In 1565, the Ottoman Empire launched a massive invasion to seize Malta and turn it into a gateway for further expansion into Christian Europe. Despite overwhelming numbers, internal command disputes, ...

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed ...

Douglas A. Howard stresses the crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household, discusses the evolution of the empire's fiscal model, and analyzes favorite works of Ottoman literature ...

In a new book, a Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) professor challenges the traditional notion that the Ottoman Empire crumbled slowly, as a result of ethnic and ...

The resonant sounds of The Newberry Consort filled the halls of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston and transported the audience across centuries of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday. The Newberry ...

More than 2 million ethnic Armenians lived within the borders of the Ottoman Empire at the turn of the 20th century. Christians in a majority Muslim society, they were subject to waves of persecution, ...

Introduction / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- An expanding empire -- The Ottomans, 1451-1603: a political history introduction / Kate Fleet -- Ottoman expansion in the Europe, ca. 1453-1606 / Palmira Brummett ...

Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and women, including two Lebanese priests martyred under the Ottoman Empire. Fr. Leonard Melki and Fr. Thomas Saleh were Capuchin ...

The "Sick Man of Europe" label, originating with the 19th-century Ottoman Empire, described nations in decline due to political, economic, and social issues. The Ottoman Empire faced military defeats, ...

Since last summer, Ozgen Felek has passed many illuminating hours in the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s reading room poring over Yale’s collections of Ottoman Turkish manuscripts, which are ...

The Ottoman Empire begins the grand campaign with the largest number of holdings of any empire. Unfortunately these holdings will quickly and continuously come under attack from your neighbors due to ...