This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Modern-day Turkey is accepted as the birthplace of the Ottoman Empire and visiting the many ... is one of the most luxurious hotels in the city. If you’re not staying at the hotel but want ...

It was the first capital of the Ottoman Empire and still boasts dozens of UNESCO heritage sites and architecture. The city is also nicknamed “Yeşil Bursa” due to its abundance of trees and parks.

“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina Museum ... It’s an import-export tale of two equally exotic cities, at odds yet culturally smitten with each other.