New Fossil Ape Challenges Human Origins: Türkiye’s Anadoluvius turkae
New Fossil Ape Challenges Human Origins: Türkiye’s Anadoluvius turkae
Ancient Turkey
Ancient Turkey
The Illustrious Saga of Lost Family Blue Diamond: A Timeless Tale
The allure of lost treasures has captivated human imagination throughout history. These tales are often shrouded in mystery and intrigue, leaving us enchanted by the possibilities of what may have transpired. One such enigmatic saga is that of the Lost Family Blue Diamond, a timeless tale that spans generations and continents. Passed down through …
The Illustrious Saga of Lost Family Blue Diamond: A Timeless Tale Read More »
Sultan Selim III
Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: سليم ثالث, Selim; 24 December 1761 – 28 July 1808) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. Regarded as an enlightened ruler, the Janissaries eventually deposed and imprisoned him, and placed his cousin Mustafa on the throne as Mustafa IV. Selim was subsequently killed by a group of …
Sultan Mehmed IV the Hunter
Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع) also known as Mehmed the Hunter, was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687. He came to the throne at the age of six after his father was overthrown in a coup. Mehmed went on to become the second longest reigning sultan in Ottoman history after Suleiman the Magnificent. While the initial and final years of …
Sultan Osman Gazi
Osman I or Osman Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Perhaps it is the scarcity of information about the life of the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that makes it all the more intriguing. Historians …
Sultan Bayezid the Thunderbolt
The fourth ruler of the Ottoman throne was Sultan Bayezid I, the son of Sultan Murad I. Sultan Bayezid I was born in 1360, the year his father ascended the throne. Bayezid means “Father of Yazid,” which is the nickname of Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, also known as Muawiya I, one of the companions (sahaba) …
Ancient female figurine found in Türkiye’s Izmir
Aclay statuette of a female figure dating back 7,800 years was unearthed during the Ulucak Mound excavation in the Kemalpaşa district of the western province of Izmir. Professor Özlem Çevik from the Department of Protohistory and Pre-Asian Archeology at Trakya University’s Faculty of Letters, who is leading the excavations in Ulucak, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that …
Ancient female figurine found in Türkiye’s Izmir Read More »
Sultan Abdülhamid II
Born in 1842, Sultan Abdülhamid II was the son of Sultan Abdülmecid and Tîrimüjgan Kadınefendi. When he was 10 years old, his mother of Circassian descent died of tuberculosis. He received a good education and training from distinguished teachers in the palace. During the reign of his father and uncle, he lived a comfortable and …
Sultan Murad V
Sultan Murad V was the eldest son of Sultan Abdülmecid. He was born to Şevkefza Kadınefendi in 1842. He received a good education from the famous teachers of the time. He traveled with his father to Thessaloniki and Aegean islands . His brother, Sultan Vahideddin once said, “We were eight brothers; the most valuable among …
Ottomans inspired smallpox vaccine
Praise and credit in science often go to those who popularized an invention, not to those who invented the idea first. In 1840, Warren de la Rue created one of the first electric light bulbs in human history as he placed within a vacuum tube a platinum coil and glided an electric current through it, …