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The Ottoman coffeehouse (Ottoman Turkish: قهوهخانه, romanized: kahvehane), or Ottoman café, was a distinctive part of the culture of the Ottoman Empire. These coffeehouses , started in the mid-sixteenth century, brought together citizens across society for educational, social, and political activity as well as general information ...
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (French: ⓘ), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold beverages, such as iced coffee and iced tea , as well as other non-caffeinated beverages.
Constantinople: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924 is a 1995 non-fiction book by Philip Mansel, covering Constantinople (now Istanbul) during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The author hoped to show positive aspects of the Ottoman Empire while acknowledging some negative aspects. [1]
A Social History of Ottoman Istanbul is a non-fiction book by Ebru Boyar and Kate Fleet, published in 2010 by Cambridge University Press. The book covers the period of Ottoman rule, beginning in 1453 and ending in 1922. [1]
His books include: Mediaeval Islamic Historiography and Political Legitimacy: Bal'ami's Tarikhnamah; Routledge (2007) [5]; The Frontiers of the Ottoman World (ed.); Oxford University Press for the British Academy (2009) [6] [7] [8]
It was also the first work to hail Sinan as a figure of prime importance in Ottoman architectural history who was worthy of universal recognition. [ 142 ] A year later (1874), Léon Parvillée [ fr ] , a student of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , published L’architecture et décoration turque in French ("Turkish architecture and decoration").
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy used his first meeting with Donald Trump since the U.S. election to explain Ukraine's need for security guarantees in any negotiated end to ...
Founded in March 1997 by the Ottoman Bank in collaboration with the History Foundation (Turkish: Tarih Vakfi), the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre (OBARC) operated in the former Head Office of the Ottoman Bank in Istanbul, Turkey from 1999 to 2010. Its projects included 400 conferences, symposia, workshops and exhibitions; as well as ...