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The #OttomanEmpire was defeated by a Christian alliance at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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October 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Leyla Amzi-Erdoǧdular

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The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe examines how Bosnian Muslims navigated the Ottoman and Habsburg domains following the Habsburg occupation of Bosnia Herzegovina after the 1878 Berlin Congress. Prominen...

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August 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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■ African-Origin Ottoman Cavalry Captain Bilal Efendi, 1890c

#ottomanempire #african #militaryhistory #blackhistory #history

African origin black captain in military uniform and fez standing, a sword in his hand, black and white photo.

December 7, 2024 at 5:04 AM Everybody can reply

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VKCOMEDY

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BRITS IN 1945 PALESTINE : "DO YOU CONDEM IRGUN?"
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#history #British #colonizers #britishempire #ottomanempire #middleeast #Jordan #Israel #Jerusalem #settlers

November 29, 2023 at 6:07 AM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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■ DOCUMENTS FROM THE OTTOMAN ARCHIVES:

"Construction of forts and placement of cannons at the strait crossings between Somalia and Yemen to prevent the slave trade, 1857"

#history #ottomanempire #somalia #yemen #osmanlı #tarih #ottomanarchives #turkishhistory #olddocuments #slavery

November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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📸 Souvenir Photo of an Ottoman Student with 'My Shining Little Brother' Written on the Back, Istanbul, 1917 #history #student #ottomanempire #childhood

Studio Photo of an Ottoman Student with fez, uniform and notebook.

January 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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📷 A Greek Church in Kadıköy, Istanbul, c1900 #church #ottomanempire #history #greek

January 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM Everybody can reply

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Nick Plessas

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Military History Now
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Today in 1709,Charles XIIof Sweden's two-year invasion of Russia is crushed atthe Battle of Poltava.Cut off deep inside enemy territory, Charles flees to the Ottomanempire for protection.Meanwhile,Tsar Peter I is heralded for defeating one of Europe's greatest armies

July 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM Everybody can reply

History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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📷 Firing of the Ramadan Cannon from the Tower of David to Declare the Beginning of the Month of Ramadan in Jerusalem, Palestine, 1900s #OttomanEmpire #Ramadan #Iftar #Jerusalem #Palestine

March 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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🗺️ An Ottoman World Map, 1908 #history #oldmaps #map #worldmap #ottomanempire

January 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Empirical Skeptic

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Turkey threatens invasion of Syria if its extermination of Kurds cannot continue unabated.

Meanwhile a new policy document in Israel concluded continued Turkish military operations in Syria are a direct threat to Israel’s security. #OttomanEmpire #turkey #syria

January 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM Everybody can reply

Monica H Green

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My morning webinar for the day: www.chstm.org/content/hist.... The foundations for robust global histories of health are at hand. It's time to engage! #GlobalHealth #EpiSky #histmed #OttomanEmpire

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"Disease and Death in Early 19th Century Istanbul as Recorded in Ottoman Death Registers" Gülhan Balsoy & Cihangir Gündogdu (Istanbul Bilgi University)
In the early 19th century, the Ottoman Empire established a state-sponsored system for inspecting and registering the deceased. For the first time, medical professionals known as tabib were employed to investigate the causes of death within the city limits of Istanbul. This initial surveillance effort, conducted in 1838-39, resulted in the creation of the city's first two death registers, which documented a total of 9,500 individual cases. In this presentation, we will explore the surveillance of death and disease in the 19th-century Ottoman Empire. By examining the disease category, we aim to further discuss the causes of death and their connections with gender, age, ethnicity, profession, and location.

November 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM Everybody can reply

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Bengiamino Bottone

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Film 826 - Dracula Untold

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October 28, 2024 at 7:19 PM Everybody can reply

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#HollywoodCiak 826 #DraculaUntold #LukeEvans #DominicCooper #SarahGadon #CharlesDance #horror #Dracula #BramStoker #VladIII #VladtheImpaler #vampire #Transylvania #prince #Sultan #OttomanEmpire #demon #blood #power #religion #Romania #castle #supernatural
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Film 826 - Dracula Untold

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October 27, 2024 at 11:40 AM Everybody can reply

Mr. Tone

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The Ottoman Empire lasted over 600 years, outliving many others. What do you think was their key to success?
• Gunpowder & military power
• Trade & economy
• Political structure
• Cultural & religious cohesion

Vote and share your thoughts! #APWorldHistory #OttomanEmpire #HistoryChat

November 20, 2024 at 11:35 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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■ Once Upon a Time, A General View of Hama (Syria), 1837

#history #hama #syria #oldphoto #ottomanempire

Engraving showing the city of Hama from a distance, the stream and the mill, and the historic aqueduct and trees.

December 8, 2024 at 12:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Bengiamino Bottone

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#HollywoodCiak 826 #DraculaUntold #LukeEvans #DominicCooper #SarahGadon #CharlesDance #horror #Dracula #BramStoker #VladIII #VladtheImpaler #vampire #Transylvania #prince #Sultan #OttomanEmpire #demon #blood #power #religion #Romania #castle #supernatural
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Film 826 - Dracula Untold

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November 29, 2024 at 4:54 PM Everybody can reply

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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■ An Ottoman Ship, 19th Century

#history #navalhistory #ottomanempire #ship #engraving

Drawing of an Ottoman sailing and steam ship.

November 29, 2024 at 4:14 PM Everybody can reply

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HistoryMedieval

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The Day the Roman World Fell

1453: The Fall of an Empire

The death of Constantinople marked the end of the Roman world and the rise of Mehmed II's Ottoman vision.

#1453 #Byzantium #OttomanEmpire #MedievalHistory #MehmedII

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July 18, 2025 at 6:01 AM Everybody can reply

History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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📜 Preventing #Jewish immigrants, who were deported from Russia and other countries, from systematically settling in #Palestine with the support of Rothschilds is necessary, 1894 [𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁] #history #ottomanempire #jewishsettlement

"For about seven years, having been in the regions of Syria and Palestine and having seen most of the towns and places, as well as the Jewish villages established with the efforts and assistance of Baron Rothschild, where Jews who were expelled from Russia and other countries due to their use of small capital and usurious tricks to bring the villagers and farmers under their control were settled, I personally witnessed the effects of the large sums of money spent by the aforementioned Baron in this regard. Although the Jews showed willingness to comply with all the demands of the Sublime State (Ottoman Empire) during their migration to the Land of Palestine, after their settlement, they caused significant difficulties for the Sublime State. It became evident that their increasing numbers would lead to a serious political issue in the future. Therefore, the migration of Jews to the Land of Palestine was prohibited, and despite Baron Rothschild's various efforts during the previous grand vizierate to lift this prohibition, it was not taken into consideration, and the prohibition was maintained.

It has come to my knowledge that Baron Rothschild, who has taken control of European stock markets and even holds some of the Great Powers under his influence, had previously made efforts to direct Jews to the Land of Palestine, settle them there, and later strengthen their presence. However, his efforts to lift the prohibition were in vain. May God protect all the protected lands of the Sultanate from all kinds of emerging issues. God forbid, the migration and settlement of Jews to the Land of Palestine, with the efforts and influence of Baron Rothschild, whose characteristics and capabilities are well-known, will clearly lead to the emergence of another issue similar to the Armenian question in the future. December 22, 1894

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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage

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■ The Muslim and Christian People Waiting at the Sorovich Train Station (Greece) During Sultan Mehmed V's Visit to Rumelia (the Balkans), 1911

#history #ottomanempire #greece #balkans