The show demonstrates that, despite their differences, Christian Europe and the Islamic Ottoman Empire expressed mutual appreciation for cultural excellence: Giorgione, Titian and the Bellinis ...

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub. But more ...

Atv’s historical drama The Ottoman has been licensed in South Korea. The Ottoman has aired across Europe, the Middle East and ...

Who is the greatest Ottoman Empire Sultan? With its heartland in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), the Ottoman Empire ran from about 1299 to 1922 and straddled three continents in its heyday. The Ottoman ...

But the legacy of the Ottoman Empire in Palestine is painted in shades of grey. For many years, historians have portrayed the four centuries in which Palestine was ruled from the “Sublime Porte”, the ...

Printed in 1572 by Braun and Hogenberg in Civitates Orbis Terrarum. Photo by N. Staykov (2007)Click on thumbnails below for more images of Istanbul: Ottoman Empire Turkey The Ottoman Empire at its ...

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.

Getting and keeping the throne in the Ottoman Empire was no easy task. For a new sultan, the most foolproof method of securing power was to kill all other claimants. During a period of European peace, ...