The historical and cultural artifacts of the Ottoman era in Bulgaria's southeastern Plovdiv city have fallen into ruin. The city, which gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, has ...

WW1 postcard showing Central Powers monarchs: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire, King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria.

SOFIA, March 5. /TASS/. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia traveled to Bulgaria where he took part in the events dedicated to the 140th anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the ...

But both the Bulgarians and the Byzantines were also threatened by the Ottoman Empire, which already occupied many former ...

How did the Empire come about ... including Serbia, Macedonia, and Bulgaria. 3. Ottoman Culture was Influenced by the ...