Istanbul

In the year 1453, the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and renamed the city Istanbul. This marked the beginning of the conversion of the Christian church into a mosque. After soldiers plundered the basilica, Sultan Mehmed II immediately started reconstruction and rededicated the magnificent building to Allah, “proclaiming that it…

Ottoman expansion was crucial to it's survival were friction showered. Battles outbursting of violence between monarchs over territory. Christians and Jews fought for them, a lot of taking was going on in other places. They traveled to the Muslim World selling guns. It was two battles that beginning of the end of the Ottoman hegemony, the Battle of Vienna and the Battle of Lepanto. Upon entering Europeans entering the Ottomans economy they upset the delicate stability of the Ottoman system of…

The sacred space I chose is the Fatih Mosque, it also famous as Conqueror’s Mosque. It is one of the world most important and creative monuments of architectural history in Istanbul, where the East meets the West. Fatih Mosque was constructed between 1463 and 1470 A.D by Sultan Muhammad Al Fatih, who conquered Constantinople in 145. It built on the site of the Church of Holy Apostles. When Sultan Muhammad conquered Constantinople, he ordered his armies to apply the orders of Islam and not to…

Carmen Garcia Ms. Treesara / Mr.Bilsky World History / Composition II 5 June 2016 Genocide Essay Talat Pasha once said, “The only way to dispose of the Armenian question is to kill the Armenian.” Those who agreed with Talat statement were obsessed with the idea of exterminating all the Armenian people. The Turkey genocide should be considered a genocide because it followed the 10 stages of genocide. The genocide was between the Turkish and the Armenians.…

of us. Therefore it is imperative to discuss issue of feminism in literary texts as it not only critiques a society, but also aid in its gradual reform. For this reason, this essay will entail the issue of feminism in Elif Shafak’s “The Bastard of Istanbul.”…

agriculture was very improved. Our family was also farming animals and working in agriculture industry so the election helped us. Our family was living in the east part of Turkey and after the selections our family moved to west part of Turkey, İstanbul. After they moved, they started trading for a living. They moved to a city called Şişli. After that, farming kind of ceased and industry was improved. During Korean War, Turkey contributed to the UN (United Nations forces), and joined NATO in…

The Republic of Turkey is a vibrant and prominent destination for an expatriate which rewards the individual making the move with surprisingly enhanced traveling experience. Located in the Southeast of Europe and Northeast of the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey is an independent country of the continent of Western Asia. The country is surrounded by three different seas namely the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea. The country is considered to be the primary bridge to the Western and…

ABSTRACT In the English Renaissance period, many plays are composed which refer to Ottoman Turk. Plays about Ottoman Turks and Turkish history has originated from information and rumors of European sailors and merchants who were captured by Ottoman Empire. When this flow of information merged with document and trace file, English people began to obtain information about Ottoman and they became more interested in play about Ottoman Turks. According to examination of plays written in Renaissance…

The Ottoman empire was first found in the thirteen hundreds. The empire stretches much further back, but it was under the leadership of Osman that this great empire succeeded in moving out from its territory in northwestern Anatolia and started conquering and taking over other territories. The first main victory took place in the Balkans, and these conquests led them to return to western Anatolia flush with money and men. In the middle of the fifteenth century they had already took some…

The Ottoman Empire was one of the biggest, wealthiest and longest Turkish Muslim domains ever. With Constantinople as its capital city, it turned into the focal point of exchange between the eastern and western world. Constantinople was amidst the dark and Mediterranean Sea so they found themselves able to control the exchange courses and particularly the Silk Road. By the sixteenth century, the grounds under Ottoman guideline extended from focal Europe to the deserts of the Arabia. The…