“Yemen was, in the years prior to World War I, the ‘Vietnam’ of the Ottoman Empire, but not that of Egypt. In… — Fred Halliday Copy Share Image
“At the same time Beyazid II, the eighth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issued an invitation to the 250,000 Jews banished by… — Ayşe Kulin Copy Share Image
When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio? — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
“At the start of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was often described as a dwindling power, mired by administrative corruption, using… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Take it from someone who's read the Wikipedia entry: this is how the Ottoman Empire was won: madden horsemen fueled by lethal… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
“For the first time, the Ottoman Empire was forced to recognize the full independence of a nation, not because of a war… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
The 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S. and coalition partners stands as one of the greatest blunders in American history. The Islamic… — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
Celebrating historic triumphs is a favorite pastime for many Turks. Tales of how Turkic peoples emerged from Central Asia, crossed the steppes… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“The appearance of the mountain changes, according to when in the day you beheld it and which side you approached it from.… — Rehan Khan Copy Share Image
We join Armenians around the world as we remember the terrible massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
“Voltaire also keenly endorsed Catherine of Russia’s plan to ‘preach tolerance with bayonets at the end of their rifles’ in Poland. Exhorting… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“Absolutism reigned not just in much of Europe but also in Asia, and similarly prevented industrialization during the critical juncture created by… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Across the city, people quoted a prophecy the Arabs used to tell to glorify the Ottoman Empire: the Turks would leave Palestine… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
We see people in the Middle East begin to have dreams of new Ottoman Empire where everyone will be subjected to some… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
“During the same time, it was faced with the first series of wars with Russia, as the new Tsar, Peter the Great… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
When Teddy Roosevelt was around, there was an Ottoman Empire. There was a Habsburg empire. They controlled millions of people across Africa,… — Todd G. Buchholz Copy Share Image
With his decision to use force against the violent extremists of the Islamic State, President Obama ... is stepping once again -… — Hisham Melhem Copy Share Image
In 1491 the Inka ruled the greatest empire on earth. Bigger than Ming Dynasty China, bigger than Ivan the Great’s expanding Russia,… — Charles C. Mann Copy Share Image
“All questions of right to one side, I have never been able to banish the queasy inner suspicion that Israel just did… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Absolutism reigned not just in much of Europe but also in Asia, and similarly prevented industrialization during the critical juncture created by… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“Part of Sykes's motive was rooted in religiosity. A devout Catholic, he regarded a return of the ancient tribe of Israel to… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“The decree was largely inspired by proposals made by France and Britain who assisted the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean war (1853-1856)… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“We often associate science with the values of secularism and tolerance. If so, early modern Europe is the last place you would… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I am speaking of the evenings when the sun sets early, of the fathers under the streetlamps in the back streets returning… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The kingdom of Bosnia forms a division of the Ottoman empire, and is a key to the countries of Roumeli (or Romeli).… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were… — Eliot Engel Copy Share Image
In the 19th century, when Muslims were looking at Europe as an example, they were independent; they were more self-confident. In the… — Mustafa Akyol Copy Share Image
“I could show fight on natural selection having done and doing more for the progress of civilization than you seem inclined to… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“during the critical juncture created by the Industrial Revolution, many nations missed the boat and failed to take advantage of the spread… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain and Turkey! The Ottoman Empire, full of… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
The Kurds had always had a bad time. They were oppressed by the Ottoman empire. Then, at the end of the First… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The Ottoman Empire . . . The rulers in Turkey were fortunately so corrupt that they left people alone pretty much -… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople, still carried the name given to it in the year 330, when it became the… — Louis Farshee Copy Share Image
“Page 158: 'Architecture is team work,' said Sinan. 'Apprenticeship is not.' 'Why don't you want us to look at each other's drawings?… — Elif Şafak Copy Share Image
“Only a few places allowed Jews to settle openly and in large numbers. Among them were Italy, particularly the Papal States (territories… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
Peace is an Excellent Thing, and War is a great Misfortune. But there are Many things More valuable than Peace, and many… — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Copy Share Image
“The cutting off of Russia with all its consequences, the vain and sanguinary tragedy of Gallipoli, the diversion of Allied strength in… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
