gave much attention to the production of firearms80 even after the conquest of Constantinople; in the 1470's, he constructed a central imperial cannon casting foundry (i.e., Tophâne-i Âmire), the biggest casting centre of the day, which included both the indigenous and foreign gunners. ...
Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its dynasty was founded by a prince (bey), Osman, after the Mongols defeated the Seljuqs at the end of the 13th
Armenian Genocide - Ottoman Empire, 1915, Ethnic Cleansing: The battle of Sarikamis in 1915 was the worst Ottoman defeat of the war. The Young Turk government blamed Armenian treachery. Disarmed Armenian soldiers were murdered by Ottoman troops, the firs
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Balkans - Ottoman Empire, Southeastern Europe, Conflict: While the various Balkan states fought among themselves for domination in the area, a new danger appeared in the south. In 1362 the Ottoman Turks took Adrianople (modern Edirne, Turkey). This was t
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Ottoman Empire - Osman, Orhan, Expansion: Following the final Mongol defeat of the Seljuqs in 1293, Osman emerged as prince (bey) of the border principality that took over Byzantine Bithynia in northwestern Anatolia around Bursa, commanding the ghazis ag
Ahmed Tevfik Paşa(born Feb. 11, 1845, Üsqüdar, nearConstantinople,Ottoman Empire[now Istanbul, Tur.]—died 1936, Istanbul) was the last Ottoman grand vizier (chief minister); he was sympathetic to the nationalist movement ofMustafa Kemal(later known as Atatürk), which resisted the Alli...