Yahya Efendi, whose mother is Afife Hatun and father is ami Omer Efendi, a member of Ilmiye, was born in Trabzon in 1495. He was one of the leading intellectuals of XVI. century Ottoman society. As his mother was also the ...

An honour killing that took place in Ottoman Aintab at the end of the 16th century is examined in this paper. As it seems the qadi (kadi) of Aintab did not punish the murderer at all. What underpins the qadi's decision is ...

Although the Ottoman government tried to solve the above mentioned problems with its technological possibilities, it had not been successful enough, lagged behind the European countries especially after the 18th century.

Armenians who had used terrorism in order to gain their independence since the second half of the 19th century continued this policy during the World War I and also after the war. When they began terrorism activities again ...

This article first explores the above issues and then shows how the majority of tenants, most of who were wage earners, founded an association to oppose the rent increases. Soon after the landlords found their own association. ...

Seyyid All Sultan, commonly known as Kizildeli Sultan, was a dervish/ghazi warrior, who, during the early years of the Ottoman principality, played an important role in the Turkification and Islamization of Rumeli (Thrace). ...