ISTANBUL…just the name evokes intoxicating images of incense-filled mosques, historic palaces and bustling bazaars, air filled with exotic aromas. I’ve been desperate to visit the city for ...

Most of my readers are quite familiar with the great rulers of the Renaissance: Henry VIII and his consecutive marital ...

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It has been five years since the presidential decree was issued to reopen Hagia Sophia as a mosque, reversing its status as a ...

The fourth of July may be synonymous with freedom in the United States, but around the world it has a very different meaning.

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.

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in the Balkans. In 1462, Vlad Tepes of Wallachia defied Sultan Mehmed II with a ...

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922.

Above all, he defended his successor, Mehmed VI Vahideddin. The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, who fled Istanbul in 1922, was accused by Kemal of high treason.