Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

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 ...

Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix uses bloody battles and steamy harem scenes to tell the story of Mehmed II's conquest of Constantiople, but lacks Dracula.

“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, is a luxurious introduction to the complex, symbiotic relationship between two rival maritime empires. It’s an import ...

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who was commemorated on the 542nd anniversary of his passing on Wednesday, is among the greatest leaders of history as a military genius, great statesman, and ...

Yes, she notes, Ottoman rulers such as Süleyman the Magnificent or Mehmet III could take a ruthless approach to dynastic politics — murdering sons and relatives — but this was seemingly ...

Years after conquering Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed II consolidates power, but a merciless ruler in Wallachia threatens to bring down his empire Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed vs. Vlad aired on ...

The Ottoman empire once stretched from Vienna to Cairo, an expert explains its power.

The pattern was repeated at the second Ottoman capital in Edirne, and then at Constantinople (today’s Istanbul, captured in 1453 by a mixed Muslim-Christian army under Mehmet the Conqueror ...

Ottoman Empire 1453 - Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and consolidating Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor and Balkans.