If we look around places ruled by the Ottoman Empire we could see a number of buildings named for Sokollu Mehmed Pasha. But the thing...
Tomris Hatun is the Queen of Saka who lived in the 6th century BC. The first Turkish woman ruler. Tomris Hatun has worked to...
The Turkish Presidential seal is composed of a sun (16 points/rays) surrounded by 16 stars. The sun represents the present Turkish Republic and the stars...
Takiyüddin Efendi, a Turkish (Ottoman) astronomer and mathematician. According to S. Tekeli writing for Türk Ansiklopedisi, he was born in Cairo in 1526 as the...
The five-button tower in Germany / Kaufbeuren is a defensive tower in the city wall of Kaufbeuren and at the same time the symbol of...
Before going to sleep, Osman performed Salat and offered the following Dua (prayer) to Allah, before retiring for the night: Oh, my Rabb! ...
ASHAB AL KAHF – People of Cave or Seven Sleepers, is a show cave situated to the north of Tarsus, an district in Mersin Province,...
The first encounters can be traced back to the early sixteenth century when the Portuguese dominated maritime trade across the Indian Ocean. The Portuguese naval...
Mehmetçik ‘Little Mehmet’ was an affectionate Turkish nickname for Ottoman (Turkish) soldiers. The term played on the fact that Mehmet itself a respectful contraction of...
An exclusively male headdress, both men and women wore turbans. According to legend, the turban was worn by the prophet Muhammad (SAW) himself, and the...