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The tiles were on a panel by the tomb of Ottoman Sultan Selim II in the garden of the Hagia Sophia.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
It became a vibrant crossroads under the Ottoman Empire, said Artega, 55, and its population grew to around 25,000 as a construction boom took off.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 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
“We would like to be civil servants, soldiers, prosecutors…just like we were in Ottoman times.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025
Also on the list are the punitive armies of Rome, the fecklessness of Byzantium, Ottoman indifference, and British gunboats.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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