Had Ertugrul Osman, the exiled heir to the Ottoman throne, attended his own funeral this week, he would have been amused at the incongruity of the crowd. In one corner were a couple of old friends ...

Ertugrul Osman, who has died aged 97, should, technically speaking, have been addressed as His Imperial Highness Prince Ertugrul Osman Efendi. 27 September 2009 • 5:22pm Had events been otherwise his ...

There is a building on Lexington Avenue in the 70s that’s easy to ignore. Its facade is three stories of rain-streaked beige in a sea of taller apartment blocks and tonier shopfronts. A slate-grey ...

Film set experience takes fans on a magical trip through the early days of the Ottomans Also In This Package Istanbul: Stepping into a treasure trove of history Istanbul: A cruise through the ...

The executioners of the Ottoman Empire were never noted for their mercy; just ask the teenage Sultan Osman II, who in May 1622 suffered an excruciating death by “compression of the testicles”–as ...

Though accomplished as a painter, looking back on Osman Hamdi Bey as just an artist would be to hugely underappreciate his remarkable achievements in other fields. Born in 1842 to the Ottoman ...

Turkish TV star Burak Ozcivit talks about his role as Osman Bey and how it changed him Also In This Package Kurulus Osman: Reliving the Ottoman TV saga in Istanbul Istanbul: Stepping into a treasure ...

ALBAWABA - TRT 1’s historical epic Kuruluş Orhan impressed viewers as Mert Yazıcıoğlu delivered a powerful debut.Fans gave ...