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

T he Ottoman Empire arose in modern Turkey at the turn of the 14th century. It emerged from the unification of the old Seljuk Turkic states under the House of Osman (its namesake).

Professor Osman Özsoy, the Kayseri Provincial Representative of the Foundation for the Protection and Promotion of the Environment and Cultural ...

Articles and Book Chapters “Visualizing Urban Festivals in the Ottoman Empire: A Comparison of the Sixteenth and ... 40 (2011): 243-266. "The Art of Osman Hamdi Bey," (expanded) in Renata Holod and ...