In one framing device, Ottoman history IS military history, or rather, the history of the Ottomans is the history of their military class. The basic division of Ottoman society into reaya and askeri ...
The 2026 Greek History and Culture Seminars continue with a lecture by historian Dilek Özkan Pantzis examining Ottoman ...
The Ottoman Empire entered World War I already weakened, and the pressure quickly turned into military disaster. Bad ...
Turkey’s defense industry is the strongest in the Middle East, fueling Turkish leaders’ push to achieve the regional dominance once held by the Ottoman Empire. In the 1950s, “Bearded” Celal, a ...