Turkish series, "Magnificent Century ("Muhtesem Yuzyil") revolves around Suleiman the Magnificent, the slave who became his wife, Hurrem, and the height of the Ottoman Empire which he ...
EMPRESS OF THE EAST: HOW A EUROPEAN SLAVE GIRL BECAME QUEEN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE By Leslie Peirce Basic Books, $32, 359 pages In the early 16th century, long before the advent of newspapers, one of ...
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 ...
Abdulhamid II is one of the most controversial and divisive figures in modern Turkish history. His detractors call him the "kizil sultan" (the red sultan) after the blood they hold him responsible for ...
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