ANKARA, Turkey - Neslisah Osmanoglu, an Ottoman princess who married an Egyptian prince and was twice forced into exile when both royal households were abolished, has died. She was 91. Neslisah Sultan ...

On a hot and humid day in 1884 on the grounds of Yildiz Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, New York congressman Abram Hewitt was sightseeing when his young son fainted. His son was taken to a nearby ...

The annual discussions over religious and civic matters were held in the presence of Ottoman sultans for over a century until the practice was scrapped with the end of the Caliphate in 1924. One of ...

The election was pitched by the opposition as the last stand for Turkish democracy. Many neutral observers have critiqued Erdogan as an autocrat who had massively deviated from modern Turkiye's ...

A portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, known as Fatih Sultan Mehmet in Turkish, will be put up for auction in London on June 25. Thought to be drawn by Italian painter Gentile Bellini in 1480, it is ...

The wife of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday hailed the harem of the Ottoman sultans as "a school for preparing women for life". Emine Erdogan's comments come a day after the ...

He also placed great importance on sports. The three biggest clubs in Turkish football -- Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, and Besiktas -- were all founded during his reign. Wednesday marks the 103rd ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A steamy television period drama about a 16th century sultan has angered conservative Muslims in Turkey and sparked a debate over the portrayal of the past in a country ...