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İstanbul

(Encyclopedia) İstanbul İstanbul ĭsˌtănb&oomacr;lˈ, ĭstanˈb&oomacr;l , city and…

DK History: Ottoman Empire

WHY WAS SULEIMAN I MAGNIFICENT? HOW DID CONSTANTINOPLE BECOME ISTANBUL? WHERE DID JANISSARIES COME FROM? FIND OUT MOREAround AD 1300, a new Muslim empire ruled by Turkish leaders called sultans was…

Hasköy

(Encyclopedia) Hasköy: see İstanbul.

Galata

(Encyclopedia) Galata: see İstanbul.

Seraglio

(Encyclopedia) Seraglio: see İstanbul, Turkey.

Stambul

(Encyclopedia) Stambul: see İstanbul, Turkey.

Former Place Names

Like people, countries sometimes change their names or disappear altogether. Have you ever wondered what happened to these places? Abyssinia, an ancient African…

Phanar

(Encyclopedia) Phanar or FanarFanarboth: fănˈər, fənärˈ [key], Greek quarter of Constantinople (now İstanbul). Under the Ottoman Empire, Phanar was the residence of the privileged Greek families,…