Had Ertugrul Osman, the exiled heir to the Ottoman throne, attended his own funeral this week, he would have been amused at the incongruity of the crowd. In one corner were a couple of old friends ...

Ertugrul Osman, who has died aged 97, should, technically speaking, have been addressed as His Imperial Highness Prince Ertugrul Osman Efendi. 27 September 2009 • 5:22pm Had events been otherwise his ...

Film set experience takes fans on a magical trip through the early days of the Ottomans Also In This Package Istanbul: Stepping into a treasure trove of history Istanbul: A cruise through the ...

The resonant sounds of The Newberry Consort filled the halls of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston and transported the audience across centuries of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday. The Newberry ...

Among the precious memorabilia exhibited from July to October last year in the exhibition Valletta and the Dominicans: A Common Journey at the Dominican priory in Valletta, there was a simple chalice ...

The executioners of the Ottoman Empire were never noted for their mercy; just ask the teenage Sultan Osman II, who in May 1622 suffered an excruciating death by “compression of the testicles”–as ...

The last of the six-part lecture series on Archaeology and Heritage Conservation saw Professor Dr Edhem Eldem, Boaziçi University, talk on Osman Hamdi Bey: An Ottoman Archaeologist, to a keen audience ...