Siege of Amasra

The siege of Amasra was the land and sea besiegement that resulted in the Ottoman Army, under the command of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, and the Ottoman Navy, under the command of Grand Vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha, capturing the Genoese colony of Amasra, and annexing it into Ottoman lands in 1460.

Mehmet Galip Bey

Mehmet Galip Bey (1854-1915) was an Ottoman statesman who served as a Senator of the Ottoman Empire from 1908 till his death in 1915

R'n'Besk

R'n'Besk is a genre of music that originated by mixing Turkish arabesque and American rhythm and blues

Hüseyin Nâzım Pasha

Hüseyin Nâzım Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who held governorship positions in the last periods of the Ottoman Empire. He was also an author and a journalist

Hüseyin Kazım Kadri

Hüseyin Kazım Kadri or Hüseyin Kazım Bey was a statesman and writer who served as a governor and a minister in the last years of the Ottoman Empire

Çimenlik Castle

Kale-i Sultaniye or Çimenlik Castle is a castle which was built on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles in Turkey in 1452. Today, it is used as a museum

Safiye Elbi

Safiye (Hüseyin) Elbi was a Turkish nurse, generally referred to as the first professional nurse of Turkey

1876 Turkish coup d'état

On 30 May 1876, a government coup occurred in the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, which resulted in the dethronement of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, and subsequently, the appointment of Murad V as the Sultan

Tunalı Hilmi

Tunalı Hilmi or Abdullah Hilmi Tunalı was a Turkish politician, Member of Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies, and later Member of Parliament of the Turkish Grand National Assembly during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Parliaments of Turkey

Andıç scandal

The Andiç scandal is the leaking of information to incriminate prominent journalists of an alleged cooperation with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The "Andıç" document was prepared by the Turkish Generals Çevik Bir and Erol Özkasnak. The document

Verba (MRLS)

"Verba" - Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher 122 mm caliber based on the truck KrAZ-6322 and combat unit BM-21 Grad. Presented in 2015 by Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau. The launcher has received a number of improvements over the BM-21