Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...

Covering over 300,000 square miles, the European destination’s rich and diverse food is largely thanks to its landscape. Plateaus and plains of fertile soil formed by now extinct volcanoes, snow ...

Lisa Morrow, CNN (CNN) — Turkey may be famous for its kebabs, but the popular dish is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Turkish cuisine. Covering over 300,000 square miles, the ...

Suleiman Gets Tricked Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images As many people have come to realize as they gain wisdom, be wary of ulterior motives. Suleiman the Magnificent wasn’t aware of what ...

It was commissioned by Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa and designed by Mimar Sinan, chief architect of Suleyman the Magnificent’s court. Built to serve the community, the hammam fell into ...

The 16th-century Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleyman liked to impose himself on foreign monarchs from the start, always beginning official letters with the uncompromising assertion: ‘I am the great lord and ...

The Christian rulers of Venice, France and Tudor England all vied for alliances with Suleiman, fearing him even more than the other great global ruler of the day, the Habsburg emperor Charles V.

Turkish star Meryem Uzerli, who is known globally for her role as a former slave who becomes the powerful wife of Ottoman emperor Suleiman in Turkish megahit soap “Magnificent Century,” is ...

In 1563, at the age of 13, she was presented as a slave to the future Sultan Murat III, by Sultan Mihrimah, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent. Given the name Safije, she became a concubine of Murat ...