ANKARA, Aug 8 (KUNA) -- The Ottoman Archives, a museum located in the city of Istanbul, is a valuable monument documenting the history of the Ottoman Empire. The facility contains documents depicting ...

All current historical renovation-restoration efforts account to the reinvention of a neo-Ottoman eclectic style," said Edhem Eldem, history professor at Boğaziçi University. "A new gigantic ...

Turkey celebrated on Friday the 567th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, dubbed as the start of a new era. Istanbul, an international city, was besieged 28 times throughout history before its ...

"One day, Constantinople will be conquered. How wonderful and blessed are the commander of its conquest and his soldiers…" These words were reportedly spoken by the Prophet Muhammad to encourage ...

Istanbul isn’t simply a city — it’s a tapestry of empires, religions and civilisations, layered so densely that walking its streets can feel like crossing continents or centuries in a matter of ...

BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer Aug 14, 2005 Aug 14, 2005 0 Istanbul. The very name sounds foreign, exotic. It is a city astride two continents -- Europe and Asia -- and has been a bridge between ...

ISTANBUL – ISTANBUL (AP) — It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the ...

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