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Safiye Sultan
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Safiye Sultan

The story of Sultanate of Women continues with Safiye Sultan. This fascinating period of time in Ottoman history started in approximately 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life – Hurrem Sultan. It ended with the death of Turhan Hatice Sultan in 1683.



WHAT IS SULTANATE OF WOMEN?

It was the time when wives and mothers of sultans ruled ...
Nurbanu Sultan
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Nurbanu Sultan

The story of Sultanate of Women continues with Nurbanu Sultan. This fascinating period of time in Ottoman history started in approximately 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life – Hurrem Sultan. It ended with the death of Turhan Hatice Sultan in 1683.



WHAT IS SULTANATE OF WOMEN?

It was the time when wives and mothers of sultans ...
Mihrimah Sultan
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Mihrimah Sultan

The story of Sultanate of Women continues with Mihrimah Sultan. This fascinating period of time in Ottoman history started in approximately 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life - Hurrem Sultan. It ended with the death of Turhan Hatice Sultan in 1683.



WHAT IS SULTANATE OF WOMEN?

It was the time when wives and mothers of sultans ...
Hürrem Sultan
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Hürrem Sultan

Sultanate of Women is a fascinating period of time in Ottoman history. It started in approximately 1533, when Suleiman the Magnificent married the love of his life - Hurrem Sultan. It ended with the death of Turhan Hatice Sultan in 1683.



WHAT IS SULTANATE OF WOMEN?

It was the time when wives and mothers of sultans ruled the empire. From 1566, when Suleiman ...
Tekfur Theodosius Defends Constantinople
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Tekfur Theodosius Defends Constantinople

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 can see in the city, which are all mosques now. However, the Byzantine legacy doesn't end there. The Theodosian Walls protected the city for 1000 years, while the only remaining Byzantine imperial palace is the Tekfur ...
Magnificent Chora
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Magnificent Chora

Imagine a city that was a centre of the Christian Orthodox faith for 1000 years, which then became a centre of the Islamic Caliphate for 400 years. Sultan Selim I conquered Mamluk Egypt in 1517 and claimed a title of the Caliph. Then, try to imagine a Christian Orthodox church with some of the finest late Byzantine mosaics and frescoes that remained untouched by the Ottomans despite the fact that it became ...
Little Hagia Sophia
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Little Hagia Sophia

Do you know that, apart from the famous Byzantine wonder that everyone knows, there is also Little Hagia Sophia? Certainly, I didn't know anything about it, but that's because I never really explored the Byzantine heritage in Istanbul before. It was on the occasion of my latest visit that I decided to see and write about this aspect of the city. Despite the fact that 571 years passed since Constantinople ...
Christ Pantokrator Meets Molla Zeyrek
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Christ Pantokrator Meets Molla Zeyrek

You may ask what the connection between Christ Pantokrator and Molla Zeyrek is? I'm sure that everyone knows who Jesus Christ is. But I think that not many people have heard of Molla Zeyrek. The second biggest surviving Byzantine religious structure in Istanbul, the Christ Pantokrator church, is what connects these two people. That's because this historical building is the Molla Zeyrek mosque now. But ...
Pammakaristos Goes to Fethiye
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Pammakaristos Goes to Fethiye

I am not very lucky with the Pammakaristos Monastery. I went to see this former Byzantine church in 2019. That was when I started my travel around Turkey in Istanbul. I remember that the whole structure was covered in scaffolding. It seemed to me that they had just started major restoration works. I couldn't see anything at all. I went back to Istanbul at the beginning of June this year. Naturally, ...
Byzantine Wonder – Hagia Sophia
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Byzantine Wonder – Hagia Sophia

The last time I visited Hagia Sophia was in 2019, when I travelled around Turkey. I started that particular trip in Istanbul where I stayed for a week, before departing for Bursa. Regardless of the fact that I had already seen this Byzantine wonder many times in the past, I went again. Hagia Sophia was a museum in 2019. The ticket to enter was 6o Turkish liras, which was approximately 10 euros at that ...
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