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History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire


History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
Treaty of Mondoros
Minister of Navy Huseyin Rauf Orbay signed a treaty in Mondros Horbour of the Island of Limni, in October 31st, 1918. With this treaty the war came to an end.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:26

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The treaty of Sevr
The Treaty of Seurre was clarified during the San Remo Conferance in May 11, 1920. And it was it was given to the Ottoman Government to be approved.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:25

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
Death of the last Sultans
Sultan Vahiduddin died because of a hearth attack in San Remo, in May 15, 1926. He was 65 years old when he died. He wished to be buried in his homeland.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:24

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MEHMED VAHIDUDDIN (1918-1922)
He is the last of the 36 Ottoman Sultans. He was the son of Sultan Abdulmecid, his mother is Gulistu Sultana. He was born on 2nd February 1861. He lost his parent in his early ages.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:21

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MEHMED RESAD (1909-1918)
Sultan Mehmed Resad was born in November 2, 1844 in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Abdulmecid and his mother is Gulcemal Kadın Efendi who was Caucasian originated. He spent his childhood near his father Sultan Abdulmecid and his education was taken care of him.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:20

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN ABDULHAMID II (1876-1909)
Sultan Abdulhamid II was born in Istanbul on the 21st of September, 1842. His father is Sultan Abdul Medjid and his mother is Tir-i Mujgan Kadin Efendi. His mother is a Circassian originated. He lost his mother as a little child and he was grown by his step mother Pristu Kadın.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:19

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN ABDULAZIZ (1861-1876)
Sultan Adulaziz I was born in 8th of February in 1830, in Istanbul. He is the son of Sultan Mahmud II and Pertevniyal Mother Sultana. Abdulaziz had a auburn complexion.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:18

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SULTAN MURAD V (1876-1876)
Sultan Murad V was born in 21.09.1840, in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Abdulmecid and his mother is Sevk-Efza Sultana who was Caucasian originated.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:18

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SULTAN ABDULMECID I (1839-1861)
Sultan Abdülmecid was born in 25th day of April, 1823. He is the son of Sultan Mahmud II and Bezm-i Alem Mother Sultana. Bezm-i Alem Sultana was Georgian originated.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:17

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MAHMUD II (1808-1839)
Sultan Mahmoud II was born in Istanbul in July 20, 1785. His father was Sultan Abdulhamid I and his mother was Naksidil Sultana.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:16

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SULTAN MUSTAFA IV (1807-1808)
Sultan Mustafa IV was born in 08 09 1779, in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Abdulhamid I and his mother is Nuketseza Sultana. His mother was taken care of his education, but Mustafa was a greedy, cunning and a nervous man and he preferred to live a life of pleasure rather than to be educated.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:15

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SULTAN SELIM III (1789-1807)
Sultan Selim III was born in Istanbul, on 24th December 1761. He is the son of Sultan Mustafa III and Mihrisah Sultana. His mother is Georgian originated.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:14

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SULTAN ABDULHAMID I (1774-1789)
Sultan Abdulhamid I was born in 20th of March, 1725, in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Ahmed III and his mother is Rabia Semi Sultana. His mother had taken care of his education.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:13

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MUSTAFA III (1757-1774)
Sultan Mustafa III was born in January 28, 1717 in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Ahmet III, and his mother is Mihrisah Sultana. He was very well educated and he was interested in astrology. He also researched the Ottoman and Islam histories.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:12

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MAHMUD I (1730-1754)
Sultan Mahmud I was born on 2nd August 1696, in Istanbul. His father was Sultan Mustafa II and his mother was Saliha Mother Sultana.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:11

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SULTAN OSMAN III (1754-1757)
Sultan Osman III was born in January 2, 1639. His father is Sultan Mustafa II, his mother is Sehsuvar Sultana. he succeed the throne in the age of 56. Because he lived a prisoner’s life in the palace, he was nervous by the character. But, he was a gracious and merciful sovereign.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:11

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SULTAN AHMED III (1703-1730)
Sultan Ahmed III was born on the 30th of December in 1673. His father is Mehmet IV and his mother is Emetullah Sultana. Sultan Ahmed is brother of Sultan Mustafa II.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:10

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SULTAN MUSTAFA II (1695-1703)
Sultan Mustafa II was born on 6th February 1664, in Istanbul. His father was Sultan Mehmed IV and his mother was Emetullah Rabia Gulnus Sultana. His mother was from Crete.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:09

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SULTAN AHMED II (1691-1695)
Sultan Ahmed II was born in February 25, 1643. His father is Sultan Ibrahim I and his mother is Hatice Muazzez Sultana.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:08

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SULTAN MEHMED IV (1648-1687)
Sultan Mehmet IV was born in January 2nd 1642, in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Ibrahim I and his mother is Turhan Hatice Sultana. Turhan Sultana was Russian originated. She had taken care of Mehmet’s education.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:07

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SULTAN SULEYMAN II (1687-1691)
Sultan Suleyman II was born in April 15, 1642 in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Ibrahim I, his mother is Saliha Dilasub Sultana. He was a religious, honest and intelligent man.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:07

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SULTAN IBRAHIM I (1640-1648)
Sultan Ibrahim I was born in November, 5, 1615. His father is Sultan Ahmed I and his mother is Maypeyker Kosem Sultan. He came to throne following the death of his older brother Murad IV.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:06

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MURAD IV (1623-1640)
Sultan Murad IV was born in June 26, 1612 in Istanbul. His father is Sultan Ahmet I and his mother is Mahpeyker Kosem Sultana.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:05

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GENC OSMAN (1618-1622)
Sultan Osman II was born on 3rd November 1604, in Istanbul. His father was Sultan Ahmed and his mother was Haseki Sultana who was Greek originated. Osman II was enthroned when he was 14 years old, following his uncle Mustafa's dethronment.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:04

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MUSTAFA I (1617-1618; 1622-1623)
Sultan Mustafa was born in 1592 in Manisa. His father was Mehmet III, his mother was Handan Sultana. He came to throne two times. He had a neurotic character.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:03

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN AHMED I (1603-1617)
Sultan Ahmed I was born on 18th April 1590 in Manisa. His father was Sultan Mehmet III, his mother was Handan Sultana. He was very well educated, he had spoken Arabic and Persian fluently.
Feb 5, 2007, 08:00

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MEHMED III (1595-1603)
Sultan Mehmed III was born in Manisa, on 26th May 1566. His father was Sultan Murad III and his mother was Safiye Sultana.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:59

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MURAD III (1574-1595)
Sultan Murad III was born in Manisa, on 4th of July 1546. He was the son of Sultan Selim II and Afife Nur Banu Sultana who was Venetian originated.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:58

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN SELIM II (1566-1574)
Sultan Selim II was born on 28th May 1524, in Istanbul. He was the son of Suleyman the Magnificant and Hurrem Sultana. Hurrem Sultana was Slav originated. Because, Selim II had blond hair he often called as “Yellow Selim”.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:57

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KANUNI SULTAN SULEYMAN (1520-1566)
Suleyman I was born on 27th April 1495, Monday in Trabzon. His father was Sultan Selim I and his mother was Hafsa Sultan. Suleyman I was a tall man with a round face, hazel eyes broad forehead and a thin beard.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:56

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
YAVUZ SULTAN SELIM (1512-1520)
Yavuz Sultan Selim was born on 10th October 1470. His father was Sultan Bayezid II and his mother was Gulbahar Sultana from Dulkadirogulları State.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:54

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN BAYEZID II (1481-1512)
Sultan Bayezid was born in Dimetoka on 3rd December 1448. He was the son of Mehmet the Conqueror. His mother was Mukrime Hatun. Bayezid was a brave, religious and a calm man.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:49

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The war of Otlukbeli
The ruler of the Karaman’s Ibrahim died in 1464 and his successors had fallen into a throne struggle. At last, Ishak Bey accessed the throne by the support of Uzun Hasan the ruler of the Akkoyunlu State.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:48

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The conquest of Istanbul
From the moment of his accession all Mehmet’s thoughts were directed to the great enterprise of giving the mortal below to the Byzantine Empire and transferring the seat of his government to Istanbul, as the natural capital of a dominion situated on both sides of the Golden Horn (Halic).
Feb 5, 2007, 07:47

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
Second Kosovo battle
Four years after The Battle of Varna, the Hungarian King Jan Hunyard, invaded Serbia with his army composed of Hungarians, Wallacians, Polish, and Germans.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:46

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
FATIH SULTAN MEHMED (1451-1481)
Mehmet II was born on 29th March 1432, in Edirne. He was the son of Sultan Murad II. His mother was Huma Hatun. He was a tall, strong and muscular man.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:46

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
Battle of Varna
Murad II had arrived Edirne quickly. The Ottoman army under his command advanced to Varna and attacked the Crusade and defeated them on 10th November 1444.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:45

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MURAD II (1421-1451)
Murad II was born in 1402. His father was Mehmed I and his mother was Emine Sultana from the Dulkadirogullari State. He was a tall man with light complexion, he had a falcon nose and a beautiful face.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:44

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
SULTAN MEHMET CELEBI (1413-1421)
Mehmed I was born in Edirne in 1389. His father was Bayezid I and his mother was Devlet Sultan from Germiyanogullari. He was medium height, he had a round face, light complexion and a wide chest.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:43

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The period of fetret
After the Ankara Battle, the Turkish unity in Anatolia was desolved and the Ottoman Empire faced with the danger of destruction. The sons of Bayezid I had began a throne struggle after his death.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:43

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The battle of Ankara
Timur the Mongolian Khan got in to action to re-establish the Chengiz Empire. He invaded Persia and marched through India. The Emirs of Azerbaycan and Baghdat asked favour from Bayezid and they escaped to the Ottoman lands.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:42

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The battle of Nigbolu
As a result of the Ottoman victories in Roumelia and their advance through Bosnia and Albania, the Christian world had panicked. With Papa’s provocation the Hungarian King Sigismund commanded the Crusade composed of many European countries as France, England and Germany in May 1376.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:41

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
1st siege of Constantinople
The son of Serbian Emperor, Manuel, who asisted Bayezid as an obedient vassal of the sultan during the Karaman campaign, went to Constantinople, without permission.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:40

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
YILDIRIM BAYEZID (1389-1403)
Bayezid was born in Edirne in 1360. His father was Murad I and his mother was Gulcicek Sultana. Bayezid had a round face, light complexion, ram nose, hazel eyes, blond hair, thick beard and large shoulders. Because of his bravery, he was called as “Yildirim”(thunderbolt).
Feb 5, 2007, 07:37

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The battle of Kosovo (1389)
After taking possession of Anatolia, Murad I crowned his life's work by conquering Serbia. It was a rapid and ruthless campaign, culminating in the Battle of Kosovo Polye (also called "Blackbird Field"), in which Murad and the Serbian King, Lazar, stood face to face.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:36

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
The battle of Danube
With the conquest of Edirne, the Turks began to advance in the Balkans. In 1363, Lala Sahin Pasha campained to Bulgaria and invaded Filibe, Commander Evrenos Bey captured Serez.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:35

History in Turkey : Sultans of Ottomans Empire
MURAT HUDAVENDIGAR (1359-1389)
Murad I was born in Bursa, in 1326. His father was Orhan Gazi and his mother was Nilufer Hatun (Holofira) the daughter of a Christian Byzantine Prince.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:33

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ORHAN GAZI (1326-1359)
Orhan Gazi was born in 1281. His father was Osman Gazi and his mother was Mal Sultana, the daughter of Omer, who was a respected person in the Kayi Clan.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:32

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OSMAN GAZI (1281-1326)
The father of the Ottoman Empire Osman Gazi was born in 1258 in the town of Sogut. His father was Ertugrul Gazi and his mother was Hayme Sultan.
Feb 5, 2007, 07:31