Tag: Ottoman

The history of Janissary corps of the Ottoman Empire is instructive for the policy makers dealing with armed forces of states. Janissaries was a...

THESSALONIKI, GREECE: A fire during restoration works has caused serious damage to a historic 15th century Ottoman mosque in Didymoteicho, northeastern Greece, local officials...

A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War One, its borders have been blurred by sectarian bloodshed - and some in the region see opportunity in the chaos.