Ottoman History
How Did the Cem Sultan Affair Change the Ottoman Empire?
Cem Sultan’s struggle for the throne exposed the Ottoman succession problem and long shaped Bayezid II’s domestic politics and European diplomacy.
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The Place and Importance of the Ottoman Empire in World History
Explore the place of the Ottoman Empire in world history through politics, war, trade, law, urban life, culture and modernisation.
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Why Were the Balkan Wars Such a Major Turning Point for the Ottoman Empire?
Why were the Balkan Wars such a major turning point for the Ottoman Empire? The wars of 1912–1913, the loss of Salonica and Edirne, the Raid on the Sublime Porte, the treaties and the great migration.
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How Did Mehmed I Reunify the State after the Ottoman Interregnum?
How did Mehmed Çelebi defeat his brothers and reunite the Ottoman state after the Interregnum? Çamurlu, reconciliation with Byzantium, Sheikh Bedreddin and the timar order.
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What Was the Cülus Bahşişi? Ottoman Enthronement Ceremonies and Their Meaning
What was the cülus bahşişi that a new Ottoman sultan distributed on his accession? The enthronement ceremony at the Gate of Felicity, its recipients, the Janissaries’ demands and the burden it placed on the treasury.
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Why Was the Treaty of Passarowitz a Turning Point for the Ottomans?
Why was the Treaty of Passarowitz, signed on 21 July 1718, a turning point for the Ottomans? The wars that led to it, the peace talks, its terms and the lands later recovered.
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Why Did the Printing Press Come Late to the Ottoman Empire? The Real Reasons
Did the printing press really come late to the Ottoman Empire? Istanbul’s first presses from 1493, İbrahim Müteferrika’s press of 1727, the alleged religious ban and the real reasons for the delay.
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How Did the Caliphate Pass to the Ottomans? Historical Process and Consequences
How did the caliphate pass to the Ottomans? The Egyptian campaign, the story of the last Abbasid caliph, the title “Servant of the Two Holy Sanctuaries” and the road to 1924.
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Why Was Sultan Suleiman Remembered as the Magnificent?
Why was Suleiman the Magnificent called “Magnificent”? His 46-year reign, conquests from Belgrade to Baghdad, law codes, poetry and patronage, and the origin of the epithet “Kanuni.”
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What Was the Imperial Council? How the Ottoman State Was Governed
What was the Ottoman Imperial Council (Divan-ı Hümayun)? Its origins, members, meetings in the Dome Chamber, its role as a high court open to all and its gradual decline.
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