From a Persian prince to the American “jeweler to the stars,” the world’s largest cut blue diamond has a lengthy history.

ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and ...

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Following defeat in World War I, it was formally abolished in 1922. More than a dozen independent countries emerged from territories the Ottoman sultans once ruled.

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There are plenty of palaces and pavilions dotted along the Bosphorus Strait that are open for visitors to explore—from the sprawling former residences of Ottoman Sultans to the last home of ...

Since the 15th century, Greece had been ruled by the Ottoman Empire, whose troops had converted the Acropolis into a garrison, and whose sultan, Mehmed II, had turned the Parthenon itself into a ...

A son was born to Yakup, a converted Muslim Sipahi, and his Greek wife in the late 15th century in the village of Palaiokipos on Lesbos. This bicultural child, named Khizr, grew up with three brothers ...

Built in 1656 by an Ottoman sultan's mother, the Ottoman fortress of Seddülbahir was severely damaged by the Allied Forces during the Gallipoli battles of World War One. The restoration project ...

Historic Islamic artifacts, including an Ottoman edict and Qur'anic manuscripts, are on display at the Islamic Arts Biennale.