Thrace is a historical region in the southeastern Balkans, bounded by the Maritsa River, the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Sredna Gora mountain range. Today, the area is ...
At the outbreak of the Great War, the Ottoman Empire entered the conflict exhausted, indebted, and politically isolated, with Enver Pasha and the Young Turk leadership gambling on war as a final ...
In 1683, the Ottoman Empire launched one of the largest invasions Europe had ever seen. An army of more than 150,000 soldiers ...
Beta Film has released a swashbuckling, pulse-pounding trailer for “Rise of the Raven,” its epic 10-part drama series based on the bloody 15th-century battle that changed the course of Europe. The ...
Introduction: the white castle -- The beginning: Gazi Osman and Orhan -- The sultan and his converted slaves: Murad I -- Resurrecting the dynasty: Bayezid I, Mehmed I, and Murad II -- Conquering the ...
Sultan Bayezid I, also known as Yıldırım Bayezid, the fourth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, earned his nickname “Yıldırım,” or ...