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

Glen Frederic Matheson, whose great-grandfather served as officer in Ottoman army, adopts name Murat after receiving Turkish ...

Ottoman state institutions in the “classic age;” gendering Ottoman History; the Ottomans and the Renaissance; the Ottomans and the Age of Exploration; the Ottoman-Safavid-Habsburg struggle for ...

For all its struggles, the Free State of Ikaria’s sheer existence is a fascinating note in the broader story of the Ottoman Empire’s collapse. It reminds us that historical change occurs on ...

Following the Turco-Mongolian statecraft of ensuring safe and rapid movement of information, armies, and merchants through the lands, Ottoman state paid close attention to the network of roads and ...

Edinburgh University Press has announced the publication of Dr. Mehmet Polatel’s Armenians and Land Disputes in the Ottoman Empire, 1850–1914. The book is part of the series Edinburgh […] ...