On November 10, 1938, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the country's first president, passed away at his main residence in Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace. On November 21, his official funeral took place in the Turkish capital of Ankara, with dignitaries from 17 different countries in presence. Until the fifteenth anniversary of his passing on November 10, 1953,…
Read moreOn this day, 21 September 1842 CE, the 34th Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II was born in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), he ruled the empire from 1876 to 1909, whose autocratic rule climaxed the Tanzimat (Reorganization) reform movement. He adopted a pan-Islamist policy in opposition to Western intervention in Ottoman affairs. His political and social a…
Read moreOn May 29, 1453, the Ottoman Army, led by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, seized Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Ottomans established an empire and one of the most powerful empires as a result of this conquest, and the Eastern Roman Empire fell and the Constantinople city became an Islamic city (in Turkish-Istanbul). Following the …
Read moreBarbarossa Kapudan Pasha Barbarossa is a term of the Greek language which means “Red Beard” brothers. Hayreddin went through many names during their lifetime; Khizir, Hayreddin Pasha, “The Pirates of Algiers,” and the “King of the Sea”. The Barbarossa brothers, both Oruc (Aruj) and Hayreddin (Khair ad-din), were the most famous and successful corsairs o…
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