What You Need to Know About the Ottoman-Russian Wars
Why did the Ottoman-Russian wars break out and how did they end? The Astrakhan campaign, the Prut, Küçük Kaynarca, the loss of Crimea, the Crimean War and the War of ’93.
What You Need to Know About the Ottoman-Russian Wars →
What Was the Ottoman Harem System Like?
What was the Ottoman harem system like? Who lived in the harem, the place of the valide sultan, the education of the concubines and the role of the Darüssaade ağası.
What Was the Ottoman Harem System Like? →
What Did the Ottoman Tulip Era Mean?
What did the Ottoman Tulip Era mean, and where did its name come from? The years from Passarowitz to the Patrona Halil Revolt: embassies, the printing press, Sadabad and the passion for tulips.
What Did the Ottoman Tulip Era Mean? →
Bayezid I and the Battle of Ankara
The Battle of Ankara, fought on 28 July 1402 between Bayezid I and Timur: its causes, the course of the battle, why the Ottomans lost and what followed.
Bayezid I and the Battle of Ankara →
Who Was Osman Gazi and What Did He Achieve?
Who was Osman Gazi and what did he achieve? The son of Ertuğrul Gazi, the raids on Kulaca and Bilecik, the victory at Bapheus in 1302, his family, his death and his tomb.
Who Was Osman Gazi and What Did He Achieve? →
When Was the Ottoman Empire Founded?
When was the Ottoman Empire founded: in 1299 or in 1302? Why the sources give different dates, where the beylik was born, how its founding is explained and how long the state lasted.
When Was the Ottoman Empire Founded? →
Who Was Mehmed the Conqueror? The Conquest of Istanbul
Who was Mehmed the Conqueror? The sultan who came to the throne twice, took Constantinople in 1453 and built a centralist empire: his life, campaigns, state order and death.
Who Was Mehmed the Conqueror? The Conquest of Istanbul →
Who Was Hürrem Sultan, Really?
Who was Hürrem Sultan, really? Her real name, her capture in a Crimean raid, her marriage to Suleiman the Magnificent, her influence in the palace and her charitable works.
Who Was Hürrem Sultan, Really? →
When and Why Did the Ottoman Empire Fall?
When and why did the Ottoman Empire fall? Key dates from the Armistice of Mudros to the Treaty of Lausanne, the five long-term causes of the collapse and the departure of the last sultan.
When and Why Did the Ottoman Empire Fall? →
Ottoman Empire During the Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent
What happened in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent? Belgrade, Rhodes, Mohács, the Two Iraqs, Preveza, the Peace of Amasya, the princes’ struggles and Szigetvár.
Ottoman Empire During the Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent →
