Ottoman dynasty

Several people, including Native Americans, have emerged claiming to be legal inheritors of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II. 

Historian Erhan Afyoncu?s new book on the Tomb of Süleyman Shah has just been released. The book, which is published by the Üsküdar Municipality?s press department, was introduced to the public on March 11.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has criticized the government over the recent evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman ?ah within Syrian territory, describing it as an ?abandonment.?

The name of the first Ottoman diplomat in the Horn of Africa is Ahmet Mazhar Bey, who was appointed as consul general to the Ethiopian city of Harar in 1910s. He was shot dead by colonialists in Djibouti.

The last governor was Burhan Bey, who stayed at this Ottoman province until the French arrived in the 1880s.

As Turkey is embroiled in troubles emanating from the civil war in neighbor Syria on the 91st anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Republic, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used the occasion to issue a message in support of soldiers defending the 700-year-old tomb of Suleyman Shah, a Turkish enclave in northern Syria.

Cem Garipoğlu, who was serving a 24-year jail sentence for murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend in a case that made national headlines, was found dead in his cell in an apparent suicide

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to unite people. That is exactly what happened when the Ottoman good-will frigate Ertuğrul met a typhoon, only to be saved by the Japanese, uniting the two civilizations in a fraternal embrace from that point forward

Turkey’s flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) is renovating two waterfront Ottoman houses to establish a seven-star hotel along the Bosphorus to host its most distinguished passengers as part of efforts to consolidate Istanbul’s position as a flight hub.

Turkey’s flagship carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) is renovating two waterfront Ottoman houses to establish a seven-star hotel along the Bosphorus to host its most distinguished passengers as part of efforts to consolidate Istanbul’s position as a flight hub.

Istanbul’s Okmeydanı neighborhood has recently become synonymous for battles between police and leftists in contemporary Turkey, but it was once the favorite place for the Ottomans to practice their target skills Once upon a time many centuries ago, the hills and slopes of the area known today as Okmeydanı were covered in trees, bushes and meadows.