April is internationally recognized as Genocide Awareness Month, as the month encompasses several key commemorative dates for ...

The diverse population of the Ottoman Empire was governed through a structure known as the millet system. Rather than ...

Buried beneath Grant Gardens in the British city are the remains of 29 Turkish soldiers. This significant discovery was made ...

Recently unveiled love letters sent by an Ottoman queen to her king shed light on the most famous love story of the era. The letters, released by the presidential archives, were sent by Hurrem Sultan ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The Ottoman Empire, which at the ...

The struggle of the Palestinian people to prove their ownership of lands under Israeli occupation has been taken to a new level thanks to the Ottoman archive. Turkey late last year handed the ...

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 Faux Linen Cube Ottoman comes in ten different colours and provides affordable storage for homes, with shoppers praising ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant. And high in the great tower of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Maybe it’s just me, but ottomans seem to be everywhere at the moment, often used as coffee tables. Where can ...