Noel Malcolm’s new book, Useful Enemies: Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought, 1450–1750, provides an indispensable guide to that encounter that combines deep learning, refined ...

The Ottoman Empire once ruled vast territories across North Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Europe, shaping world ...

The rest of the Ottoman Empire’s elite had to earn their positions regardless of birth. This 16th-century miniature painting depicts the army of Süleiman the Magnificent marching into Europe.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only really be compared to the Roman Empire, which it replaced when it ...

This documentary delves into the Sultanate of Women, a transformative period in Ottoman history when royal women held unprecedented political influence. From within the imperial harem, mothers, ...

But mostly the empire was seen as a tolerant place. When Nazi persecutions drove Jews from Europe in the 1930s, many took refuge there (as they had done when expelled from Spain in 1492 ...

The Ottoman Empire lasted from around 1300 until 1922, and at various points in its history ruled present-day Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, and beyond. In the wake of the 1821 Greek revolt, the ...