My broader research interests include political, social, and intellectual history of the late Ottoman Empire and the early Turkish Republic (c. 1750–1950), and I have taught various courses on Ottoman ...

In 1750, Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir became the last people executed in France for homosexuality when they were publicly burned at the stake. Meanwhile, during the Ottoman Empire, Zahed says ...

Glen Frederic Matheson, an Armenian-American lawyer whose great-grandfather served as an officer and chief architect in the Ottoman Empire, has obtained Turkish citizenship, adopting the name "Murat." ...

In a world dominated by sultans, it was the women of the Ottoman Empire who truly held power behind the throne. 👑🔥 This International Women's Day, we explore the Sultanate of Women—a fascinating era ...

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

"It is utterly dangerous and wrong to mischaracterise the investigations," Turkish Justice Minister Yilzam Tunc said.

The collection spans from the early Bronze Age till today, with artifacts from the Hittites, Phrygians, Romans, Byzantines, and the Ottoman Empire. "A unique treasure is a piece of glasswork ...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours. IMAGE: Red Army troops race across a field to attack on the Southern Front ...

They fought against the Ottoman Empire, Ibrahim Pasha’s Egyptian army, and the French colonial power. Druze have good reason to distrust the new government in Syria. In 2015, Jabhat al-Nusra ...

“As a little kid, I was like, ‘There’s only one thing I’m going to be when I grow up, and it’s a pro athlete,” he tells Empire. A lifelong love for soccer led him to play the sport at ...

Born on October 3, 1911, in Strumica in the Salonica vilayet, then part of the Ottoman Empire, Vangeliya Pandeva Gushterova, later known as Baba Vanga, or ‘Grandmother Vanga’, lost her sight ...