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 newly unveiled 'Ottoman Historical Literature' catalogs thousands of historical works and manuscripts from across the ...

Thinking about getting a Middle Eastern Studies degree? Mehmet Durmaz, a master's student at Harvard is here to tell you why ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On my last visit to Istanbul, while passing along the Golden Horn in bright autumnal light, I came across a ...

One of the greatest empires in history, the Ottomans reigned for more than 600 years before crumbling on the battlefields of World War I. The tughra (insignia) of the 16th-century Ottoman emperor ...

A historian of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Itzkowitz transferred to emeritus status in 2001 after 42 years on the faculty. Itzkowitz’s scholarship covered a range of topics and periods in ...

The Saudi Ministry of Education has recently announced some modifications in parts of the social studies and citizenship subjects including the subjects addressing the Ottoman Empire and its ...

For centuries, the Ottoman Empire and Persia clashed over territory, influence, and religion but despite their power, the ...

This course is available on the MA in Asian and International History (LSE and NUS), MA in Modern History, MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation, MSc in History of International Relations, MSc ...

For over 300 years, the closely-guarded secrets of the Ottoman Empire's luminous tilework was lost, but its rediscovery has ...