Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...
The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...
Glen Frederic Matheson, an Armenian-American lawyer whose great-grandfather served as an officer and chief architect in the Ottoman Empire ... of the imperial palace. Mesropyan, who fought ...
An infusion of historical architecture into one dazzling design of amalgamated beauty, the palace simulates designs from the Ottoman Empire in one section, displays German medieval castle elements ...