On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey's most time-honored sporting event: the annual Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling ...

On a grass field slick with olive oil and steeped in tradition, hundreds of boys as young as 11 joined the ranks of Turkey’s most time-honored ...

In later years, he also suffered from severe gout which made walking difficult. Reign in Spain As Charles’s empire grew, he reluctantly embraced the lifestyle of a wandering monarch. After the death ...

In 1565, the mighty Ottoman Empire launched a massive siege against the tiny island of Malta expecting a swift victory. But ...

The Ottomon invasion of Egypt and the overthrow of the Mamluks led to the introduction of a new minted currency that was controlled by the Ottoman Empire called the para. Following the invasion in ...

This Mughal princess challenged Turkey all by herself, single-handedly shook the Ottoman Empire; she was Emperor Akbar’s… Gulbadan Begum is best known for penning the Humayun-Nama, an ...

At its peak, the Ottoman Empire ruled Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Romania, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and a large part of the Arabian Peninsula from 1517 to 1924.

The Ottoman Caliphate was the claim by the rulers of the Ottoman Empire to hold the title of caliphs of Islam. This claim lasted from 1517 until 1924 when the Grand National Assembly of Turkey junked ...

It did not exist in ancient times under the Ottoman Empire (1517–1917) or the British Mandate (1917–1948).