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Court Figures
The Architect and Tragic End of the Tulip Era: Damat İbrahim Pasha
6 September 2025
The Architect and Tragic Hero of the Tulip Era: Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha While Ottoman history is often defined by…
Köprülü Mehmed Pasha: Conditional Grand Viziership and the Salvation of the Empire
6 September 2025
"I Have My Conditions": The Grand Vizier Who Saved the Empire by Obtaining Full Authority from the Sultan The mid-17th…
Mimar Sinan: The Architect Who Defined an Empire’s Skyline
5 September 2025
For half a century, during the zenith of the Ottoman Golden Age, the vision of three great sultans was given…
Ottoman Palace Medicine: The Hekimbaşı’s Secrets of Healing
2 September 2025
In the Fourth Courtyard of Topkapı Palace, overlooking the unique view of the Bosphorus, lies a modest tower: the Hekimbaşı's…
The Strategist Who Governed the State with His Intellect: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha’s Period Under 3 Sultans in Topkapı Palace
1 September 2025
Topkapı Palace was not merely the residence of the sultans but also a political arena where the destiny of a…
Matrakçı Nasuh: Warrior, Mathematician, and the Renaissance Man Who Rendered Cities on Paper
1 September 2025
The Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century was illuminated not only by conquests and political power…
The Man in the Shadow of Power: Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha’s Footprints in the Palace from his Passion for Art to his Tragic End
1 September 2025
The 16th century, the most brilliant era of the Ottoman Empire, is a stage not only for conquests and victories…
Women of Topkapi Palace: The Powerful Sultanas of the Harem
31 August 2025
For centuries, Topkapi Palace, the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire and home to the sultans, was not merely a…