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Turkey is now seeking the repatriation of other antiquities taken during the Ottoman era: an ancient marble torso called the "Old Fisherman" from Berlin, and dozens of Iznik tiles held at France's Louvre museum.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
It was originally bought by Khalil Sherif Pasha, widely known as Khalil-Bey, an Ottoman statesman and diplomat posted in Paris and then Vienna.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
A century of European diplomacy struggled and mostly failed to contain the tensions and wars that broke up the Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires into dozens of successor states.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
Most were casualties of the Mesopotamian Campaign during World War One, when British and Commonwealth troops fought the Ottoman empire.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
A thousand feet below lay the old Ottoman capital of Bursa, like a backgammon board spread out across the valley’s green felt.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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