Mehmed II was a visionary ruler who united Islamic, Roman and Renaissance traditions to transform the Ottoman Empire and ...

The Armenian Genocide was preceded by decades of discrimination, political repression, and mass violence against Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. During World War I, Armenian men were disarmed ...

A man walks near the Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Built between 1463 and 1470, it was designed to “project the political authority and power of the court,” Diana Darke writes. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP) ...

Soar over Bursa in Turkey, the magnificent first capital of the Ottoman Empire, nestled against the northern foothills of the ...

In the late 16th century, hundreds of bandits on horseback stormed through the countryside of Ottoman Anatolia raiding villages, inciting violence and destabilizing the sultan’s grip on power Four ...

The decision marked the beginning of the Crimean War, after Russian troops refused to leave Moldavia and Wallachia.

In late October, 1914, two Ottoman warships departed Istanbul, cutting northeast through the Black Sea to stage a surprise attack on the Russian seacoast. The mission by the battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan ...

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The US President-elect’s choice for his diplomat to Türkiye is expected to serve as the bridge between the two NATO members.