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A new study reveals how the Greek Revolution reshaped the Ottoman Empire's governance and deepened surveillance of non-Muslim ...
Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 years ago. Yet this seeming tolerance of non-Muslim faiths was in fact ...
Aligned with the Central Powers during the First World War, the Ottoman Empire was faltering, grappling with territorial losses and internal strife. Dubbed as the Sick Man of Europe, it faced economic ...
NARA--Artifacts recovered from an Ottoman Empire frigate that sank off Japan’s Kii Peninsula in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) were at risk of disintegrating until researchers hit upon the idea of ...
A new historical study reveals that the Greek Revolution of the 1820s forced major changes in the Ottoman Empire’s internal governance, particularly in how it treated and monitored its non-Muslim ...
During the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century, the Yazidi community played a crucial but often overlooked role in protecting and assisting Armenians who were being systematically exterminated ...
A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire ...
The annual discussions over religious and civic matters were held in the presence of Ottoman sultans for over a century until the practice was scrapped with the end of the Caliphate in 1924.
Edirne is a city where Ottoman history, scenic landscapes and delicious local cuisine come together to create a truly ...
My research field is the history of the Ottoman Empire. My book A History of the Ottoman Empire was published by Cambridge in 2017. In the book I used the main theme of the Ottoman worldview to write ...