The reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II can be seen as the ‘last gasp’ of the traditional Ottoman Empire as it had existed for centuries. He wa...

Given recent events in the world, the Crimean War may be a little more on the minds of people lately but, in general, it is a conflict tha...

There can be no doubt that Turkish intervention in the First World War was the worst decision ever made by the Ottoman Empire. An empire t...

Princess Niloufer Farhat Begum Sahiba a relative (on her mother's side) of the Ottoman Imperial Family, she was the first wife of  ...

Throughout the history of Europe and the Middle East, two names which stand out are the Ottoman Empire and the “Hapsburg Empire” (Holy Rom...

It was on March 3, 1924 that the last Muslim caliphate was officially abolished and Abdul Mejid II, the last Caliph of Islam (and heir to...

The girl who would become one of the most prominent women in the Ottoman Empire was born Cecelia Venier-Baffo, probably sometime in 1525, ...