| 单词 | Ottoman |
| 例句 | Never again, as in the last centuries, would Ottoman officials arrive in the village every year, carting off the strongest boys to serve in the Janissaries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A thousand feet below lay the old Ottoman capital of Bursa, like a backgammon board spread out across the valley’s green felt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It bears no sign that it was once pierced with an Ottoman dagger. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A Greek flag flew over the former Ottoman palace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The Ottoman Empire was at its peak under Sulaiman and a serious threat to the eastern parts of Christian Europe. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In response, Celia goes to the wall and removes a thin Ottoman dagger with a jade hilt from where it hangs with its partner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At the height of Ottoman power, one thousand women were kept in the Harem is what I’m reading when Farooq comes in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z On the basis of a horoscope he had cast, Tycho declared that this event foretold the death of the Ottoman Sultan, Sulaiman, known as the Magnificent. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Fifty years earlier, Dr. Philobosian had made his living treating Ottoman ladies in Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Also on the list are the punitive armies of Rome, the fecklessness of Byzantium, Ottoman indifference, and British gunboats. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z By Ottoman law, Turks must occupy a city’s highest ground, so the convoy is high above the city now, heading down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The movie is set in a period known as the Arab Revolt, when Arab nationalists sought independence from the Ottoman Turks. Review: In ‘Theeb,’ a Bedouin Boy’s Brutal Coming-of-Age 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Turkish baths, which first emerged during the Ottoman empire, are the Islamic adaptation of the Roman baths. Jordanians lather up as Turkish baths become more popular 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Both are descendants of Armenians who fled the Ottoman Empire during the genocide a century ago. A Warm Welcome in the Caucasus Mountains 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Cinema Empire is the last of five historic cinemas still standing in Tripoli’s Tell Square, which encircles a clock tower gifted by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II in the early 20th century. Closed for decades, theater returns to Lebanon’s Tripoli 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z It is easy enough to get the Eames Ottoman, but almost impossible to snag the Eames Armchair that it belongs with. | Really Tiny Furniture 2011-01-05T16:45:08Z Squeezed between the Russian and the Ottoman Empires, this part of the world is a semi-feudal patchwork of villages, monasteries and estates. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Venice, for its part, belonged to a loose and fractious Christian alliance that included the papacy, whereas the Ottomans roamed the sea under the banner of Islam. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The Byzantines and the conquering Ottomans are locked in a predictably, wait for it, byzantine political battle. Video Game Review: Revelations, Latest Assassin?s Creed Video Game by Ubisoft 2011-12-12T22:57:21Z The cozy library is like a Turkish fumoir with turquoise leather club chairs and Ottoman textiles. A Barcelona Hotel Evokes a Time When Cotton Was King 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z Rather than the good old US-of-A, apple pie as we know it first originated in England, where it developed from culinary influences from France, the Netherlands, and even the Ottoman Empire. Why apple pie isn’t so American after all 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Each of its 19 rooms has a different theme: Art Deco, Industrial, Ottoman, etc. 36 Hours in Bucharest 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Having tried almost all the spreads at Ottoman Taverna, I declare the dips at Zaytinya in Penn Quarter to be superior. Ottoman Taverna review: Out of the flames comes a meaty taste of Turkey 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z If Germany’s humiliation at Versailles set the stage for German revanchism in the second world war, then the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire created the festering sore that is today’s Middle East. Heading towards disaster 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Though Lawrence imagined the Syrian and Armenian uprisings that might further undermine Ottoman control of the Alexandretta region, the British looked eastward, designating the Dardanelles as the place to send wave after wave of troops. Books of The Times: Scott Anderson’s ‘Lawrence in Arabia’ Revisits Legends 2013-09-08T20:10:15Z That question, posed in the spellbinding Jordanian adventure film “Theeb,” drives a story set in the farthest reaches of the Ottoman Empire in 1916. Review: In ‘Theeb,’ a Bedouin Boy’s Brutal Coming-of-Age 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “If Erdogan faces a struggle right now, it is recast in an Ottoman context, a fictional context. In this way, not the knowledge about today’s struggle, but the feeling of it, is spread through society.” How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Ottoman culture prized the invisibility of its women, forcing Peirce to judiciously conjecture or creatively imagine much of Roxelana’s life. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z She tells the fascinating story of one remarkable harem slave, who broke through that rocky ceiling, claiming unprecedented authority for a woman and forever changing the nature of Ottoman government. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z When Elgin took the marbles, Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire; he had a permit to make excavations at the Parthenon, though it is unclear whether he had permission to remove anything. As Europe Returns Artifacts, Britain Stays Silent 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Chairs and Leather Ottoman: World Market; www.worldmarket.com or 1-877-967-5362 Cheers and Chores Before This half bath was cramped and right next to a full bath. 2010-02-08T16:51:00Z He already had a chain of Nusr-Et steakhouses and burger places based in Turkey before his brief Instagram video, “Ottoman Steak,” lit up screens around the globe a year ago. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z The marbles — 17 figures and part of a frieze that decorated the 2,500-year-old Acropolis monument — were taken by Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, in the early 19th century. Greece to renew pressure on UK to return ancient sculptures 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Streets day and night are thronged by young Turks, flush from a thriving economy, in a country emerging as a new power 100 years after the Ottoman Empire fell apart. In 'The New Arabs,' millennials are key to remade Middle East 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Her peaceful life was obliterated when her father and brother were rounded up and murdered by Ottoman Turk soldiers. ‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Rameau’s opera sets its episodes in far-flung locales: Ottoman Turkey, Inca Peru, Persia and North America. Review | NSO presents an exuberant panorama of early music 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z What remains after hundreds of years of conflict is a village trimmed by two crescent-shaped ports and flanked by a honey-colored Ottoman fortress, one of the best preserved in the Aegean. Overnighter: On a Turkish Isle, Winds Tend the Vines 2012-07-06T16:52:12Z Precisely what Ottoman music they heard is an open question, though. A Family’s 400-Year-Old Musical Secret Still Rings True 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z On stage, Odalisques, as if in an Ottoman seraglio imagined by Ingres, are dressed in fanciful harem pants in vivid colors, while the men appear in dense, rustic tweeds. What Christian Lacroix Did Next 2011-10-31T12:22:19Z Behind the walls, palms and red pines loomed above Ottoman mansions that drowsed in the leafy darkness. A Turkish Idyll Lost in Time 2011-07-08T19:03:11Z They recorded the final years of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires, as well as daily life in Ireland, Norway and the United States. Our old-timey addiction: Why we can’t get enough of century-old images 2013-12-14T23:00:00Z But it isn't all new building: Aqaba is a 6,000-year-old entrepôt once fought over by Lawrence of Arabia and the Ottomans. TIME Traveler: Five Reasons to Visit Aqaba 2010-07-15T08:05:00Z The playfulness probably resulted from France’s relief that the Ottomans, after centuries of threatening Europe, were in rapid decline. Antiques: Artist?s Heroic Struggle to Make Heroic Paintings 2011-06-02T22:41:34Z This requires more creativity than professional historians usually allow themselves, but Peirce, an expert on the Ottoman Empire, is careful to wall off her speculations with fair warnings. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Turkey says many Christian Armenians who lived under the Ottoman Empire were killed in clashes with Turkish soldiers but contests the figures and denies that a genocide took place. Renovated cemetery shows Armenians' history in Cairo 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The Ottomans were pragmatic rather than zealous in the handling of their Christian subjects. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z At the start of the first world war, the Ottoman government ordered their mass deportation. Gunning for the G-word 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The displays in this small museum repeatedly stress the welcome Jews found here, and the religious freedom “provided by both the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic.” Museums: In Turkey?s Museums, Sacred and Secular Interweave 2010-05-25T22:26:00Z Following up on last week’s recommendations of wines from the former Ottoman Empire, here are more from Turkey and Bulgaria, plus a delightful grüner veltliner from Austria. Turkish and Bulgarian wines you ought to be pouring at home 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Tbilisi, Georgia, surprised me as a romantic city with houses clinging to the Kura River cliffs, latticework balconies, relics of the Ottoman Empire and grandiose modernist architecture. What a Trip: Georgian wine and the spirit of love on a vacation to the Caucasus 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z I wonder if he ever wishes he’d worn another outfit on the day “Ottoman Steak” was filmed. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “My family was in the rice business in the Ottoman Empire since the 15th century, so it is mother’s milk to me,” Ms. Calabrese said. Fluffy. Tasty. Tricky. 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z And for those who would like to learn more about the city’s cultural and architectural heritage, Gulru Necipoglu’s “The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire” is simply outstanding. Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z But Delacroix’s paintings of the Greek War of Independence — an early 1820s conflict between the Greeks and their Ottoman occupiers — catapulted him to fame. Eugène Delacroix at the Met: A 19th-century retrospective that evokes today’s turmoil 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Inhabited since the Ottoman era, until 1989, Gadara offers stunning views of the Sea of Galilee and a roam around Roman theaters and fountains. In northern Jordan, a community-based tourism project wakes the sleepy village of Umm Qais 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Bell drew up Iraq’s borders based on her knowledge of the local populations she encountered as an explorer, when the Arabian Peninsula and Mespotamia were still under Turkish Ottoman control. Letters from Baghdad shows Iraq through eyes of British female explorer and spy who shaped it | Reuters 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The reader is ushered into a galaxy of Jewishness, from the Ottoman court to faraway China by way of Cochin in India. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Expelled after the Christian re-conquest of the Iberian peninsula, Jews found sanctuary in the town, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Bosnian musicians keep Sephardic Jews' dwindling language alive 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Past imperial ages—chiefly Byzantine and Ottoman—laid down complex, and mostly harmonious, layers of languages, ethnicities, cultures and religions, erased in the name of nation-building and tidiness. Mapping history 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires were in decline before the first world war; the US, Germany and Russia were on the rise. What the 21st century can learn from the 1929 crash | Larry Elliott 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Crete was governed by Venice for more than 400 years until being captured in 1669 by the Ottomans, who ruled for two centuries. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z “If you take the Ottoman Empire as a map, I think the most invisible part of the empire is Istanbul and the artists from Turkey.” Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble 2012-02-10T17:20:36Z The Company was competing in an arena that was already dominated by Arab, Ottoman, Portuguese and Dutch fleets. Special Report: Asian Art: How Maritime Routes Led to Cultural Exchanges 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z At the time, museums in Istanbul tended to look like cheerless government offices designed to exhibit and preserve archaeological artifacts, and the leftover splendors of the Ottoman era. T Magazine: Small Museums 2014-03-20T22:06:31Z The newly formed Levant Company began an illegal trade shipping old tin and lead, stripped from deconsecrated churches and monasteries, to the Ottomans to reforge as armaments. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z At an old Ottoman fort, we found a group of out-of-work tour guides eating beans and fried dough on the steps. In Saudi Arabia, a Kingdom to Myself 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z In an adjoining room is his collection of Ottoman and Persian arms, so flowery and ornate by comparison that they look runway-ready for Constantinople Fashion Week. Frugal Traveler: Budget-Friendly and (Almost) Dracula-Free Transylvania 2014-01-27T20:22:08Z In 1915, Petrosian's grandmother, Elizabeth Endicott, a young Boston Brahmin, travels to Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire to aid refugees caught up in the Turkish slaughter of Armenians. 'The Sandcastle Girls': lingering ghosts of the Armenian genocide 2012-07-11T20:08:03Z Mr. Furst is better at establishing Salonika’s subjugation to the Ottoman Empire than he is at making what, for him, are atypically blunt sexual innuendoes. Books of The Times: Wartime Greece in Alan Furst?s ?Spies of the Balkans? 2010-06-16T22:08:00Z In and around Mosul in northern Iraq, the militants have destroyed scores of smaller Sufi and Shia shrines, tombs, mosques and Ottoman period buildings, said Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, an Iraqi archaeologist living in London. In Syria and Iraq, Trying to Protect a Heritage at Risk 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It's one way to ensure your debut novel starts life with a bang: 28-year-old author Christopher Currie included a marriage proposal in the acknowledgements of his upcoming new mystery The Ottoman Motel. Novelist proposes to girlfriend in print 2011-04-08T11:55:24Z And there are mosques surviving from five centuries of Ottoman rule. Underappreciated, and ripe for a visit: Bulgaria 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z They are the latest in a very long line of foreign invaders: the Phoenicians came in around 8th century B.C., followed by Roman legions, marauding Vandals, Moors, Ottoman Turks and others. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z In this revisionist account, Mikhail says that the Ottoman Empire was fundamental in shaping the history of Europe and America, and that the world we inhabit is “very much an Ottoman one.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z That scene illuminated a strange moment earlier in the film, during Steve’s flashback to his espionage mission in the Ottoman Empire, where he infiltrates and wages covert warfare directly under the crescent-and-star flag. Wonder Woman Review: Patty Jenkins's Hard-Won Wisdom 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Because of this technique the stories of his ancestors fleeing the chaos that followed the Ottoman Empire’s collapse are not always easy to follow, but the overall effect is as pleasing as watercolor. Books of The Times: ?House of Stone,? a Memoir by Anthony Shadid 2012-02-26T21:56:30Z She was feared for her fury against the Ottoman rule, and the museum shows the pivotal role a woman played in revolutionizing history. Maria Loi on Greece’s Quiet Islands 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This made him useful as an adviser to the Venetians on Ottoman affairs. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z But Gasparo restored the family fortunes by winning favour at the Vatican and getting a prestigious Jesuit education for his son, Antonio, who later wrote about the Ottoman lands in Europe. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The colossal Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral and was converted into a mosque after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople, now Istanbul, in 1453. World Council of Churches “dismayed” at Hagia Sophia shift 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Though “The Ottoman Lieutenant” appears similar on the surface, it offers a very different interpretation of history. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Jason Goodwin is the author of the Yashim Ottoman detective series and “Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire.” A Grisly Fable of Ottoman Albania 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The interior features walls splashed with looping videos on Qatar’s desert life and pearl diving in past eras, plus digital archives about life under Ottoman and British rule. Qatar's 'desert rose' museum opens at last 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Restitution proponents counter that the Ottomans were invaders who could not legitimately sell off the country’s heritage. When a Visit to the Museum Becomes an Ethical Dilemma 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z In Mr. Lieven’s telling, the primary cause of the war was “the conflict of interests, fears, and ambitions created by the decline of the Ottoman and Austrian empires.” Review: ‘The End of Tsarist Russia’ by Dominic Lieven 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z It’s the ramshackle symmetry of an Ottoman mosque. “If your child needs socking, sock him!”: How reading about pregnancy almost ruined me 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z If you were wondering what would have happened if Michelangelo had accepted an invitation from the Ottoman sultan to work in Constantinople, you must read Mathias Énard’s “Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants.” Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Albania became a functioning state after World War One after domination under the Ottoman Empire. Ruined Albanian churches could be tourist magnet if repaired: experts 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z “The Ottoman Lieutenant” is deliberately superficial, a handsomely mounted bit of hokum featuring beautiful people in an exotic setting. What is Sir Ben Kingsley doing in “The Ottoman Lieutenant”? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Name an imperialistically inclined Eurasian people, and they’ve probably have taken over at some point: Persians, Arabs, Mongols, Byzantines, Ottoman Turks, Russian Bolsheviks. A Crash Course in Armenian History 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z As the novel begins, Ezzedine is sent to accompany the ambassador of the Ottoman sultan on a diplomatic mission to Queen Elizabeth. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z It maintains that Lord Elgin removed them illegally while the country was under Turkish occupation as part of the Ottoman Empire. Elgin Marbles statue loaned to Russia 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Refined and intelligent, Midhat is the son of a prosperous textile dealer from Nablus, in what’s now called the West Bank, but which as the novel begins in 1914 is part of the Ottoman Empire. Review | ‘The Parisian’ takes us back to the Ottoman Empire on the cusp of upheaval 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z But the stance also stems from deeper roots: the country’s founding in 1923 on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Chiles soon spread across Europe to Syria and Turkey, then part of the Ottoman Empire. The Long Journey of the Aleppo Pepper 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z We quickly label a video clip of socialist-era commodities as communist nostalgia, when we obviously would not apply the term Ottoman nostalgia to a video clip of belly dancers gyrating to oriental tunes. When is an East German plastic eggcup a piece of communist nostalgia? 2012-07-09T15:17:32Z The ruins of houses and shops built by Ottoman soldiers stationed here in the 18th century, and destroyed in the 1828 earthquake were torn down. Critic?s Notebook: Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria 2010-12-26T22:35:14Z Not only Western influence, but also three centuries of Ottoman rule — the period when the fabric of most Arab cities was created — is seen as a form of corruption. Critic?s Notebook: Preserving Heritage, and the Fabric of Life, in Syria 2010-12-26T22:35:14Z The 16th-century ceramic, one of the finest surviving examples of Iznik ceramic art, once decorated the tomb of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II on the grounds of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Turkey Presses Harder for Return of Antiquities 2011-05-25T20:25:47Z It was built in 537 AD at the dawn of the Middle Ages before becoming an Ottoman imperial mosque when the Turks took over the city. Turkey: Why now is the time to visit the diverse and historic country 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z On April 24th 1915 scores of Armenian intellectuals and artists were rounded up in Istanbul, the capital of the collapsing Ottoman empire, and later killed. Seeing through fire 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Nightingale became famous after she and a small team of nurses traveled to modern-day Istanbul to treat British soldiers wounded in the Crimean War, in which British, French and Ottoman forces fought the Russian Empire. Florence Nightingale show presents nursing pioneer who told us to wash hands 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Back in the 1970s, when Edye was still new to collecting, she popped into Lichtenstein's New York studio, mentioning how much she admired his "Brushstroke Chair" and "Ottoman" sculptures. How Edye Broad's 'natural eye' drew her billionaire husband into the art world 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Richness reigned on Erdem Moralioglu’s runway, too, which married the sumptuousness of Ottoman dress, its rich fabrics and gilded details, with a daintier, English prettiness. In London, Fantasy Meets Obsession 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In the Ottoman era, polite society did not talk about women and they wrote very little about them. Magnificent Century divides Turkish TV viewers over the life of Suleiman 2011-03-20T00:05:54Z He said that “The Ottoman Lieutenant” was already in production before “The Promise” — and that began shooting eight months before George’s film — so the timing was coincidental. The Armenian genocide is still being denied: “This human tragedy has been allowed to be treated as a debate rather than actual history” 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z After 1750, the island became a serious maritime power — in fact, the naval arm of the Greek rebels in the war of independence against the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1821, was largely Hydriot. T Magazine: Beyond the Sea 2014-03-21T16:23:22Z “Agents of Empire” traces the fortunes in the final decades of the 16th century of one extended family whose members struggled to survive at the interface between two empires, Venetian and Ottoman. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The second is called "I Am Armenian" and marks the 100-year anniversary of the Armenian genocide, when Ottoman forces systematically murdered more than 1 million people. Hammer Museum lines up Gaines, Heatherwick, vampires and more 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Inspired, other sects started to spread his dance, called the sema, throughout the Ottoman Empire. Here’s what you should know before attending a whirling dervish ceremony in Turkey 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Right at the entrance, in a simple frame, is a presidential proclamation: a monumental swipe at the nation’s secular century, and an affirmation of a new Turkey worthy of its Ottoman heyday. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z A plague breaks out on a fictional Mediterranean island during the Ottoman era, exacerbating tensions between its Muslim and Greek Orthodox communities. 33 Works of Fiction and Poetry Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Around them, the handful of restored Ottoman boutique hotels that had greeted me in 1986 now numbered 200. Istanbul: minarets and martinis 2011-02-27T00:05:21Z It's a running joke for us to liken our progress and modernity to the Mehter – the Ottoman military band that once inspired western classical composers, such as Mozart. London Book Fair: Elif Shafak on Turkey's progress 2013-04-12T15:00:02Z She immediately meets the Ottoman lieutenant, who saves her from a shoeshine scam. What is Sir Ben Kingsley doing in “The Ottoman Lieutenant”? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The clothes are also exceptionally heavy, weighed down with beading, rhinestones and even antique Ottoman belts. Special Report: Fashion: Elizabeth Taylor?s Wardrobe and Jewelry To Be Auctioned 2011-09-12T11:40:48Z There were no program notes at either event belaboring the point that Venice owed much of its cultural riches to its deep engagement with the Ottoman Empire. A Musical Handshake Spanning Centuries: Venice in New York 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The strategy is a curious one for a city with a 2,500-year history spanning the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Designed by a French citizen of the Ottoman Empire, the 1901 tower is another symbol of Izmir’s longstanding ties with the West. 36 Hours in Izmir, Turkey 2013-08-21T21:03:40Z You would have to be a centenarian to have firsthand memories of the Armenian genocide, during which Ottoman Turks massacred 1.5 million Armenians and drove out many more. A Crash Course in Armenian History 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z I had to be told that Anteb referred to Gaziantep, Turkey: and that the city had been a center of the Ottoman Armenian population. A Crash Course in Armenian History 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z In his analysis, the story of Lepanto shows not the vulnerability of the Ottomans, but their extraordinary powers of recovery from defeat. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Turkish intellectuals attribute Istanbul’s lack of a solid modern and contemporary culture to its broken history — especially the sharp break between the Ottoman Empire and a modern, secular state. Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble 2012-02-10T17:20:36Z Monty gathered investors, permissions and a team, and in 1909 the “Parker expedition” started digging in Jerusalem for the ark, a holy relic whose value — immeasurable — Monty promised to split with the Ottoman government. What Happens When Everyone Is Writing the Same Book You Are? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z In the Ottoman era, mini Qur’ans were also placed on banners carried into battle. Behold, the Tiniest of Books 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “The Ottoman Lieutenant” was also made with private financing, in this case from a group of Turkish producers working in film, TV and advertising. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The fortification is the walled city of Jerusalem, held by the Ottoman Turks. National Gallery Vocal Ensemble and Chamber Players take on a timely madrigal 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Athen's Parthenon, a classical temple built by the ancient Greeks, was in a dilapidated state by the time Thomas Bruce, the seventh Earl of Elgin, became British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in 1799. How did the Elgin Marbles get here? 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Photograph: Alamy PécsA university city with an ancient history, Pécs was founded by Romans and passed though the hands of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Turks, the Croats and the Viennese. Highlights of Hungary: readers' travel tips 2013-02-15T21:00:14Z The tragic tale was epic: The Greeks were thwarted in their attempts to escape an essential port city cordoned off and being starved by the Ottomans, who were led by a tactically brilliant Egyptian general. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Even the splendidly arrayed Ottoman soldier posed in triumph over the city at the upper right thrums with religious and political contradictions. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It includes 19th-century photographs of the city that were given as diplomatic gifts by the Ottoman sultan; early photographs taken by the Scottish photographer James Robertson; and new digital works by the artist Murat Germen. What's on This Week Around the World 1460-11-11T05:00:00Z A longer version was published in 1989 as “Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger.” Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 ? Obituary 2011-12-16T06:27:29Z Many were originally gifts from visiting Europeans courting the favors of the once-powerful Ottoman sultans. A Clock Restorer Makes Time for Solitude 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “Macedonia and Albania were the last to break away from the Ottoman empire in 1913, were as Macedonian neighbours like...” Got 200K? Buy Steinbeck's Library 2010-06-21T17:54:21Z Public libraries are being ransacked, modern books and old manuscripts from the Ottoman Empire burned. The Mosul Museum video from Islamic State could be a staged drama 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Gilt copper mounts crowning the mouth and the tip of the spout suggest that it passed through Ottoman Turkey — although these, too, are not the best of their kind. Special Report: Asian Art: 'Islamic' Culture: A Groundless Myth 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z The capture of what is today Istanbul set the stage for centuries of Ottoman rule over the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Europe. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z Albania became a functioning state after World War One after domination under the Ottoman Empire. Ruined Albanian churches could be tourist magnet if repaired: experts 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z At the time, such a move was relatively easy, because Turkey and Egypt were both part of the Ottoman Empire. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z Inside, decorative tiles and kilims hint at the Serbian capital’s Ottoman history, and are matched by signature Mama Shelter touches – bold black and white carpets, giant table football. 20 of Europe’s best new hotels and hostels for 2018 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z They argue that Elgin illegally sawed off the sculptures, exceeding the terms of a questionable permit granted by Turkish authorities while Greece was an unwilling part of the Ottoman Empire. Greece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z “Military music was a branch of their classical music,” Walter Zev Feldman, the author of “Music of the Ottoman Court,” said. A Family’s 400-Year-Old Musical Secret Still Rings True 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z McCormick’s novel begins in the early 1970s, nearly 60 years after the Armenian genocide conducted by the Ottoman Empire. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z First was the rise of ethnic nationalism, something that helped to doom the multinational empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia and the Ottomans. A grim half-century 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Just this week, Turkey recalled its ambassador to the Vatican after Pope Francis remarked on the Ottoman Turks' genocide of Armenians 100 years ago. '1915' a creative take on Armenian genocide 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Having overturned centuries of traditions, Roxelana exerted extraordinary influence over her husband, the most powerful man in Ottoman history. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z As the Ottoman Empire waxed, and inched closer to the center of Europe, it became a power player in the Continent’s ceaseless revolving-door game of diplomacy. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Nor were they citizens of an empire, the Ottoman, intermittently at war with Venice. Hidden secrets 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Glass ceilings in the 16th-century Ottoman Empire were made of cut stone, secured by iron locks, ringed with imposing walls and guarded by armies of eunuchs. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z That attack resulted in the loss of two million books and manuscripts dating to the 400 years when the city was under Ottoman rule. The Vienna Philharmonic Recalls World War I in Sarajevo 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z For centuries it was a steppingstone between Europe and the Middle East, with almost every East Mediterranean empire-builder — Persians, Romans, Venetians, Ottomans — passing through a t one time or another. Ruins, casinos and abandoned construction mark Cyprus 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Another was about archaeology and Europeans looting the Ottoman Empire. Voyages: The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble 2012-02-10T17:20:36Z Half a century after their emergence in Paris, these covered arcades flourished in Istanbul, drawing on French, Italian, and Ottoman architectural styles. Istanbul’s top 10 historic shopping arcades 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The Iraqi characters — from the spirited Rana, to a sheikh whose great-grandfather worked with the Ottomans and whose grandfather worked with the British — step briskly off these pages too. Review: ‘Youngblood,’ an Urgent Novel About the Iraq War 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z More than 100,000 Sephardim settled in the Ottoman Empire, which ruled Greece for nearly 400 years. For this Greek immigrant, Jewish New Year brings back sweet memories — and foods — of home 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Today it is visited regularly by millions of pilgrims and tended by priests from several Christian denominations under strict rules still in place from the Ottoman era. Researchers date discovery of Christ's tomb in Jerusalem to Roman era 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The restaurant has a couch-strewn patio, a wine bar under a vaulted Ottoman ceiling and a dining room with a view of the Old City. Next Stop: Ramallah?s Clubs Attract Young, Diverse Crowd 2010-06-04T15:11:00Z The last hurrah of old Salonica was on the day in 1911 when the Ottoman sultan, Mehmed V, paid a visit to the empire’s great Mediterranean port. Meet the Levy Family. Their History Is Our History. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z This opulent train had been built in France in the early 20th century and given as a gift to the local Ottoman ruler of Tunisia. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Note: Armenians accuse Ottoman Turks of committing an orchestrated campaign of massacres against Christian Armenians during World War One. Book Talk: Chris Bohjalian on history, anxiety and writing 2013-07-11T14:59:44Z The face of Europe changed dramatically after World War I. Four empires collapsed: the Russian Empire in 1917, the German and Austro-Hungarian empires a year later and the Ottoman Empire in 1922. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation This was a maximalist at work on silver fox fur trims, Ottoman jacquard jackets, Moroccan embroideries — and if all that was not in a single outfit, it somehow felt that way. Special Report: Fashion: Leaving the Big Country 2011-02-17T19:00:58Z “One story is that it was because of the Turks,” Mr. Visztenvelt said, referring to the era when the Ottoman Empire occupied a large portion of what is today Hungary. Tokaj, Hungary, a Little-Known Wine Trail 2010-07-24T04:45:00Z Later that evening, William himself citing the First World War-era Arab revolt, which ended centuries of Ottoman rule and paved the way for British imperialism. Prince William visits Jordan ruins where Kate was photographed 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z These bolt-holes for millionaires are decorated in the sort of style an Ottoman sultan would favor, and are scattered with wide-screen televisions and sunken marble tubs. Marina Bay: Singapore's Flashy New Neighborhood 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z The exhibition's highlight is a monumental door from the Ka'ba, made of silver embossed with gold, the gift of an Ottoman sultan, which guarded the entrance to the sanctuary in Mecca for three centuries. Saudi Arabia's pre-Islamic treasures come to the Louvre 2010-08-10T13:00:00Z The city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1450, but its castle dates back to the 4th century B.C.; the resulting cultural mix is visible in the ensemble of byzantine churches and mosques. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z With Exodus, I also retrace exploits of Lawrence of Arabia, the dashing British officer who gained fame in World War I for leading the legendary Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks. Exploring Petra and other archaeological wonders of Jordan 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z Albanian cuisine — woven from threads of Balkan, Mediterranean and Ottoman traditions — features dishes like stuffed vegetables, phyllo pastries, meatballs and yogurt. The Heart of Albanian Cooking 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The current nine-domed mosque dates from the 15th century and today is one of the oldest and biggest Ottoman religious buildings in the Balkans. My father left Bulgaria when he was 14. Nearly 7 decades later, we visit as a family. 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z On a hillside beneath the castle, this family owned hotel occupies several historic Ottoman mansions. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the businessman, who still lives in the old city, a settlement once inhabited by Ottomans and later Italian colonialists, with Muslims, Jews and Christians living for centuries in harmony. As war rages, Tripoli art gallery opens in rundown old city 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Surrounded by Ottoman slaughter in Cairo, al-Wazzan reproaches an Egyptian boy who laughs when his donkey stumbles over an Egyptian soldier's severed head. Summer voyages: Leo the African by Amin Maalouf 2013-07-19T12:57:30Z But the wars that rage across the wider country – there are graphic evocations of life in the trenches during the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign – signal the end of the Ottoman empire and momentous change. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z If anything, the play now seems more prescient, since the painting at its centre is of the Battle of Lepanto, fought by a Christian alliance against the Ottoman empire. This House; Scenes from an Execution; Damned by Despair – review 2012-10-13T23:06:27Z His apostasy did not prevent the spread throughout Europe and the Ottoman Empire of — well, let’s call it his sect, though in some ways Sabbatianism was a new religion. Savior? Monster? A Messianic Leader Rallies His Followers. 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Until approximately 1750, Europeans — even in Europe, thanks to the Ottomans — held no military advantage over other powers. When Asia Ruled the World 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z The coast of western Asia is less than 100 miles away and these strategically located rocks have been fought over for centuries – by the Crusaders, the Ottomans, the British and the Germans, among others. Greek island holiday guide: the Dodecanese 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z For Mr. Eldem, who has spent his career studying Ottoman history, the reconversion of Hagia Sophia and the “Tudors”-style TV dramas are all of a piece, and are less confident than they seem. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z “The Ottoman Lieutenant,” which tells of a dashing Turkish officer who helps save imperiled Armenians — while carrying on with an American nurse — reinforces that debunked Turkish narrative, detractors say. Battle Over 2 Films Reflects Turkey’s Quest to Control a Bitter History 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Rifles dating back to when the city was run by the Ottomans or the British sit alongside drinking vessels, coins and historic photographs. Iraqi antique collector turns his house into a museum 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z For instance, despite the Ottomans’ highly patriarchal society, daughters like Mihrimah often enjoyed greater wealth and longer life than many of the sultans’ sons. Cultured Traveler: Tracking Turkey’s First Starchitect 2012-06-08T18:10:50Z Called Rue de Pera in Ottoman times, Istiklal was favored by Christian and Jewish traders for its proximity to the port. Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z At the end of WWI, the Young Turks responsible for killing as many as 1.5 million Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were, despite the best efforts of the war's victors, never brought to justice. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Its nine rooms are done in styles reflecting parts of the city’s history, among them Greco-Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Hittite. Aleppo, Syria to Undergo Historical Restoration 2010-04-19T21:00:00Z Fred W Rose's war map depicts Russian foreign policy as the tentacles of an octopus threatening and throttling the Ottoman Empire. Art of maps 2010-04-30T09:48:00Z Today it is visited regularly by millions of pilgrims and tended by priests from several Christian denominations under strict rules still in place from the Ottoman era. Researchers date discovery of Christ's tomb in Jerusalem to Roman era 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z We see the earliest surviving manuscript of T. E. Lawrence’s account of uniting Arabs to oppose the Ottoman Empire. Viewing World War I Through the Prism of the Personal 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Photograph: Guardian Turning his back on the 19th-century Spanish cafe, Emir Kusturica loped into the street where a Byzantine tower is to be built, over the way from the Ottoman houses with their screened balconies. Serbian film director's 'theme park' echoes The Bridge on the Drina 2012-10-11T12:41:46Z Aurora was 14 years old and living in a small town in the Ottoman Empire when the violence started. ‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z A Greek flag flutters atop the crenelated battlements of the circular White Tower, but the structure was actually built by the Ottomans, who captured Thessaloniki from the Byzantine Empire in 1430. 36 Hours in Thessaloniki 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Days later, Ankara announced it was stepping up a campaign to obtain a breakthrough in a similarly longstanding dispute with the Louvre in Paris over an Ottoman tile panel that went to France in 1895. Turkey Presses Harder for Return of Antiquities 2011-05-25T20:25:47Z Under the Ottoman Empire, the Erechtheion was converted into a harem, an indignity that the Caryatids survived. Caryatid Statues, Restored, Are Stars at Athens Museum 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z The narrow alleyways and trading streets of the old Ottoman bazaar district of Baščaršija teem with cafes that fill the air with the delicious fragrance of Bosnian coffee and the sumptuous local cuisine. 10 off-the-beaten-track highlights in Europe: readers' tips 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The Ottomans thought her a spy, and the British made a show of discouraging her from venturing into unsafe territory, while also hoping to benefit from the information she gathered. What Gertrude Bell’s Letters Remind Us About the Founding of Iraq 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z The novel, “The Kadin,” was rooted in stories that a St. Mary’s classmate had told about her grandmother’s experiences as a member of the harem of the last Ottoman Empire sultan. Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Three months afterwards the Ottoman military commander, Halil Pasha, who personally directed massacres of Armenians and Assyrian Christians in the eastern provinces, met the Armenian interior minister in the capital, Yerevan. Gunning for the G-word 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Among the celebrants on the docks were two brothers from the Levy family — Sam, a journalist, and Daout, an Ottoman official. Meet the Levy Family. Their History Is Our History. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z In another scene, Ottoman sappers tunneling toward the walls discover they are trapped, shout "God is Great" in Arabic, and ignite gunpowder, blowing up themselves and some enemy soldiers. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z In a region this old, I’m sure each breath carries a dose of unintended history: Inhale, Alexander the Great; exhale, the Ottoman Empire; inhale, the USSR; exhale, the Taliban. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z Climate change, ecoterrorism, ancient Greek, the Renaissance, the Ottoman Empire, metallurgy and the economic hardship of being a single mother in 21st-century Idaho are all dealt with in crisp, swiftly moving sentences. From Anthony Doerr, an Ode to Storytelling That Shows How It’s Done 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z But he was captured and made a galley slave in the Ottoman navy. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Egypt, at the time, was a province of the Ottoman empire. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z “God’s Shadow” is full of fine details of this cross-cultural encounter, but its most arresting aspect is Mikhail’s second claim: that “the Ottoman Empire made our modern world.” When the Ottoman Empire Threatened Europe — and the World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z What little they spend on a culture tends to be on a fairytale version of the Ottoman past. Istanbul diary: Golden Horn's oligarchs return Turkey to crossroads of culture 2010-08-31T13:00:00Z Currie, 28, has previously published the novella Dearly Departed but The Ottoman Motel is his first novel. Novelist proposes to girlfriend in print 2011-04-08T11:55:24Z After the break-up of the Ottoman empire, Atatürk ousted the hated Greeks from Istanbul and transformed the city into a westernised outpost supposedly free of Islam's influence. 1913: The World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson – review 2013-04-28T07:00:01Z Delacroix, like many in his circle, supported the Greeks in their struggle against the oppressive Ottoman Empire. Eugène Delacroix at the Met: A 19th-century retrospective that evokes today’s turmoil 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Set among the European captives of a Muslim pasha in the Ottoman Empire, the opera makes comedy out of sex slavery. Can Opera Become an Agent of Change? 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z We learn more about Mrs. Milligan, a stoic hen beloved of the British gunners in Kut, than about David Lloyd George, or the Ottoman sultan. Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Even before that, invaders had regularly swept through the Nile Valley: the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Arabs, the Ottomans, the Europeans. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z At a time when the Safavid rulers, descended from a Turkmen clan from Eastern Anatolia, spoke Turki among themselves, the Ottoman sultans took pride in mastering Persian to perfection and speaking it at court. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z Fortunately, “Connectivités” impresses with its colorful evocation of Renaissance-era maritime powers — including Istanbul, Venice, Seville and Lisbon — through Ottoman ceramics, Italian silks and more. 36 Hours in Marseille 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Lurie’s sections, which span nearly his entire life, start at age 6, when he emigrated with his father from Ottoman Herzegovina to New York. Téa Obreht Reinvents the Western Novel — and Brings Camels 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Pre-eminent among novelists of empires in decay, his range spanned the Ottoman, the Venetian and the British hegemony, and the middle ages to the present day. Barry Unsworth obituary 2012-06-08T17:14:33Z A Bavarian was Greece’s first king, after the country won independence from the Ottomans two centuries ago. Documenta 14, a German Art Show’s Greek Revival 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z In fact, the Ottomans kept the name Kostantiniyye in official usage until the dissolution of their empire in 1923, and the two names were used in parallel fashion by court officials. A City Where East Meets West and the Past Is Always Present 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The British view the sculptures and bas-reliefs as legitimately transferred by the Ottoman authorities. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Miskjian outwitted gendarmes and battled one physical ordeal after another as Ottomans committed mass deportations and genocide, resulting in the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians. 'The Hundred-Year Walk': Dawn Anahid MacKeen retraces her Armenian grandfather's escape from genocide 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Centuries later, the Ottomans added their own imprint, often on top of former construction. In a walled port city in northern Israel, a chef is driven by his impeccable taste 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “This is the reason the Van event is crucial in Ottoman Turkish historiography. This argument is not correct, because . . . we know that the decision for deportation was already taken before the Van uprising.” Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Turkey, which was established as a republic after the Ottoman Empire collapsed, denies those killings were genocide and says both sides lost lives in internecine fighting during the chaos of war. Book Talk: Chris Bohjalian on history, anxiety and writing 2013-07-11T14:59:44Z As the first world war raged, the two diplomats proposed to carve up the Arab lands of the Ottoman empire. Tales of spring and winter 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z A delightful mixture of humanity and guile, he finds himself confronting his former mentor, now the treacherous commander of the Ottoman fleet. Crime fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:02Z And across the street from the landmark Jaffa Clock Tower, a limestone column built by a Jew 100 years ago to honor the Ottoman reign in Palestine, sits the sprawling Setai Tel Aviv. Jaffa Is Tel Aviv’s Unexpected Luxury Hotspot 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z He’ll be released after he memorizes three thick books: “The Ottoman Tax System,” “The Diary of an Ottoman Tax Collector” and “Tax Revolts and Their Suppression in the Ottoman-Turkish Empire.” Book review: ‘The Strange Library,’ by Haruki Murakami 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Arda’s squad responds to a call for backup at an ominous mansion that was once an Ottoman police station. Review: ‘Baskin,’ From Turkey, Blends Style and Gore 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Rather, Turkey insists, during the fighting on the Ottoman Empire’s eastern front against the Russians, Turkish and Armenian civilians alike died in the course of wartime violence. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Abela showed me a document written in Ottoman Turkish and affixed with an elaborately swooping monogram; it was a Sultan’s seal vouching safe passage to the bearer through enemy seas. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z Elizabeth pressed further east than the Ottomans and dealt directly with the Safavid Empire in what is now Iran. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Though all too often distracted by threats from his European rivals and the Ottoman sultan, he nevertheless carried on a consistent campaign to suppress the cancer of Protestantism that was spreading through his lands. Christianity’s original anti-science crusade: The religious order that tried to crush modernity 2014-04-13T18:00:00Z The medieval ramparts one walks today, with sweeping views, were fortified many times from the sixth century to the Ottoman Empire. Beyond Kitsch in Skopje 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Despite Westernizing influences in Turkey and the establishment of a democratic, secular government in 1923 after centuries of Ottoman rule, the country’s art remained fairly untouched by modernism during Mr. Dogancay’s childhood. Burhan Dogancay, Artist Inspired by Urban Walls, Dies at 83 2013-01-21T04:18:59Z After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it became one of the Islamic world’s finest mosques. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z His celebrations of the Ottoman past — and the resentment of its supposed haters, whether in the West or at home — have gone hand in hand with nationalist efforts unrelated to Islam. How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The conflict was to prove as disastrous for the Ottomans as for Germany, if not more so. Heading towards disaster 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Visitors stroll through Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires via one jaw-dropping display after another, right up through a large-scale slide show of the creation of the Turkish Republic in the 20th century. In Istanbul, 8,000 Years of History 2010-09-03T10:00:00Z Within these few square blocks, the Ottoman rulers commissioned grandiose palaces and other buildings that proclaimed the durability of their empire. Orhan Pamuk’s Istanbul 2014-01-31T18:45:16Z In the days of the Ottoman empire, these carpets were used to decorate the palaces. A Late-19th-Century Oushak Carpet Is on the Block 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Like its Istanbul namesake, it was built in the 6th Century under Justinian, converted to a mosque under the Ottomans and became a museum in the 20th Century. Muslims pray to turn Turkey's greatest monument back into a mosque 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z His “Queen of the Desert” stars Nicole Kidman as Gertrude Bell, who helped draw the borders of the Middle East after the end of the Ottoman and British Empires following the First World War. 'Taxi' by Jafar Panahi Takes Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z In town after town across the Ottoman Empire, they rounded up and killed the Armenian men before deporting the women and children. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z In the east, the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires were threatened by ethnic groups seeking to break away or expand their reach. Europe: 100 years of war and transformation The Ottomans used the Parthenon as a gunpowder magazine, hence its pockmarked masonry — the result of an attack by Venetian forces in the 17th century. How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z According to legend, the great general Skanderbeg carried a banner of a two-headed eagle into battle against the Ottomans in the 15th century. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Russia hankered after liberating the Slavs of the Balkans and seizing control of the Bosporus from the ailing Ottoman empire, thus boosting its naval power. Blindly over the brink 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Cirit was popular within the Ottoman Empire, the successor to the Seljuks’ domains, before it was banned in the early 19th century as the sultan sought to break up military elites. AP PHOTOS: Turkish riders recall skills of Seljuks and Huns 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Those, along with the Ottoman forts strung along the coast, testify to the centuries-long fight for control of this strategic region by the great seafaring powers of the 14th- through mid-19th-century. Returning to Montenegro 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z But after Turkey threw in its lot with Germany, Britain sought to dangle Palestine and other parts of the moribund Ottoman Empire as bait to win help for its war effort. 'The Balfour Declaration': Jonathan Schneer's history of a short statement that led to the long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians 2010-08-11T23:15:00Z A zigzag of slender passageways brought me to Dar Essid, a mansion that once belonged to the local Ottoman rulers of Tunisia. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z Bishop of Paphos Georgios backed the priest, telling the Cyprus News Agency that the backslapping custom, dating from Ottoman times, doesn’t befit the island’s Orthodox Christian traditions. Holy punch! Cyprus priest biffs groom’s backslapping brother 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z The people familiar with the project said that tensions emerged on the “Ottoman” set after producers pushed to minimize depictions of Turkish violence against Armenians. Battle Over 2 Films Reflects Turkey’s Quest to Control a Bitter History 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Similarly, before “The Ottoman Lieutenant” had even opened, it was quickly dismissed in Armenian American publications and in YouTube comments sections as Turkish propaganda. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z In juxtaposing Old and New Testament themes with portrayals of Greek philosophers, the painting strongly affirms a cultural affiliation with the Occidental tradition, as distinct from the tradition of the Ottoman invaders. Cultured Traveler: Romanian Church Murals Offer Colorful Lessons 2010-06-18T16:50:00Z Its cuisine has absorbed countless influences over distance and time: from ancient Greece, the Ottoman Empire, the Carpathian Mountains, the Russian steppe and beyond. Rescuing the Cuisine of Besieged Mariupol, Recipe by Family Recipe 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z In addition, modern-day Iraq was a British creation, cobbled together in 1920 out of three provinces of the collapsing Ottoman Empire. How the Dead Hand of Imperialism Continues to Influence World Politics 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Kosmas, an award-winning pastry chef who’s still living with his mother at 41, tries to track down a lost Ottoman recipe to win Daphne’s heart. Review | ‘A Recipe for Daphne’ is a delicious debut 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z And a new wave of Aleppan restaurants is laying claim to rooftops and courtyards across town, while merchants’ houses from the Ottoman era are being converted into trendy boutique hotels. 2010-01-23T05:06:00Z His interest was first sparked by the walls of Constantinople, which stood for nearly a thousand years before the Ottoman invasion. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Lawrence, the eccentric British army officer who fought with Arab irregular troops against Ottoman Turkish rule in World War One. "Lawrence of Arabia" actor Peter O'Toole dies, aged 81 2013-12-16T21:35:53Z Turks still revere Ataturk, who carved out modern Turkey from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire in the wake of World War I. 2006 Nobel laureate Pamuk probed for insulting leader 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Mikhail’s thesis — “whether politicians, pundits and traditional historians like it or not, the world we inhabit is very much an Ottoman one” — is provocative, but he develops a strong case for it. New in Paperback: ‘What You Are Going Through,’ ‘Finding Freedom’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Some Christians lived more or less contentedly under Ottoman control, and some Christian leaders held local sway in the sultan’s name. Coasts and coalitions 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z We had a walk around, ogling the augmented reality interpretations of Sibenik’s 17th-century past and its defense against the Ottoman attacks. On Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, the sleepy city of Sibenik shakes things up 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Which Bellini visited the Ottoman court at Istanbul in the 15th century? Have you Mastered the art of Frieze? – quiz 2012-10-10T12:14:05Z Liberated from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, Plovdiv became the capital of autonomous Eastern Rumelia, before being folded into modern-day Bulgaria. Next Stop: In Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Roman Grandeur East of Italy 2012-10-12T18:41:24Z Many were unaware of the big anniversary being celebrated: 450 years since the Great Siege of Malta, in which the knights fended off an Ottoman invasion. A Black-Tie Ball Fit for a Knight 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z “The Sultan’s Seal,” by Jenny White, is a murder mystery that brilliantly captures the political and cultural upheavals of the late Ottoman Empire. Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Squeezed between the Black and Caspian Seas, as it was among the Roman and Persian, and Ottoman and Russian empires, Georgia is a small realm with a spectacular natural setting and a proud past. A Survey Celebrates Georgia’s Rich Film Tradition 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Many of the hot spots are set in restored Ottoman buildings, streamlined Art Deco houses that date from the British mandate, or atop new high-rises. Next Stop: Ramallah?s Clubs Attract Young, Diverse Crowd 2010-06-04T15:11:00Z Cervantes received wounds to his chest and arms during a battle which saw a Spanish-led fleet defeat their Ottoman enemies in the Gulf of Patras off western Greece. Madrid begins search for bones of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes 2011-07-25T18:17:06Z It claimed the lives of about 1.2 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, which became the modern republic of Turkey. Legal settlement with Armenian church lets Getty Museum keep prized medieval Bible pages 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z He also had a strong interest in the east, and traveled to Istanbul, training his eye on unusual subjects for an artist of his era, like dwarves and Ottoman musicians. What's on This Week Around the World 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Both sides in the continuing war have accused each other of targeting or damaging historical sites, which range from ancient cities, temples, mosques and castles to the more recent relics of Ottoman rule. In the rubble, Aleppo's citizens work to save battered heritage 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Its owners are Orthodox Christians, descendants of ethnic Macedonians who fled intercommunal strife in the Ottoman provinces in the 19th Century for the safety of the imperial capital. Gentrification tears at Istanbul's historically diverse fabric 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Lawrence and his efforts to unite Arab tribesmen against the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Omar Sharif, international heartthrob of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ dies at 83 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Ottoman military bands played authentic Turkish percussion to terrify the residents — the same percussion that Mozart later imitated for its entertainment value in “Abduction.” Muslims, Christians and Mozart: Seeking Harmony at the Met Opera 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It was the summer of 2007, and I was shadowing my grandfather’s death march a century earlier from Turkey into Syria, across land that was once part of the Ottoman Empire. I’d visited the Armenian Genocide memorial to remember the dead — and now it, too, is gone 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The sculptures were removed in 1801 by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin and British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, who then sold it to the British government. Amal Clooney weighs in on Greek battle for Parthenon Marbles 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z But Armenian was hardly the only language of the polyglot Ottoman Empire, where Greek, Turkish, Arabic and German were routinely spoken. 'The Hundred-Year Walk': Dawn Anahid MacKeen retraces her Armenian grandfather's escape from genocide 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Cutler receives a cryptic offer to investigate the theft of a scepter with origins in the Ottoman Empire. Book Review: `Sleight of Hand' will shock, mislead 2013-04-09T14:32:09Z As an orphan she was sold into the Ottoman slave trade, and in 1859 found herself on the auction block in Vidin, in present-day Bulgaria. Florence Baker: the polyglot slave girl turned intrepid explorer 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In a 1656 picture of the centre of Amsterdam, Ottoman merchants are shown negotiating a deal just round the corner from where the picture itself now hangs. The full story of the British empire is yet to be told 2012-12-28T19:31:12Z An 18th-century green embroidered damask coat featuring Ottoman design, Chinese fabric and Russian lining hangs among Javanese sarongs and royal attire from South Asia. A Taiwan Museum Featuring All of Asia 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z When a new ruler took power in 1830, he and other Jews were expelled from Ottoman Iraq. ‘The Sassoons’: A Family Romance at Global Scale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks in the early part of the 20th century. Review: ‘Intent to Destroy’ Shows That the Armenian Past Is Not Over 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The film is a kind of retelling of “Lawrence of Arabia” from the perspective of the Arab nationalists wrestling independence from the Ottoman Turks. ‘Son of Saul’ Leads Foreign Language Race, but Look Out for ‘Mustang’ 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z The farm produced olive oil in Ottoman times, Ms. Kindeli said, and our large, ground-floor quarters with their high, arched ceilings once housed the olive presses. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Examples of these are displayed in a “Treasures, Commerce and Politics” section, along with Arabic and Ottoman documents from the Venetian State Archive, reflecting the continual traffic of communications on commercial and political matters. Exhibition Review: Venice's Love Affair With Egypt 2011-11-08T13:30:07Z Berat is known as the city of a thousand windows for its beautiful hillside filled with pretty Ottoman cottages. 10 off-the-beaten-track highlights in Europe: readers' tips 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z A role debut and the start of a farewell run piqued attention on Friday when the Metropolitan Opera revived its Ottoman eye-candy production of Mozart’s “Abduction From the Seraglio.” Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z And centuries earlier it was the site of the Great Siege of 1565, a devastating, yet ultimately unsuccessful, step by the Ottoman Turks toward conquering all of western Europe. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z This historical novel exploring the life of Jacob Frank, the Polish leader of a heretical Jewish splinter group that converted to Islam and then Catholicism, ranges nomadically across the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires. Olga Tokarczuk’s Book ‘Flights’ Is Taking Off 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The exploits of the polysyllabic heroes of the 1821 rebellion against the Ottoman Empire captivated me long before those of the Hardy Boys did. Change Is in the Air at the E. B. White Farm 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Some food historians suggest that the origin of this dish is found in the Ottoman Empire, and a version of moussaka is served in Turkey to this day. Moussaka, but make it Bulgarian 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z It reminds me of the Ottoman era in the 1870s, how they used to wear graceful costumes. Intersection: Street Style at the Souk Waqif in Doha, Qatar 2014-04-16T21:12:15Z The galleries will triple the space given over to the Ottoman Empire. Arts & Leisure: Islamic Art Treasures at the Metropolitan Museum 2011-09-22T15:23:57Z The Knights, like the Ottomans, were enthusiastic slavers, taking possession of those captured in battle; archive documents detail purchase prices and terms of manumission. Beneath Malta’s Beauty, a Tangled History 2013-12-06T18:20:39Z Britain maintains that Elgin acquired the sculptures legally when Greece was ruled by the Ottomans. Greece to renew pressure on UK to return ancient sculptures 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z With a lovely setting overlooking the Bosporus and Sea of Marmara, Topkapi Palace was the royal residence for about 400 years until the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the 1920s. These Are the World’s Most-Visited Castles 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z I’ve written about the city in travel books, and a history, and five mystery novels set in the 19th century when Ottoman Istanbul was as cosmopolitan as modern London. ‘Standing by the Bosphorus gives me goosebumps’: Jason Goodwin's Istanbul 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z By donning Ottoman garb, he added, “Maybe they were actually trying to find a common denominator.” An Artist Who Appropriates With a Wink 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The camp, comprising adjacent houses formerly occupied by murdered Armenian families, was one of the most remote in the Ottoman Empire. Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of Jews were given refuge in Muslim North Africa and the Ottoman empire. The Arabs and the Holocaust by Gilbert Achcar 2010-06-25T23:09:00Z It’s a city with history on every corner – a Roman inscription, a Byzantine wall, an Ottoman fountain. ‘Standing by the Bosphorus gives me goosebumps’: Jason Goodwin's Istanbul 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Most of all, I wanted to see the Casbah – the old Ottoman city that runs from the hills of Algiers down to the sea. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z Even the revelation of Allied double-dealing to carve up the Middle East, as detailed in the Sykes-Picot agreement, did not blunt the rebellion of the Arab Hashemites against the Ottomans. Heading towards disaster 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It passed through the hands of the Greeks, the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, the Romans, the Byzantines and the Ottomans. In northern Jordan, a community-based tourism project wakes the sleepy village of Umm Qais 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z She believes that those qualities resonate all the more given that Khachaturian composed in the aftermath of the mass killings of Armenians that occurred in the Ottoman Empire’s waning days. Afro-Peruvian rhythms featured at Howard Theatre Greece plans grand cultural events throughout 2021 to mark 200 years since the start of its revolt against Ottoman rule. Brexit will strengthen European support for return of Parthenon Marbles, says Greek minister 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z In 1571 the writer was wounded in the Battle of Lepanto, which pitted Ottoman Turkish forces against the Holy League, led by Spain. Hunt on to find Cervantes — Spain's great writer 2014-04-28T13:03:27Z Alongside work by Western Pop stars like Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist will be art by Chant Avedissian, an Egyptian who marries images of Arab resistance with Ottoman textile patterns. Inside Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z While foregrounding the clandestine romance between the American nurse and the Ottoman lieutenant, the movie does not completely shy away from showing the suffering of the Armenians, particularly in one crucial scene involving Turkish soldiers. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The decrepit imperial government was ready for the ash heap of history before its decision in 1914 to enter the war against Germany and Austria-Hungary along with their Ottoman allies. Stalin, Hitler and the Temptations of Totalitarianism 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The eventual collapse of the Silk Road happened because the Ottoman took gunpowder from the Chinese and found this way of making it. David Baddiel on the Silk Road 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They ruled over five times the population commanded by the Ottomans – some 100 million subjects – controlling almost all of what is now India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as eastern Afghanistan. Art treasures of the Mughal empire 2012-11-30T22:55:14Z But remnants of Kosovo’s Slavic and Ottoman past are the marquee attractions. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z In 1921, an Ottoman leader was gunned down on the streets of Berlin in revenge for Turkey's genocidal slaughter of Armenians. Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Political Violence by Michael Newton – review 2012-11-18T00:05:09Z Presumed destroyed are early 20th-century newspapers as well as maps and books from the Ottoman Empire. Roundup: Truths revealed in 'Selma,' libraries ransacked by ISIS, Vegas Strip design 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z In 1590 it became a mosque, then in 1912, when the city became Greek again rather than part of the Ottoman empire, it was reconsecrated as a church. The sights and sounds of summer 2011-08-08T19:30:02Z Because Ottomans dominated trade in the eastern Mediterranean, a lot of produce coming to Europe was seen as "Turkish." Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Soon, the textile was exported to the rest of Europe and the Ottoman Empire, where it clothed kings, curtained beds of state and velveted chambers in great displays of conspicuous and easily transportable riches. | International Velvet 2013-08-23T22:31:07Z It is a descendant of the coat of arms borne into battle by Albanian noblemen in the Middle Ages, fighting for freedom from the Ottoman Empire. At Pravue Cafe, Albanian Home Cooking in Queens 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z There, the popular Old Bazaar area, dating to the 12th century, is a pleasant jumble of cobblestone streets and Ottoman architecture now filled with restaurants and shops drawing locals and tourists. Macedonia’s local cuisine adds spice to a bike tour of the mountain lakes 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The ceilings with their latticework looked vaguely Ottoman to me, the rooms a pale gray, elegant, with low divans. T Magazine: Beyond the Sea 2014-03-21T16:23:22Z The Ottomans are devout and resolute; the Byzantine emperor, Constantine, and his aides drink and lounge with women in wispy outfits. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z From ancient Greeks and Romans to fearsome Slavic warriors, and from Ottoman pashas to Cold War communists, each group left its mark. Underappreciated, and ripe for a visit: Bulgaria 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The disintegration of Ottoman hegemony after five centuries ushered in the modernisations of Ataturk. Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal – review 2012-07-06T21:55:10Z The siege was broken with the arrival of a Polish army, and the ensuing victories of the allied Christian troops pushed back the borders of the Ottoman Empire. Muslims, Christians and Mozart: Seeking Harmony at the Met Opera 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z There are also portraits of sultans and pashas by Italian artists, extending back to the 16th century, when the cultural scales were tipping away from the Ottoman Empire and toward Renaissance Europe. Critic?s Notebook: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity 2010-11-29T19:10:00Z The young professionals of this northern Greek city have faced the country’s high levels of unemployment in an unusual way: They opened restaurants that put a modern twist on traditional Greek, Slavic and Ottoman flavors. 52 Places to Go in 2016 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Even by grade school, Toumani knew certain truths that others denied or were oblivious to: One and a half million Armenians were killed under Ottoman Turkish rule in 1915. 'There Was and There Was Not' crosses Turkish-Armenian divide 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z By Ottoman tradition, the mother of an imperial heir devoted herself solely to her child, preparing him to succeed his father to the throne. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Sultans in the Ottoman Empire favored these frocks that became the daily uniform in much of the Middle East, India and North Africa. Let It Flow! #PantsuitNation is Now Caftan Country 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z One minute we are pitching ideas to Elon Musk in Silicon Valley, the next we are back in 1916 peering over the shoulder of the diplomats who carved up the Ottoman Empire. The Future of Energy 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Through these pages, we witness the town fall to crusaders and Ottomans, the British Army and Israeli forces, its streets brimming with soldiers and prophets and empresses. In ‘Bethlehem,’ Tracing the Life of a Storied Little Town 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Since the 15th century, Mr. Uklanski said, Poland and its predecessor states had close relations with the Ottoman Empire; the Polish national costume, he added, has Turkish roots. An Artist Who Appropriates With a Wink 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z In 1523 they were defeated by the Ottoman Turks, so they retreated to Malta, where they set up their new capital and built a huge fortress in anticipation of another Turkish attack. Malta: A citadel of many cultures in the middle of the Mediterranean 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z “The trees were there before the Ottoman occupation and British Mandate and before the current conflict and somehow retain within them this memory,” he said. Ori Gersht: ‘History Repeating’ at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston 2012-08-26T03:54:34Z Mr. Mouzannar also uses flat-cut stones in his Beirut line, inspired by Ottoman jewelry that he found in his grandfather’s collections. Special Report: Jewelry: Translating Violence Into Beauty 2009-12-10T05:57:21Z However, being in Istanbul, the dress-up was Ottoman sultan outfits, so we played the tourist part to the hilt. Traveling like sultans in Rome, Athens and Istanbul 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Footage broadcast around the world last week captured some of these striking changes to Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine cathedral in Istanbul, which served as a mosque under Ottoman rule before becoming a museum in 1934. How a Historian Stuffed Hagia Sophia’s Sound Into a Studio 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The interweaving of the Iranian and Turkish worlds actually preceded the advent of the Ottomans. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z “The Ottomans are not going to save you.” How Erdogan Reoriented Turkish Culture to Maintain His Power 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z A 1920 treaty signed with the Ottoman Empire called for reparations, a homeland for the Armenians and prosecution of the Young Turk leadership. Eric Bogosian's 'Operation Nemesis' chases Turkish perpetrators 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Serbia, for example, was struggling between the Hapsburg Monarchy in Central Europe and the Ottomans. More "disease" than "Dracula" — how the vampire myth was born 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z They were acquired at the dawn of the 19th century when the Ottoman Empire ruled Greece. For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The little emperor, of course, is the one who had stirred the Ottoman hornet's nest in his failed attempt at Middle East incursion. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z This is not because of the usual cliches about Arab or Ottoman cities – that they are "timeless", "medieval" and so on. Algiers: a city where France is the promised land – and still the enemy 2013-01-27T00:06:03Z On that date, Polish, Austrian and German forces broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna, marking the moment when Islam began a long retreat and "the Christian West regained its footing," Wright said. Tribeca film explores al Qaeda's history and culture 2010-04-24T21:18:00Z “If you read about the banquets of the Ottomans and the Habsburgs, it’s really pretty simple. We don’t have to make food for 10,000 people in the countryside with no refrigeration.” Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Alongside the Atlantic slave trade, there was a Mediterranean slave trade, driven by the Barbary pirates of North Africa who operated within the domain of influence of the Ottoman Empire. Muslims, Christians and Mozart: Seeking Harmony at the Met Opera 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z McCormick’s novel begins in the early 1970s, nearly 60 years after the Armenian genocide conducted by the Ottoman Empire, during which one and a half million Armenians were killed. In This Corner, an Armenian Pro Wrestler. In That Corner, Genocidal History. 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Several small peninsulas are spread before us, each crowned with a fortress much like what the attacking Ottomans must have seen. Malta, the island nation just below Sicily, is an increasingly popular stopover 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In Istanbul, the crew filmed scenes with motorcycles at the Grand Bazaar, a covered market that dates to the early Ottoman period. New 007 film to depict spy's inner demons 2012-04-29T19:46:04Z In those centuries, the enormous empires of the East — the Qing, the Ottomans and the Mughals — were the most formidable states on earth. When Asia Ruled the World 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In the first years of the 16th century, the Republic of Venice was buffeted by wars with the Ottoman empire and the papal states. | 'Palladio and His Legacy': ?Palladio and His Legacy? at the Morgan Library 2010-04-08T22:16:00Z Even better, Ottoman Taverna can be whatever you want it to be: a quick lunch, a romantic dinner, elbow room for a group — all-occasion. Ottoman Taverna review: Out of the flames comes a meaty taste of Turkey 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Austrian and German soldiers fighting the Ottomans in the region witnessed this mass desecration of graves and returned home to Western Europe with stories of the vampire. More "disease" than "Dracula" — how the vampire myth was born 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z My grandmother had fled Anatolia as a girl, escaping an Armenian genocide at the hands of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Explorer: Off the Map in Nagorno-Karabakh, a Region in the Southern Caucasus 2012-09-21T17:31:32Z "I like the idea of showing the other side of the coin," said Makariou, standing at a wall decorated with colorful, flower-patterned tiles from the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Amid cultural clash, Louvre honors Islamic art 2012-09-20T17:35:09Z Reading the newly released second volume of Altan’s Ottoman Quartet suggests that the death of his country’s old empire may shed light on the new ones that followed. From Turkey to China to Norway, These Novels Take You Back in Time 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Here’s another forbidden but related subject that wasn’t on the agenda: the horrific Armenian genocide committed a century ago by Turkey’s Ottoman Empire. The internet won’t let Armenia go away 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The Ottoman women closest to imperial power were not nobles, but slaves: stolen from their Christian families, selected for their health and beauty, and placed in the sultan’s private harem. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z This hospitality is manifest in Berat, known as “the town of a thousand windows,” a magnificent legacy of the Ottoman Empire situated in central Albania. In Albania, age-old traditions and Mediterranean beaches on the cheap 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z So, too, are references to Islam, here in the form of calligraphic texts of a kind that Ottoman soldiers would tuck under their armor as talismans. Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Given that it was Constantinople, successively capital of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires, perhaps that’s not so surprising. ‘Standing by the Bosphorus gives me goosebumps’: Jason Goodwin's Istanbul 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z This small country has been dealing with giants for a very long time, be it Alexander, Rome, the Moors, Venice, the Ottomans, the Nazis or even now — the market forces of Europe.” Myths explain Greece 2012-06-25T15:15:00Z An increasing number of the city's restaurateurs and chefs are turning their backs on the traditional kebabs and mezes and rediscovering long-forgotten regional dishes and Ottoman recipes, giving them a contemporary twist. New Turkish Cuisine 2011-10-13T08:55:00Z The ritual of carving and salting our Ottoman steak proceeded exactly as I knew it would. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z An Ottoman noble is taken prisoner and compelled to work the farm belonging to a Montenegrin peasant. Bow and Cooper in ‘Children of Divorce’: Poor Little Silent Rich Kids 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The feast's origins weren't entirely spiritual, since it commemorated the defeat, by Catholic forces, of the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Proms 52 & 53: LSO/Gergiev; I Fagiolini/Hollingworth – review 2012-08-23T14:17:46Z The tour commemorates the deportations and massacres of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire starting in 1915. Review: In ‘With You, Armenia,’ Kissin and Others Honor the Slaughtered 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The Ottoman Empire was then at its height. Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops) 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z With the conquering of Egypt by both the Roman and Ottoman empires, there were a lot of Egyptian trophies brought back to both cities to show off their military prowess. Traveling like sultans in Rome, Athens and Istanbul 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Delacroix began the painting shortly after the citizens of Missolonghi attempted to liberate their city only to be massacred by the Ottoman Turks in 1825. Eugène Delacroix at the Met: A 19th-century retrospective that evokes today’s turmoil 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It was popular in Ottoman times because it allowed observant Muslims, who wouldn’t drink wine or spirits, a socially acceptable way to get drunk. ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’ review: Orhan Pamuk’s love letter to Turkey 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Only in the 20th century, when the fall of the Ottomans signalled a decisive tilt west, did the country begin to turn out great novelists. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Islam was the glue binding the Ottoman empire; a forcibly recruited unit, the janissaries, were converts from Christianity. Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest 2012-03-02T10:46:04Z Yashim, the star of Goodwin’s excellent historical mysteries, not only solves crimes but is also notable as an Ottoman eunuch, cultured bohemian and gourmet. 10 of the best books set in Turkey - that will take you there 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Also involved in espionage was Aaron Aaronsohn, a Zionist and agronomist, who worked his way into the good graces of the Ottoman regime. Books of The Times: Scott Anderson’s ‘Lawrence in Arabia’ Revisits Legends 2013-09-08T20:10:15Z Beirut’s oldest districts — once home to traditional Lebanese and Ottoman structures, some characterized by their red-tile roofs and colonnaded halls — are increasingly the site of the construction of luxury business and residential blocks. Middle East: Beirut's Old Buildings Again Under Threat 2011-01-26T20:00:05Z Larry Wolff is a professor of European history at New York University and the author of “The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage.” Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z There were isolated successes, including the enlisting of French north African prisoners-of-war to serve in Ottoman armies. Heading towards disaster 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z A trip to his native Poland brought him to museums where he saw old master paintings of the late 1500s, “with men dressed up as Ottomans,” he recalled. An Artist Who Appropriates With a Wink 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But in 2005 she took the bold decision to use her life’s savings to buy an 18th-century Ottoman house in the Old City of Damascus. Love story 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Both shared a surname: Vlad’s father, a member of the Order of the Dragon, a chivalric brotherhood convened to fight the Ottomans, was known as Dracul, meaning “dragon.” Radu Florescu, Scholar Who Linked Dracula and Vlad the Impaler, Dies at 88 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Switching between the antiseptic medical institutions of 20th-century America and the pitiless chaos of the tottering Ottoman Empire, Mark Mustian reveals the unfeeling man that Conn/Khan was and the man he became. Newly Released Books 2010-09-16T14:56:00Z British diplomat Lord Elgin removed the sculptures from the Acropolis in Athens in the early 19th century when Greece was under Ottoman rule. Greece wants Parthenon Marbles back, Tsipras tells May 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In fact, the first newspapers of North America were absolutely enchanted by Iran, writing with a “breathless” energy about Iran and its battle with the Ottoman Turks, deemed to be “a danger to Christendom.” What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The illustrations are a landmark in the evolution of Ottoman manuscript painting. Auctions: When Auction Estimates Go Haywire 2011-10-07T11:30:11Z Produced by craftsmen in Istanbul, the tiles—with a texture inspired by the veins found in Marmara marble—are configured in shapes that reference the importance of geometry in Ottoman design. The man behind Hakkasan opens a Turkish-style pizzeria in London 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z It was rebuilt after Greece's independence from Ottoman rule in 1829. AP Interview: Acropolis' Nike temple rises again 2010-09-07T12:52:00Z They're talking about going back as far as Ottoman times, so it is referring to books which have been banned over at least the last century. Turkish writers' group investigated for 'insulting state' 2013-01-11T13:21:43Z He acted in local theater, his favorite performance a starring role in a drama about the Greek revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Tough on Others, Tougher on Himself: The Perfectionist Behind the Milos Restaurants 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The Ottoman Turks ruled the Balkans for 500 years and left the most indelible impressions on the country’s cuisine. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z It was late 1908, and that summer’s Young Turk Revolution had injected a new spirit of liberalization across the Ottoman Empire, which controlled much of what was then Palestine. What Happens When Everyone Is Writing the Same Book You Are? 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Captured around the age of 13 by Tatar slavers, Roxelana ended up in the markets of Ottoman Constantinople, and ultimately in the sultan’s harem. The Woman Who Smashed a Glass Ceiling in the 16th Century 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z He brought them together in dresses that spliced English florals and the suggestion of tartan with the cut and shape of dresses borrowed from Ottoman paintings. In London, Fantasy Meets Obsession 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z In 1915, Ottoman Turks, fearful that the restive Christian Armenian population would side against them in the war, began massacring Armenians and force-marching them to their deaths. Battle Over 2 Films Reflects Turkey’s Quest to Control a Bitter History 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The government asked the court to find that it is the rightful owner of the idol and cited the 1906 Ottoman Decree, which asserts broad ownership of antiquities found in Turkey. Turkey Fights for Return of a Work It Says Was Looted 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z I also love reading about late Ottoman female novelists and poets. Read Your Way Through Istanbul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Last fall, I passed from the domes, minarets and carpeted tearooms of the old Ottoman quarter into the churches, squares and pastry shops of the 19th-century core, with its palpable Austro-Hungarian influences. Spring in Paris, My Adopted City, After the Siege 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z According to History Link, Sephardic Jews, fleeing deteriorating conditions in the Ottoman Empire, began arriving in Seattle in the early 20th century, This week in Seattle - an international conference on Jewish genealogy 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The growing discontent comes as Turkey marks the 100th anniversary of Ataturk’s proclamation of a secular republic, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey is marking its centennial. But a brain drain has cast a shadow on the occasion 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The Palestinian community's roots run deep in Chile, with immigration starting in the late 19th century when Christians fled the faltering Ottoman Empire. In Chile, a Palestinian diaspora makes its voice heard on Gaza 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Gaza was part of the Ottoman Empire for most of the period from the 16th century until 1917, when was it taken by British troops during World War I. Israel-Gaza war: a timeline of the conflict's history 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Erdogan and his religious support base take pride in Turkey’s Ottoman and Islamic past. Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Ataturk’s reforms and drive to modernize helped pull Turkey out of the deep poverty it suffered when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. As the Turkish Republic turns 100, here’s a look at its achievements and challenges ahead 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Rather than strike a celebratory tone, he reminded his audience of Catholicism’s darkest days in history starting with the Siege of Vienna by the Ottomans in the 17th century. We don’t talk about Leonard: The man behind the right’s Supreme Court supermajority 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler of that part of the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, was defeated in World War One. Israel-Gaza violence: The conflict explained 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by over 2 million Palestinians. A brief history of Gaza's 75 years of woe 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Erdogan pays homage to Ataturk’s military achievements as an officer of the Ottoman Empire, but rarely praises his republican era. Turkey celebrates 100th anniversary of republic with fireworks and navy procession 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z “The Armenian genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century,” she said, slowly shaking her head in resignation, referring to the 1915 genocide by the Ottoman Empire. Armenians who fled Turkish rule decades ago despair over Nagorno-Karabakh. 'This appears to be our fate' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z She kept the word “ottoman” because it “reminds me of the Ottoman Empire and sounds so very elevated for a piece of furniture.” How to skewer life's absurdities while thumbing your nose at Amazon 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z During the First World War, as Britain invaded and captured the territory from the crumbling Ottoman Empire, it drew on growing forces of national self-determination. The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle East 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Many trace their roots back to Armenian people or orphans forced to flee mass killings under the Ottoman Empire in 1915, which some governments today consider genocide. Cyprus considers sheltering some Armenian refugees if needed 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Most are descendants of those who fled the 1915 campaign by Ottoman Turks in which some 1.5 million Armenians died in massacres, deportations and forced marches. The fall of an enclave in Azerbaijan stuns the Armenian diaspora, extinguishing a dream 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Fearing a repeat of the bloodshed in 1915, they were escorted out by French troops to settle in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, on land bought from an Ottoman feudal lord. Armenians who fled Turkish rule decades ago despair over Nagorno-Karabakh. 'This appears to be our fate' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Armenia, backed by historians and the parliaments of many countries, says mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One amounted to genocide, a charge strongly denied by Turkey. Fleeing Karabakh, elderly couple fear for the future with their disabled son 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Let’s remember it was the Ottoman Empire — the previous iteration of modern-day Turkey — that was responsible for the Armenian Genocide, a campaign of mass deportation and murder that killed up to 1 million Armenians. One of the world’s oldest Christian communities faces genocide. Where’s Biden? 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Turkey accepts that many Armenians were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War One, but denies that the killings were systematically orchestrated or constitute a genocide. Cyprus considers sheltering some Armenian refugees if needed 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Numerous medieval Serb Orthodox Christian monasteries are in Kosovo, and Serb nationalists view a 1389 battle against Ottoman Turks there as a symbol of their national struggle for independence. What is behind renewed tensions between Serbia and Kosovo? 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Tensions between Muslim Turks and Christian Armenians date to the days of the Ottoman Empire, but the war for Nagorno-Karabakh was rooted in the fall of a more contemporary empire: the Soviet Union. Armenians who fled Turkish rule decades ago despair over Nagorno-Karabakh. 'This appears to be our fate' 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Nagorno-Karabakh has over the centuries come under the sway of Persians, Turks, Russians, Ottomans and Soviets. Ethnic Armenians flee Karabakh after breakaway region's defeat 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, lies in an area that over centuries has come under the sway of Persians, Turks, Russians, Ottomans and Soviets. Nagorno-Karabakh's 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, leadership says 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, lies in an area that over the centuries has come under the sway of Persians, Turks, Russians, Ottomans and Soviets. Karabakh's 120,000 Armenians will leave for Armenia, adviser to leader says 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Azerbaijan's claim of victory over the region ushers in yet another twist to the tumultuous history of mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh, which over the centuries has come under the sway of Persians, Turks, Russians, Ottomans and Soviets. Azerbaijan says it sees amnesty for Karabakh fighters who lay down arms 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Several of the waiting men brought up the topic of the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire during World War One, which Armenia mourns as a genocide. Armenians wait forlornly for relatives at border with Azerbaijan 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Many of those on the square evoked the memory of the Armenian genocide of 1915, referring to the massacres of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. Armenian protesters demand Pashinyan ouster after Karabakh surrender 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Floral patterns nodded to styles reminiscent of Ottoman Palaces. Romance in the air as Paul Costelloe, Bora Aksu open London Fashion Week 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, it was filled with the tombs of Mamluk and Ottoman nobles and ordinary Egyptians. Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt’s government reshapes the city 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Much of her family was murdered by soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, and then she endured a grueling ordeal, marching through deserts and being sold into slavery. Review: In 'Aurora's Sunrise,' a survivor's story comes to life via unforgettable animation 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Over the years, the High Court has, in fact, ruled in favor of numerous settlements, while drawing on aspects of Ottoman, British, and international law to do so. How Israel occupied itself 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z It's not without irony that the expression should have been coined by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia to describe the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Analysis: ECB is on back foot and for once it's down to Germany 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z In May 1915, Ottoman commanders began the mass deportation of Armenians from eastern Turkey. Turkish ruling party criticises reported decision not to stream Disney+ 'Ataturk' series 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z In the Caucasus, where Russia vied with the Ottoman and Persian empires for power, the Muslim Circassians, who had inhabited the area for millennia, resisted Russian domination. How Russian colonialism took the Western anti-imperialist Left for a ride 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z In the 19th Century, the British Ambassador Lord Elgin was granted permission by the Ottoman Empire, the governing authority in Athens, to remove some of the sculptures. Parthenon Sculptures: Pressure growing on British Museum 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Ottoman law, for instance, permitted the state to assume ownership of fallow land. How Israel occupied itself 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Taken by Catherine the Great from the Ottomans and local Tatars, Crimea was part of Russia until Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in 1954. Expert: Putin’s Ukraine war keeps yielding dividends – but not for him 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z It dates back more than two centuries when Ottoman and Egyptian conquerors established an army of slaves. Sudan conflict: Army outnumbered on Khartoum's streets 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Their ancestors came to Jerusalem over 1,500 years ago and then after 1915, when Ottoman Turks killed an estimated 1.5 million Armenians in what’s widely regarded as the first genocide of the 20th century. In Jerusalem’s contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z During Napoleon's campaign in Egypt it was used as a military fort, then under Ottoman rule in the 19th century as a soap factory. Egypt reopens historic mosque after long restoration 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z That vision taps not only into the country’s 100-year-old history as a secular republic but also into a honey-dipped view of its Ottoman Empire past. Making Turkey great again: How Erdogan rode to reelection on a nationalist wave 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Erdogan has played up Turkey’s Ottoman past, using monuments and TV shows to rally his voters. A Climactic Opening 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Erdogan's victory extends his tenure as the longest-serving leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk established modern Turkey after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire a century ago - a politically potent anniversary to be marked in October. Turkey's Erdogan triumphs in election test, extending his 20-year rule 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The election was held as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its establishment as a republic, following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Polls close in Turkey as voters choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z How-ever, Byzantium did not just collapse, it was absorbed into a distinct culture with its own traditions: that of the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z But he also hammered home a message that cast him as Turkey’s primary protector and the only one who could restore it to its Ottoman grandeur. Making Turkey great again: How Erdogan rode to reelection on a nationalist wave 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z That movement, Zionism, saw a slow but growing migration of European Jews settling in the Levant, at the time still part of the Ottoman Empire. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z By the fifteenth century, the Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire were using firearms like the arquebus, an early long gun, in battle. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Ottomans were Turkic-speaking pastoralists who occupied lands in northwestern Anatolia. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This year marks 100 years since Turkey’s establishment as a republic - a modern, secular state born on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. As Erdogan’s votes dip, Turkey appears headed to a runoff presidential race 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Erdogan named himself in the line of succession of important Turkish rulers, including, most notably, Osman Bey, the Ottoman Empire’s founder, and Ataturk, the founder of the republic. Making Turkey great again: How Erdogan rode to reelection on a nationalist wave 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The great irony in the case of the Ottomans, however, was that the empire had been both a European great power in its own right and had once dominated its European rivals in war. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was the Ottomans who famously used artillery in the siege of Constantinople in 1453. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Like the Seljuks, they regarded themselves as ghazis, warriors who fought to expand and protect the borders and influence of Islam, and this recognition came to form an important part of Ottoman Turkish identity. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z This year marks 100 years since Turkey’s establishment as a republic — a modern, secular state born on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. As Erdogan’s votes dip, Turkey appears headed to a runoff presidential race 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Adding to the importance of these elections for many Turks is that 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the country’s founding as a republic after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Nail-Biter Turkish Election Goes to Round 2 as Majority Eludes Erdogan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Some of the reasons for Ottoman decline were external, most obviously the growth in European power. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ottoman Empire was not the only Islamic state to use and improve upon gunpowder arms. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Ottomans had originally stepped into the power vacuum left in northwestern Anatolia by the attack on Constantinople in 1204, when European crusaders raided, ransacked, and demolished parts of the city. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hagia Sophia, originally built as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, was a mosque under the Ottomans. Turkey decides on future with or without Erdogan 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Much was lost in the explosion, and about half the surviving works were removed by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, while Athens was still under the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Greek PM seeks ‘innovative’ solution to decades-old Parthenon Sculpture dispute with British Museum 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The Ottomans were never able to make headway against European powers in the Indian Ocean, and as European states build their global trade empires the Ottoman economy remained largely landlocked. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ottoman Empire was the foremost and longest-lived of the Islamic empires of the early modern world. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Although the Byzantines attempted to rebuild their capital and state, they were no match for the Ottomans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Elek said the culture of gun ownership for self-protection dated hundreds of years, when populations in the region tried to resist the Ottoman Empire. ‘We Can’t Believe That’s Happening Here’: Serbia Reflects After Shootings 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Legends abound about the origins of the bagel—for example, that it was created to celebrate a victory over the Ottoman Empire or as a result of antisemitic laws. The unusual history of the beloved bagel 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The state that proved the greatest threat to Ottoman power was Russia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z By the fourteenth century, the Ottoman Empire had expanded into southeastern Europe, effectively surrounding the Byzantine city of Constantinople. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Ottomans laid siege to the Byzantine cities of Anatolia, conquered them, and made one, Bursa, the capital of a growing Ottoman state with imperial ambitions. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The monument commemorates those involved in an assassination plot against Ottoman Turkish officials whom Armenia holds responsible for mass killings of ethnic Armenians during World War One. Turkey has shut its airspace to Armenian flights -minister 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z About half the surviving works were removed by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, while Athens was still under Ottoman Turkish rule. Greece looks to Vienna for new boost on Parthenon Sculptures 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Ottoman economy was largely in the hands of Europeans by the turn of the nineteenth century. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Safavids also staged incursions into eastern Anatolia; these triggered a conflict with the Ottoman Empire that continued for the length of the Safavids’ reign. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Control of Gallipoli gave the Ottomans control over oceanic traffic between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But Mr. Orban, he said, understands Hungary’s history of Ottoman invasion and that “the situation is the same now: They want to get into Europe through Hungary.” Pope Reveals He’s Working on Secret ‘Mission’ of Peace in Ukraine 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The two nations are at odds primarily over the 1.5 million people that Armenia says were killed in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor to modern Turkey. Turkey closes airspace to Armenian airline without warning -agency 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Simply put, the Christian-dominated Balkans that had been part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries slipped away thanks to the strength of modern nationalism and the military support they received from sympathetic European powers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Safavid Empire was as ethnically diverse as the Ottoman Empire. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The Ottomans steadily took control of the European portion of the Byzantine Empire, the area that is now northern Greece, southern Bulgaria, and Thrace, the western part of modern Turkey. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The landings were part of a failed British-led campaign to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war. Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Over the centuries, the enclave has come under the sway of Persians, Turks, Russians, Ottomans and Soviets. Explainer: What is Nagorno-Karabakh - and why are tensions rising? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Like the Ottoman Empire, Persia was not formally colonized by a European power, but Europeans were still able to dictate international politics in the region. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Two decades of warfare severely strained the Iranian economy, however, and Tahmasp sought peace with the Ottomans. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z To win the assistance of Christian clergy, therefore, the Ottomans refrained from efforts to stamp out their religion. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The Gallipoli campaign aimed to secure a naval route from the Mediterranean Sea to Istanbul through the Dardanelles, and knock the Ottomans out of the war. Hundreds gather in Turkey to remember WWI dead on Anzac Day 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z YEREVAN, Armenia — About 10,000 people bearing torches on Sunday night marched through Armenia’s capital to commemorate the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed in Ottoman Turkey more than a century ago. Torchlight march marks mass deaths of Armenians 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z At the Congress, the representatives of the European states, joined by the United States and the Ottoman Empire, divided up Africa into spheres of influence and conquest. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Tahmasp also moved his capital from Tabriz to Qazvin, closer to the Caspian Sea and at less risk of capture or siege by Ottoman forces. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Many peasants likely regarded the religiously tolerant Ottomans as better overlords than the European Roman Catholic soldiers, who had attacked the Greek Orthodox Byzantine Empire on more than one occasion. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The island, which was home to ethnic Greeks historically, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire for nearly five centuries. AP PHOTOS: Orthodox patriarch marks Easter on Turkish island 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z Said was forced to travel across the Sahara to the Turkish province of Fezzan, at the eastern end of the Ottoman Empire. Review | The epic life of Nicholas Said, from Africa to Russia to the Civil War 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Detailed below, a new regional power arose in the Middle East and spread to Europe starting in the fourteenth century: the Ottoman Turks. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1838 Treaty of Balta Liman with Britain, the Ottoman Empire agreed to abolish monopolies and reduce import taxes on British- and French-made goods, making them cheaper than those produced in Egypt. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They also welcomed the lighter tax burden imposed by the Ottomans. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Greek forces took control of the island in 1912 and it was used as a base by Allied forces during World War I campaigns against the Ottomans. AP PHOTOS: Orthodox patriarch marks Easter on Turkish island 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z In the 1840s, France and Russia vied for control of the Holy Land, under Ottoman rule for 300 years. Review | The epic life of Nicholas Said, from Africa to Russia to the Civil War 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In places with powerful states like China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan, even the relative superiority of European arms was not sufficient to seize territory. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Britain and France had earlier become alarmed by Germany’s plans to build another railroad in concert with the Ottoman Empire that would link Berlin to Baghdad. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z At the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Ottomans defeated the Serbian army and made Serbia, the last major Orthodox Christian state, a vassal of the empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Carved in the 5th century BC, the sculptures from the Parthenon were taken in the early 19th century by British diplomat Lord Elgin before Greece won independence from the Ottoman Empire. With eye on British Museum, Greece welcomes back ancient art 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z |
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