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 ...

This video explores the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the lens of the First Balkan War. It examines the complex ...

‘The Ottomans: A Cultural Legacy’ and ‘The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire’ expand on histories too often dismissed as mere footnotes A century after its demise, the Ottoman Empire may seem like a ...

For centuries empires were the dominant form of political organisation. In the west there is some degree of familiarity with the British, French and German empires, and the empires of Spain and ...

In the past few weeks, a conflict between Ankara and Baghdad over Turkey’s role in the liberation of Mosul has precipitated an alarming burst of Turkish irredentism. On two separate occasions, ...

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