and the Islamic Ottoman Empire. This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453.

This animated documentary series traces the dramatic rise of the Ottoman Empire, from its origins as a small Turkic beylik to its conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Covering major battles like ...

Alice Roberts goes to Ankara to visit the grave of Atatürk, who witnessed the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Then she goes to Bursa, where the tomb of Osman, the founder of the state, is located.

“When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Tom Gernon, professor of Earth science at the University of ...

Growing regional tensions granted Turkey a unique opportunity to restore its significant power and influence lost after the ...