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

Discover the fascinating history of the Ottoman Empire in this animated video, tracing its rise, peak, and eventual decline.

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 ...

Douglas A. Howard stresses the crucial role of the Ottoman sultans and their extended household, discusses the evolution of the empire's fiscal model, and analyzes favorite works of Ottoman literature ...

The Getty Research Institute has recently digitized over 6,000 19th- and early 20th-century Ottoman-era photographs, collected in the 1980s by French collector Pierre de Gigord during his travels ...

Rome Newsroom, Jun 6, 2022 / 09:40 am Two Catholic priests martyred under the Ottoman Empire were beatified in Lebanon over the weekend. Father Leonard Melki and Father Thomas Saleh were Capuchin ...

By Courtney Mares Vatican City, Oct 28, 2020 / 13:00 pm Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of nine men and women, including two Lebanese priests martyred under the Ottoman Empire.