Marble panels of Hagia Sophia have all been made with beautiful marble brought from different parts...

Ottoman sultans founded the Imperial Council in order to institutionalise the ruling system. It was named...

How to use credit cards in Turkey? Which cards are acceptable? How about tipping at restaurants...

When they came to Anatolia from the 11th century onwards, Turks brought their language with themselves...

Turks introduced coffee into the western world, that’s why it is called Turkish coffee. Coffee is...

It was the Turks who introduced coffee into the western world. Coffee is not grown in...

It was the Turks who introduced coffee into the western world. During the siege of Vienna,...

The iconic image of Christ Pantocrator was one of the first images of Christ developed in...

In the Ottoman Period, many Ottoman Sultans, to make their names memorable built mosques in their...

Before electric bulbs were introduced, oil candles were commonly used in the Ottoman times.