Mehmed VI: The Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Mehmed VI, the 36th and last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigned from July, 1918 to November, 1922. His forced renunciation of the monarchy and subsequent exile paved way for...
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Sinan: the Greatest Architect and Civil Engineer of the Ottoman Empire
Sinan, born around 1490 in Ağırnaz, Turkey, was an Ottoman architect and civil engineer famed for designing and building a number of famous buildings of the classical Ottoman era, particularly...
Ottoman Empire: History, Timeline & Major Facts
Fast facts about the Ottoman Empire Name in Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu (“The Ottoman Empire”) or Osmanlı Devleti (“The Ottoman State”) Other names: The Supreme Ottoman State Territories: southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and...
The Islamic World: History, Religion, Caliphates, Expansion, & Islamic Golden Age
It is a well known fact that the Islamic Empire began around the 6th century CE and ended in the early parts of the 20th century when the Ottoman Empire...
12 Major Accomplishments of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881 – 1938) was a Turkish politician, writer and soldier who became the founder and first president of Turkey (1923 – 1938) shortly after the demise of...