For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running ...

Last year, the 500-year-old Zeyrek Cinili Hammam -- built during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent by the celebrated ...

The restoration of Istanbul's hammams, like the Zeyrek Cinili, revives a rich bathing culture that symbolizes cleanliness and ...

Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha requested a clean copy of his book, the “Kitab-ı Bahriye,” which Piri Reis completed in 1521 to be presented to Sultan Suleiman ... the Ottoman Empire's maritime ...

The book builds a vivid world of the Ottoman Empire, its palaces and politics, its bazaars and its craftsmen and the rude Europeans constantly knocking on its doors and shores. In Samarqand ...

Hammams, once a central part of Ottoman social life, continue to draw visitors to Istanbul, where they blend traditional ...

Last year, the 500-year-old Zeyrek Cinili Hammam -- built during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent by the celebrated ... entrance," archaeologist Gurol Tali told AFP. During the Ottoman empire, ...

The Ottoman expedition to Aceh started from around 1565 when the Ottoman Empire endeavoured to support the Aceh Sultanate ... Acehnese Sultan Alauddin Riayat Syah al-Kahhar (1539–71) to Suleiman the ...

(Photo: Kurdistan 24) Its construction dates back to the Emirate of Soran, specifically during the 16th Century reign of Prince Mir Suleiman, who ruled the area as part of the Ottoman Empire. The ...

Suleiman's army killed Canberdi Gazali near Damascus on 27 January 1521. [1] 2 1523–1524 Egypt Revolt by the so-called the Sultan of Egypt Hain Ahmed Pasha. [1] 3 1526–1528 Anatolia Disturbances in ...