A new study reveals how the Greek Revolution reshaped the Ottoman Empire's governance and deepened surveillance of non-Muslim ...
A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice ...
The words below it are written in Turkish, and proclaim Suleiman's role as Sultan, ruler specifically of the Ottoman Empire, and sovereign of all its subjects - Muslim, Jewish or Christian.
Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...
Ottoman rulers simultaneously sought to ... in Spain expelled thousands of Jews from their country in 1492, some settled in the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan at the time, Bayezid II, even welcomed ...