Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who was commemorated on the 542nd anniversary of his passing on Wednesday, is among the greatest leaders of history as a military genius, great statesman, and ...

Rise of Empires: Ottoman Season 2 picks up eight years after the conquest of Constantinople with Sultan Mehmed II at the height of his power. However, a new threat emerges in the form of Vlad the ...

Netflix has ordered 'Ottoman Rising,' a six-episode limited series that will chronicle the rise of Ottoman ruler Mehmed II. By Rick Porter Netflix has ordered Ottoman Rising, a six-episode limited ...

Turkey celebrated on Friday the 567th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, dubbed as the start of a new era. Istanbul, an international city, was besieged 28 times throughout history before its ...

Relive the dramatic fall of Constantinople in 1453, the siege that ended the Byzantine Empire and reshaped world history. This video explores the Ottoman assault led by Sultan Mehmed II, the massive ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

Through Google Earth’s lens, we retrace the dramatic Fall of Constantinople in 1453. In just one minute, we chart the city’s imposing walls, the Ottoman siege led by Mehmed II, and the moment the ...

EXCLUSIVE: STXtv has sold docu-drama series Rise of Empires: Ottoman to Youku for China, Viasat World for Central & Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Baltics, Russia and CIS, and SIC for Portugal. The ...

AB: Some Turkish scholars argue that the Jihad call wasn't targeting the non-Muslim citizens of the Ottoman Empire. But what ...

Western depictions of the Ottoman Empire range from terrible foe to exotic paradise. Alastair Sooke examines what was perceived as ‘the horror of the orient’ – and how artists got over it. On 29 May ...