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...
