In 1565, the mighty Ottoman Empire launched a massive siege against the tiny island of Malta expecting a swift victory. But ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only really be compared to the Roman Empire, which it replaced when it ...

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire extended its influence all the way to Southeast Asia, forging alliances and ...

Londoners may be interested to know that a variety of historical links to the Ottoman Empire are closer to home than they ...

The Eastern Express train that connects Ankara, the capital of Turkey, with Kars, near the Georgian border. Erzurum and Kars figured in most wars between the Ottoman and Russian empires, and both ...

The major Ottoman Empire-era landmark will be offering nighttime visits all summer for travelers looking to beat the heat and ...

The ensemble’s most recent and final program of their season, “In the Realm of Osman,” showcased Ottoman Empire music and art from the 17th to 19th centuries.

The Ottoman Empire's seeming tolerance of non-Muslim religions was part of a way to manage communities that drew the empire's suspicions, according to an Osaka Metropolitan University historian.

The Ottoman Empire, which gained prominence and world power in the 14th and 15th centuries and on, had a significant effect on the Jews of the era, and for many centuries served as a relative safe ...

“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.

This book stands out prominently from the mass of ephemeral political writings on the Near East, for it is a serious scholarly study of one of the most important phases of European activity in the ...