The notorious pirate Barbarossa, who eventually went on to be an Admiral in the Ottoman Navy, was surprisingly half Greek.

Ertugrul Osman, grandson of Sultan Abdulhamid II and heir to the Ottoman throne ... "I am quite surprised. It is the first time I have seen such an outpouring." The royal family seems to be ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

For this same reason, the Ottoman sultans gave importance to inviting ... At least six scholars participated in the first lesson between the noon and afternoon prayers. These lessons acquired ...

Participants at a pro-Palestinian rally over the weekend in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka were seen carrying portraits of Ottoman Caliph Sultan Abdul Hamid II as they protested Israel's ...