The Ottoman Empire is one of the most important and influential major empires in history, though it is sometimes overlooked ...

The 16th-century Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleyman liked to impose himself on foreign monarchs from the start, always beginning ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is getting rid of his main rival in the 2028 presidential election. Authoritarianism, ...

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To finance his war efforts, he imposed a head tax on his subjects and expanded the Janissary corps from 12,000 to 20,000 soldiers. Meanwhile, Charles V entrusted the defense of Eastern Europe to his ...

The struggle of the enslaved Greeks against their ruthless rulers, the Ottoman Turks, officially started on the 25th of March 1821 ...

Terror and anticipation begin the moment iftar ends. That is when the mujahideen knock on doors and search homes. Calls to the General Security prove useless; the ...

The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...