In 1432 Bertrandon was sent off on an extraordinary journey across the Ottoman Empire. He left behind a detailed book containing his observations on the politics and customs of the places he visited.

A new study reveals how the Greek Revolution reshaped the Ottoman Empire's governance and deepened surveillance of non-Muslim ...

Ottoman Empire by Train (Channel 4 ... Roberts was effusive about Adana’s medieval history, but there was no wow factor to ...

As a result, the Ottoman Empire’s minorities—particularly ... who remembered it as the site of numerous clashes between the medieval Bulgarians and Byzantines as well a great Bulgarian victory ...