For centuries, the Ottoman Empire controlled most of the Middle East, holding together an enormous mixture of ethnicities, ...

Candia endured one of the longest sieges in military history, holding out for 21 years while Ottoman forces pressed against ...

An office chair with a built-in ottoman is a necessary feature for those who spend time every day reclining and putting their ...

The decision marked the beginning of the Crimean War, after Russian troops refused to leave Moldavia and Wallachia.

In the late 16th century, hundreds of bandits on horseback stormed through the countryside of Ottoman Anatolia raiding villages, inciting violence and destabilizing the sultan’s grip on power Four ...

Mehmed II was a visionary ruler who united Islamic, Roman and Renaissance traditions to transform the Ottoman Empire and ...

A man walks near the Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Built between 1463 and 1470, it was designed to “project the political authority and power of the court,” Diana Darke writes. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP) ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant. And high in the great tower of ...

For centuries after the Crusades, when Europeans talked of their conflicts with Islam, they invariably referred to the Turks, not the Arabs. The Ottoman Turks had swept out of Central Asia during the ...

Ottomans are like side tables—afterthoughts that, once you have them, seem as essential as a couch. And a storage ottoman in particular serves as an extra seat or table for a tray of goodies at ...