DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL The Ottoman palace features a huge garden with an ornamental pool and various types of trees as well as a second garden with 27 different corridors that have a cooling effect on hot summer days. The Palace of Ahmet Bey in Constantine, Algeria stands as a […]
Dec 19th 2015 | ISTANBUL Source: Economist ORHAN OSMANOGLU cradles a French handkerchief embossed with the letter H. “This is all I have left that’s my great-great-grandfather’s, the caliph’s,” he […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL PublishedMay 26, 2015 Organized by Medyadoktoru Productions with the support of the Prime Ministry Promotion Fund, the “Şehr-i Medeniyet Istanbul” (Istanbul: The City of Civilization) fashion show, which introduces modern interpretations of Ottoman-era daily attire, is being held today at the Hilton Garden Inn in Istanbul. Fashion […]
by Michael Jansen, The Jordan Times. Jun 04,2015 – When voters in Turkey’s 81 provinces cast their votes in 175,000 ballot boxes in 970 districts in the June 7 parliamentary election, they could decide the fate of democracy in their country. If they give the ruling Justice and Development Party […]
Source: Lost Islamic History Much like previous Muslim Empires, the Ottomans showed great toleration and acceptance of non-Muslim communities in their empire. This is based on existing Muslim laws regarding […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS ANKARA, Turkey: , an Ottoman princess who married an Egyptian prince and was twice forced into exile when both royal households were abolished, has died. She […]
Dutch ship flying Ottoman flags. Impression by Arie Zuidhoek. By Abdul Haq Compier Source: Alislam-eGazette January 2010 Prince William of Orange ruled the Netherlands in name of the Spanish king Philip II, but experienced moral difficulty in the execution of the persecution laws. Orange appealed many a time to Philip […]
Silver crescents worn by the Dutch from 1566 to 1574, reading ‘Rather Turk than Pope’ (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam). We move now to the Netherlands, where the Protestant movement endured persecution under the successor to Charles V, king Philip II of Spain. Prince William of Orange ruled the Netherlands in name of the […]