To the victors, the spoils. A hundred years ago, after the conclusion of the First World War, the British Empire and its ...

In the kitchens of Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire traditions of sugary treats such as baklava live on. CBS News Baklava is still eaten in nearly all the lands the Ottomans conquered.

It can only really be compared to the Roman Empire, which it replaced when it conquered Constantinople in 1453. It ruled all or part of at least 37 countries and left a lasting cultural impact on ...

Why the Ottoman Empire rose and fell. ... there had always been new territory to conquer and new lands to exploit, but after the empire failed to conquer Vienna for a second time in 1683, ...

Yale University Department of History chair Alan Mikhail’s new book God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World (Liveright, 2020) takes a much-welcomed ...

Both authors emphasize that this common history has relevance not only to those in the modern Turkish republic but also to the diverse peoples across the former Ottoman lands. The empire’s ...

Turkey Turkey's Erdogan laments loss of Ottoman Empire at pro-Palestinian rally Erdogan says Turkey, a NATO ally of the US, must 'never allow new Gazas to emerge again' ...