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1 day ago · The Ottoman Golden Age. The Ottoman Empire was founded in the early 14th century by Osman I, a tribal leader in western Anatolia. Through a combination of military conquests and shrewd diplomacy, Osman and his successors rapidly expanded their domain. The Middle East was a prime target for Ottoman expansion. In 1516-17, Sultan Selim I defeated ...
2 days ago · An emblematic symbol of the Ottoman dynasty, the palace has seen numerous expansions and renovations since its initial construction under the auspices of Fatih Sultan Mehmet between 1459-1465. Far more than just a royal residence, Topkapi served as the esteemed Enderun School, cultivating generations of soldiers and state officials.
3 days ago · This cartoon appeared in the popular British magazine Punch on September 15, 1853. In it, France is personified based on the mustachioed Emperor Napoleon III, and Britain appears as the symbolic figure John Bull. They confer at the apparent deathbed of Abdulmecid I, the Sultan of Ottoman Empire, popularly referred to as Turkey. The specter of ...
Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (1481–1512) who consolidated Ottoman rule in the Balkans, Anatolia, and the eastern Mediterranean and was the first Ottoman sultan challenged by the Safavid empire. Under pressure from his advisers and Janissary corps amid a succession crisis, he abdicated in 1512 in favor of his son Selim.
4 days ago · Turkey still uses the Ottoman flag as a symbol of their cultural and historical heritage. The current Turkish flag is directly derived from the late Ottoman flag, which had been adopted in the late 18th century and acquired its final form in 1844.
2 days ago · 1985 (9th Session) Hagia Sophia ( lit. ' Holy Wisdom '; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized : Hagía Sofía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia ), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi ), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
