An Unusual Messianic Movement: Hubmesihis in the Early Modern Ottoman Society
This work aims to understand the emergence of Hubmesihis who were said to believe in various elements of both Christianity and Islam in the Ottoman World.
Tag: Suleiman the Magnificient
One Battle Two Stances: Preveza (1538)
(It is a revised version of my article written in the framework of TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey)’s Project Competition among High Schools in 2012. Originally in Turkish, I escaped removing my wording but a bit summarized the article in order not to bother readers through translation. I added portraits to visualize the battle better. After …
The Multiple Functions of Gift-Giving in the Ottoman World at the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
The Respect for An Ambassador who portrayed ‘Turkish’ Ways of Life: Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq’s “the Turkish Letters” is a substantial document that presents important insights through the sixteenth century of the Ottoman world. Ferdinand I, the Habsburg Emperor, appoints Busbecq as the ambassador in Istanbul for some eight years to solve tensions between the Habsburgs and …