The abandoned ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once an area bustling with Greeks on the slopes of a hill in Asia Minor.

Malta was of minimal strategic importance, and defeat did not temper the Ottoman ruler Suleiman the Magnificent's ambitions. To convey this without detracting from the drama of the siege is a ...

Following defeat in World War I, it was formally abolished in 1922. More than a dozen independent countries emerged from territories the Ottoman sultans once ruled.

This classic pose was often commissioned by Ottoman rulers, in an effort to symbolize their intellectual refinement and appreciation of both moral and physical beauty. The World’s Durrie ...

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.