Quotes Tagged With :ottoman

Hasan Pasha also gave the green light for Turks and Greeks to take whatever action they pleased against....

Whisper it softly, but many Greeks, including clergy, welcomed the Ottomans. On the whole Muslim rulers....

Alamo has been a strong inspiration for nations striving for freedom all around the globe since 1836.....

Religion mattered at a deep level, which must help to explain why none of these people went over to Islam;....

Page 158: 'Architecture is team work,' said Sinan. 'Apprenticeship is not.''Why don't you want us to....

In the Ottoman times, there were itinerant storytellers called "meddah. " They would go to coffee houses,....

All questions of right to one side, I have never been able to banish the queasy inner suspicion that....

In the cities of the European Franks, women roam about exposing not only their faces, but also their....