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The story of the Sultanate of Women continues with Safiye Sultan. This captivating era in Ottoman history started around 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life - ...
The story of the Sultanate of Women continues with Nurbanu Sultan. This captivating era in Ottoman history started around 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life – ...
The Sultanate of Women represents a fascinating period that began around 1533, when Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent married Hurrem Sultan. It concluded with the death of Turhan Hatice Sultan ...
The Sultanate of Women represents a fascinating period in Ottoman history. It began around 1533, when Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent married Hurrem Sultan. It concluded with the death of ...
Despite the fact that I've been to Istanbul many times in the past, I went to see the Balat neighbourhood for the first time in June of this year. I did go to see the Yavuz Sultan Selim and ...
I didn't know anything about Yedikule Fortress before I went to see it. In fact, I've never heard of it despite the fact that I've been to Istanbul many times in the past. I went there ...
When we talk about the Byzantine heritage in modern-day Istanbul, certainly magnificent Hagia Sophia immediately comes to mind. But there are also former Christian Orthodox churches that you ...
I went to Istanbul after nearly 5 years. It was the most obvious destination that I could choose after a hiatus in my travel. I spent 5 weeks in Turkey in 2019, Istanbul was my first stop at ...
I wrote about the crypt of the Saint Sava church for the first time in 2018. The crypt was its only finished part and was open for visits. I updated that post in 2020, while I stayed in ...
When I saw a building in the main photo of this post, I asked myself: "Is this Belgrade"? Well, it is. Undoubtedly, it's one of the most recognisable buildings in the city centre that ...
