Tag: Ottoman

Turkish-French artist Sarp Kerem Yavuz loves photographing handsome men. His various bodies of work include sculptural photo-portraits of nude male models adorned with projected imagery of ornate Turkish Bathhouse tiles, sensuous, homoerotic photos of young American men convening in sports locker ro...

I was 19 when I first set eyes on the Golden Horn, the major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosporus in Istanbul, Turkey. It was, without a doubt, love at first sight. Earlier in the day, I had taken a three-hour afternoon boat cruise (about €15) with my family. I witnessed the ...

From 1299 until 1922, the Ottoman Empire was a driving force on the world stage. Rising from the ashes of the Seljuk Empire, the first Ottoman leader Osman I and founder of the dynasty that bore his name, would begin an empire that would go onto challenge European dominance. The Fall of Constanti...

The goal of this piece is to spark a greater commitment to car-free cities by sharing some observations about what two countries facing existential challenges are doing in the transit and micromobility space. At this difficult period in history, it is easy to forget the many ways the quality of u...

From 1299 until 1922, the Ottoman Empire was a driving force on the world stage. Rising from the ashes of the Seljuk Empire, the first Ottoman leader Osman I and founder of the dynasty that bore his name, would begin an empire that would go onto challenge European dominance. The Fall of Constanti...

The Ottoman Turks were determined to conquer both capitals of the Romans, so they tried to reach and conquer Rome, but they didn’t succeed because the Balkan way was blocked by the Habsburgs and the sea way by the Spanish, the Genoese and especially by the Venetians, who at that time were the ...