On May 24, 1565, the Ottoman Empire unleashed a devastating artillery barrage on Malta’s Fort St. Elmo, marking the beginning ...

Discover the fascinating history of the Ottoman Empire in this animated video, tracing its rise, peak, and eventual decline.

The Last Days of the Ottoman empire: 1918-1922. By Ryan Gingeras. Allen Lane; 368 pages; $47.95 and £30 As it turned out, more than six centuries of Ottoman rule ended with a whimper rather than ...

From the Middle Ages to the first decades of the 20 th century, the vast Islamic state known as the Ottoman Empire held sway. It took root in what is present-day Turkey and grew to include various ...

The height of the empire’s power came in the 16th century with the rule of Süleyman the Magnificent, one of the empire’s longest-running sultans . A testament to the power of the empire is the fact ...

The Ottoman Empire, which at the time this map was drawn included much of the Balkans and the Middle East, used a version of the Turkish language written in a slightly modified Arabic script.

Should the fading Ottoman Empire join the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) or go with the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary)? Turkey’s 500-year-old empire was shrinking.

Türkİye 'Turkish Republic continuation of Ottoman Empire' Turkish president praises 34th Sultan of Ottoman Empire, Abdulhamid II 10.02.2018 - Update : 11.02.2018 ...