Initial attempts to reach the city were repelled but the Ottomans prevailed and the emperor Constantine XI was killed in the ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

This ambitious cross-cultural exhibition examines the complex links between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire ...

A new show illuminates the rich artistic wonders that arose out of the 400 years of commerce between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire ...

Following its defeat in World War I, the sultanate of the Ottoman Empire was abolished in 1922 ... they felt knowing that when Constantinople fell to the Ottomans on May 29, 1453, it meant the end of ...

Wars have shaped history for centuries, with some lasting generations, redefining borders, cultures, and power struggles that still echo today.

Unofficially though, the revolution of the Hellenes against the Ottoman Turks started one day after ... as represented by the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantine Empire, in 1453, fell to the ...

This era of subjugation followed the decline of the Byzantine Empire, which had governed Greece and much of the eastern Mediterranean for over a millennium. The Ottoman advance into Greece gained ...

This animated documentary series traces the dramatic rise of the Ottoman Empire, from its origins as a small Turkic beylik to its conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Covering major battles like ...

The Ottoman victory at Gallipoli not only prevented the fall of Istanbul but also boosted the morale of the empire, proving that strategic intelligence and determination could overcome superior ...