Turkey opened a third bridge connecting Istanbul’s Asian and European sides on Friday. The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge stretches across the Bosphorus Strait, which flows between the two continents. The ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Ian Morris GOD’S SHADOW Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World By ...

With the Commodore’s pennant fluttering from her yardarm, her khaki sides glistening with new paint, the Yawuz Sultan Selim, flagship and only battle cruiser of the Turkish Navy, steamed into the ...

In this revelatory and wide-ranging account, Yale historian Mikhail (Under Osman’s Tree) recreates the life of Sultan Selim I (1470–1520) and makes a convincing case for the outsize impact of the ...

The historic mosque in Istanbul’s Fatih stands as an important early example of classical Ottoman mosque architecture with its centrally domed design ...

Most Americans don’t know that their morning cup of coffee connects them to the Ottoman Empire. Few are aware that this bygone Muslim state helped to birth Protestantism, America’s dominant form of ...