File: Istanbul img 4941. jpg | Ottoman era waterfront houses on the Bosphorus.

File: 36, Bosforo-ko yali gehiago ferrytik. jpg | Ottoman era waterfront houses on the Bosphorus.

Constantinople ( Konstantiniyye ) in Ottoman era ( 1572

Cretans also have a tradition of keeping firearms at home, a tradition lasting from the era of resistance against the Ottoman Empire.

The history of Libya comprises six distinct periods: Ancient Libya, the Roman era, the Islamic era, Ottoman rule, Italian rule, and the Modern era.

Many Albanians gained prominent positions in the Ottoman government, Albanians highly active during the Ottoman era and leaders such as Ali Pasha of Tepelena might have aided Husein Gradaščević.

This period in Ottoman history can roughly be divided into two distinct eras: an era of territorial, economic, and cultural growth before 1566, followed by an era of relative military and political stagnation.

However, the 17th century was not simply an era of stagnation and decline, but also a key period in which the Ottoman state and its structures began to adapt to new pressures and new realities, internal and external.

This long period of Ottoman peace and, indeed, stagnation is typically characterized by historians as an era of failed reforms.

The last few decades of Ottoman control over the city were an era of revival, particularly in terms of the city's infrastructure.

The Ottoman conquest of Bosnia marked a new era in the country's history and introduced tremendous changes in the political and cultural landscape of the region.

Tawfiq Jarrar was accorded the unique title, " son of the great " ( salil al-akabir ) in Haifa, in recognition of his family's status and his entrepreneurial efforts. During the Ottoman era, Jenin was plagued by local warfare between members of the same clan.

Sephardic Jews evolved to form most of North Africa's Jewish communities of the modern era, as well as the bulk of the Turkish, Syrian, Galilean and Jerusalemite Jews of the Ottoman period.

Today, the mansion which was awarded the Europa Nostra prize for its exemplary renovation work, functions as a museum where a collection of artifacts from the Byzantine, Medieval and Ottoman era are displayed.

Homosexuality was decriminalized in 1858, in Ottoman era, although gays are still not well-accepted and they may face discrimination in society.

The old harbour during the Ottoman era.

Its architecture is typical of the Ottoman era, a large building made of stone.

During Ottoman era, Local Chepni and Laz beys were appointed as beylerbey.

The European opinion changed in the Napoleonic era, when Persia was an ally of the Western powers eager to make the Ottoman Sultan release his hold on various ( mainly Christian ) European parts of the Ottoman Empire, and western ( Christian ) emperors had obtained the Ottoman acknowledgement that their western imperial styles were to be rendered in Turkish as padishah.

Some of the grandest of the huge wooden Ottoman seaside houses called yalı can be found from Anadolu Hisarı up to Beykoz itself.

During the Ottoman period the temple was known to the Greeks as the Palace of Hadrian, while the Turks called it the Palace of Belkis, from a Turkish legend that the temple had been the residence of Solomon's wife.

The Old Princely Court ( Curtea Veche ) was built by Mircea Ciobanul, and under subsequent rulers, Bucharest was established as the summer residence of the court, competing with Târgoviște for the status of capital after an increase in the importance of southern Muntenia brought about by the demands of the suzerain power, the Ottoman Empire.

Around 1850, from the standpoint of the Oriental Catholics, Adrianople was the residence of a Bulgarian vicar-apostolic for the 4, 600 Uniats of the Ottoman vilayet ( province ) of Thrace and after 1878-of the principality of Bulgaria.

is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years ( 1465-1856 ) of their 624-year reign.

With the rapid expansion of the Ottoman Empire, Suleyman wanted its growing power and glory to be reflected in his residence, and new buildings were constructed or enlarged.

Smederevo was the residence of Branković and the capital of Serbia from 1430 until 1439, when it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire after a siege lasting two months.

" The Seraglio " may refer specifically to the Topkapı Palace, the residence of the former Ottoman Sultans in Istanbul.

* the museum, housed in an 18th-century Ottoman governor residence ( Azem Palace ).

King Charles XII took up residence in the city of Lund for two years after his return to Sweden from the Ottoman Empire in 1716.

During the rule of the Ottoman Empire ( 1463 – 1878 ), changes to the main trade routes sidelined the town in Bosnian affairs, except during a brief period until 1557, when Zenica was the residence of the Ottoman Qadi of Brod.

In 1382 the city was captured by the Ottoman Turks, and for more than four centuries it was the residence of the beglerbeg ( governor general ) of all Rumelia.

During 1699 when Sarajevo was set afire by soldiers of Field-Marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy, Travnik became the capital of the Ottoman province of Bosnia and residence of the Bosnian viziers.

Passports were used to control internal movements and residence of people in Imperial Russia, France, the Confederate States of America, the Soviet Union, the Ottoman Empire, South Africa during Apartheid and other countries.

As an alternative location for the residence of Oltenian Bans during the early Craioveşti rules, the town still features the foundation of the Banate estate house ; it had replaced Severin due to frequent Ottoman attacks, and was in turn replaced by Craiova, remaining a largely rural locality.

The Latifoglu Konak, a late 18th century Ottoman residence, is an example Baroque architecture.

Local students tend to hang out in open air cafés along the İzmir highway or in the caravanserai or in Sanat Evi (" Art House "), an Ottoman style residence that has been turned into a café / art gallery exhibiting principally wood carvings.

In pace with its resort-like atmosphere, Karşıyaka saw a number of beautiful Ottoman konaks or Levantine mansions erected within its boundaries, especially along the shoreline and serving as secondary residence.

The Dardanelles Gun, a 1464 Ottoman Bombard ( weapon ) | bombard

The art of Embroidery became an important aspect of Ottoman Empire | Ottoman culture.

Agostino Veneziano's engraving of Ottoman Empire | Ottoman emperor Suleiman the Magnificent.

| PLACE OF BIRTH = Ergiri ( today Gjirokastër ), Yanya Province, Ottoman Empire

The Great Turkish Bombard | Sultani Cannon, a very heavy bronze muzzle-loading cannon of type used by Ottoman Empire in the Fall of Constantinople | conquest of Constantinople, in 1453.

The Ottoman cruiser Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye | Hamidiye.

File: Mehmet I honoraries miniature. jpg | Sultan Mehmed I. Ottoman miniature, 1413-1421

Selim I conquered the Ottoman – Mamluk War ( 1516 – 1517 ) | Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, making the Turks the dominant power in the Islamic world.

Ottoman miniature about the Siege of Szigetvár | Szigetvár campaign showing Ottoman troops and Crimean Khanate | Tatars as avantgarde.

Murad IV reconquered Ottoman – Safavid War ( 1623 – 1639 ) | Baghdad from the Safavids in 1638.

Siege of Esztergom ( 1543 ) | Ottoman city of Esztergom | Estergon in 1664.

18th century Ottoman weapons | Turkish guns with miquelet locks, circa 1750 – 1800.

The reign of Sultan Abdülmecid I | Abdülmecid was marked by the implementation of the Tanzimat reforms ; the Crimean War and Ottoman public debt | first foreign debt of the Ottoman Empire in 1854.