Thanks to a popular Turkish television series beamed around the world, this once-forgotten town is experiencing a tourism boom.
Sultan Mehmed II was just 21 years old when he defeated the Byzantine Empire, strengthening the Ottoman state to the point where it would reign over multiple regions across three continents for ...
Once upon a time, the Ottoman Empire was the world’s leading superpower. It held sway from the gates of Vienna, to which it laid siege in 1529, all the way across the Balkans, Crimea, Anatolia and ...