Ottoman reinforcements under Riza Pasha were repeatedly ambushed by the rebels. Turkish morale collapsed. Some of the Arabs in the Ottoman army turned out to be sympathetic to the Zaidi rebels ...

In 1565, the mighty Ottoman Empire launched a massive siege against the tiny island of Malta expecting a swift victory. But ...

The Ottomans were hated here and throughout the Arabic-speaking Middle East, not only by the regional minorities (Christians, Jews, Shia, etc.) but also by their Sunni Arab coreligionists.

Ottoman Ghosts Caroline Finkel’s new book, Osman’s Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire. Daniel Lazare. Share. Copy Link. Facebook. X (Twitter) Bluesky. Pocket.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only really be compared to the Roman Empire, which it replaced when it ...

The Ottomans were defeated decisively after launching their second assault against Vienna in 1683. By the end of the century, they had signed a peace treaty with a coalition of their European ...

The mass killing of Armenians by Ottomans is said by some to have been the 20th century’s first genocide. View eight things to know about this event.