ottoman
Canakkale
... being 1 of the most necessary essential cities of ceramic production during Ottoman Empire, chest of drawers of 19th century used in the oldest mansions of Canakkale indicating the best samples of wooden ...
Cankiri
... "Gangrea" at that time. The land has witnessed the hegemony of many tribes thereafter, such as Hittites, Pontus, Romans and Byzantines, up to Seljuks and Ottomans, and the traces from its long past stand ...
Carpets and kilims
... which began with the Selcuks continued with the Ottoman Turks. After the Selcuk Turks and before the Ottomans (during the transition period in the 14th century) animal figures began to appear on the rugs. ...
Cesme
... in the 13th century it became part of the Aydinogullari principality, which used Çesme as a naval base. The Ottoman sultan Yildirim Bayezit (1389-1402) captured Çesme, but after this ruler’s ...
1453: Conquest of Constantinople
... routes to Byzantine were taken under control. An agreement was made with Genoese to keep Galata impartial during the war. In April 1453, the first Ottoman frontier forces were seen in front of Istanbul. ...
Banks in Turkey
... Ottoman Empires' financial situation after the Crimean war, the Empire needed external financial support. It was during this period when representatives of several foreign banks came to Istanbul with the ...
Barbarossa
Barbarosa Known to the Turks as Barbaros Hayreddin, he was the greatest, most greatly feared, and most successful of all the Ottoman Naval warriors. Originally from Mytilene, 1 of the Greek Islands, ...
Bartin
... via the Ottoman sultan Yildirim Bayazit in 1392. The wooden Bartin houses display the architectural characteristics of the art movements after the Tanzimat Fermani (Reforms Decree). Temperate Black Sea ...
Batman
... saw numerous dynasties throughout its long history. Experiencing Arab invasion around 700 AD, Batman was later dominated via Seljuks first and then via the Mongolians. It was annexed via the Ottoman Empire ...
Bayburt
... who restored Bayburt Castle which was originally built via Urartus. Between 8th and 9th centuries it constantly changed hands between Emevis and Byzantines, and than finally Seljuks and Ottomans. The ...
Bilecik
... with its mausoleum of Seyh (Sheik) Edebali, who was an necessary essential influential person in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire. Nearby is the mausoleum of Orhan Gazi. Every September a festival ...
Bingol
... between the 15th of July and the 15th of August. The history of the land begins with the Urartians, and continues under the hegemony of the Persians, the Seljuks and then the Ottomans. The remains ...
Bithynia
... out of the Balkans, Caucasus, Crimea, etc. when the Ottoman Empire was stripped of these provinces in the late 19th c. One of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye)'s most densely settled areas, the Bithynian ...
Byzantine Empire
... (Istanbul today), in 330 AD, that the Byzantine Empire really began. It lasted over 1000 years, ending finally in 1453, when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. Christianity ...
Bodrum (Halicarnassus)
... western side of the peninsula and are ideal for swimming, sunbathing and water sports. In Turgutreis, the birthplace of a great Turkish Ottoman admiral of the same name, you will find a monument honoring ...
Bosphorus
... of the old Ottoman wooden houses (called as Yali in Turkish). You can also stay in some of the best hotels or eat in some of the best restaurants along its shores during your stay in this magnificent city. ...
Bursa
... and Hacivat shadow puppets. Because of its being the first Ottoman capital, Bursa is very rich in religious monuments, mosques, and tombs (Turbe), baths. One of the places to be seen in Bursa is the Yesil ...
Taksim
... Istanbul Festival attract lots of spectators. During the late Ottoman period Sultan Mahmut I arranged Taksim as a point where the main water lines from north of Istanbul were collected and branched off ...