Most of my readers are quite familiar with the great rulers of the Renaissance: Henry VIII and his consecutive marital ...

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Every day, ferries of all shapes and sizes glide across the waters of Istanbul, their wakes intertwining to form intricate ...

The early 1600s, however, gave rise to an extraordinary phenomenon: the Sultanate of Women. It marked a period when some wives, mothers, sisters, and even grandmothers of the sultans exerted ...

Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Modern Age. The capital of the ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

This animated documentary series traces the dramatic rise of the Ottoman Empire, from its origins as a small Turkic beylik to its conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Covering major battles like ...

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries. Rise of Empires: Ottoman The Conquest of ...

The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299. It achieved its greatest military victory in 1453 with the conquest of Constantinople.

100 years after the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate, a princess leaves behind a legacy of women empowerment.

Home to grand but faded palaces and mosques, the Adalar islands offer a glimpse into Istanbul's multicultural past as well as a peaceful escape from the massive and chaotic metropolis.