueduct's construction. The tombstone was likely ...