By the 16th century, Ottoman rule extended to the Balkans from Greece to the border of Austria, the Arab East, North Africa, Crimea, Hungary, and, at times, parts of Italy, Sicily, Poland and Ukraine.

50 Akaretler, of course, was not just any place to hang your hat. Two decades prior, in 1875, Sultan Abdülaziz ordered the construction of two blocks of townhouses in Akaretler for the highest ...

The Ottoman sultan himself ensured that the administrative system of Mount Athos was preserved and safeguarded," he said. Even before that, Niehoff-Panagiotidis added, ...