After the Ottoman's defeat the Serbian Lazar at the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, their new Sultan Bayezid I continued their ...

In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

An introduction to the events of the Armenian Genocide. An introduction to the events of the Armenian Genocide. Armenian Genocide: 90 Years Later is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App ...

One of the greatest empires in history, the Ottomans reigned for more than 600 years before crumbling on the battlefields of World War I. The tughra (insignia) of the 16th-century Ottoman emperor ...

German-born, Istanbul-based Turkish artist Taner Ceylan, a prominent Turkish artist whose work deals with the hidden histories of the Ottoman Empire. The now infamous image by Reuters photographer ...

King's College London provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there is some degree of familiarity with ...

BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Aug 14, 2005 Aug 14, 2005 0 Istanbul. The very name sounds foreign, exotic. It is a city astride two continents -- Europe and Asia -- and has been a bridge between ...

The visual culture of the late Ottoman Empire reflected widespread and dramatic reforms. However, while political and social developments in this period have received much attention, the interaction ...