“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
“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 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
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
The Ottoman Empire . . . The rulers in Turkey were fortunately so corrupt that they left people alone pretty much -… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“There is no greater motor for architecture than religious fervor. Ancient examples include the Inca, Aztec Egyptian civilizations. In more recent times,… — Helen Grant Ross 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
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
“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
Turkey has never been colonized, so it remained as an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. — Mustafa Akyol 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
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
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
“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
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
“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
When Turkey began approaching the EU, I wasn't the only one who worried that the dark stain in Turkey's history - or… — Orhan Pamuk 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
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 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
“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 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
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
“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
“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
