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

During most of the conflicts, Turkey didn’t gain any Russian territories – the Ottoman Empire was busy protecting its own lands, which Russia was trying fiercely to conquer in order to take ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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' ...

A hundred years ago, the Ottoman Empire slipped into the mists of history. A mighty realm that had survived for centuries and straddled three continents had reached the end of the road, ceasing to ...

The East after the disintegration of the Mongol Empire. Credit: Rowanwindwhistler / Wikimedia Commons It was he who finished expelling the Mongols a year later, defeating them in the Battle of Homs, ...

Throughout the Ottoman period in the Land of Israel, from 1517 to 1917 C.E., the land was an insignificant part of the Ottoman Empire. It was not even an Ottoman province in its own right, but ...