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 ...

Introduction: Revisiting Celalzade Mustafa -- Part One. Celalzade Mustafa and the New Ottoman Empire in Early Modern Eurasia -- The Formative Years (1490-1523) -- The Secretary's Progress (1523-1534) ...

An ornate image of bucolic gardens inhabited by lounging Turkish poets engaged in conversation took up the screen in Schermerhorn’s eighth floor lecture hall. Though seemingly purely decorative, these ...

PHILADELPHIA — You're a 16th century German prince plotting to crush a peasant rebellion, or perhaps you're leading an army against the Ottoman Empire or looking to settle the score with a rival ...

The Frist Art Museum to present Venice and the Ottoman Empire, an exhibition that explores the artistic and cultural exchange between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire over four centuries.

Crammed with trinkets, eunuchs, wine, giggly harem girls, seduction and intrigue, Magnificent Century — a Turkish soap opera based on the life and reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the 16th century ...

Earlier this month, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu launched a hunt for a lost skull. Standing outside Istanbul's majestic 16th century Suleymaniye Mosque, Davutoglu said he had ordered an ...