Sultan Abdulhamid II

An exhibition titled "Elisa Zonaro's Istanbul," showcasing the works of photographer Elisa Zonaro — the wife of renowned Ottoman-era palace painter Fausto Zonaro — has opened at Istanbul's Kazlıçeşme Sanat.

The restoration work on a remarkable dressing gown believed to have belonged to Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II has been completed at the Istanbul Beylerbeyi Sabancı Technical School.

The restoration of two iconic Ottoman-era mansions, the Fehime Sultan and Hatice Sultan mansions, also known as Sultan Palaces, located in Ortaköy along the Bosphorus, has been successfully completed.

The palaces, which are considered architectural gems of Istanbul, underwent an extensive restoration process to preserve their historical significance and grandeur.

Rumi was a man weighing between 60 and 63 kilos, with a height of 160 and 165 centimeters, the head of the Rumi Museum in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has said.

Naci Bakırcı highlighted that he has come to this conclusion after examining Rumi's 19 clothes in the museum's inventory and some 18th-century drawings.

Commemorated on the 57th anniversary of her passing on Jan. 9, 1964, Halide Edip Adıvar was a literary giant as the author of the first war novel in Turkish literature, as well as one of Anadolu Agency's founders.

Turkey's 128-year-old chinaware factory, Yıldız Tile Imperial Factory, continues to promote Turkish porcelain with its crescent and moon emblem, since its establishment under Sultan Abdulhamid II's reign in 1891.

Turkey has taken on the task to renovate a train station in Lebanon's Tripoli, located on the Hejaz Railway, which was built by Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II between 1900 and 1908.

July 24 used to be celebrated by Turkish journalists as the anniversary of the abolishment of official press censorship in Turkey.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Özgür Özel has rebuked Nilhan Osmanoğlu, one of the descendants of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II, after she showed her support for the presidential system. 

Where does Turkey's history of modern museums start? If we exempt the works sold from the Ottoman palaces, it can be said that the Hagia İrene Church within Istanbul's Topkapı Palace was the first place where it started.

Classic collections did exist previously. Starting from 1846, instructions were issued to look for historic works. Some archeologists were given licenses.