In just 8 years, Selim I reshaped the Islamic world—defeating rivals, conquering vast lands, and claiming the caliphate. This ...

The Last Days of the Ottoman empire: 1918-1922. By Ryan Gingeras. Allen Lane; 368 pages; $47.95 and £30 As it turned out, more than six centuries of Ottoman rule ended with a whimper rather than ...

From the Middle Ages to the first decades of the 20 th century, the vast Islamic state known as the Ottoman Empire held sway. It took root in what is present-day Turkey and grew to include various ...

The height of the empire’s power came in the 16th century with the rule of Süleyman the Magnificent, one of the empire’s longest-running sultans . A testament to the power of the empire is the fact ...

Türkİye 'Turkish Republic continuation of Ottoman Empire' Turkish president praises 34th Sultan of Ottoman Empire, Abdulhamid II 10.02.2018 - Update : 11.02.2018 ...

The Ottoman Empire, which at the time this map was drawn included much of the Balkans and the Middle East, used a version of the Turkish language written in a slightly modified Arabic script.