Ottoman History

Readings and Videos of the Ottoman Turks

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Covering the Ottoman Turks from their origins in central Asia to the centuries of their empire and their Republic of Turkey.

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YearTitleAuthor(s)
1354The Turks Establish Foothold in EuropeJoseph Von Hammer-Purgstall
1440-56John Hunyady Repulses the TurksÁrmin Vámbéry
1453Ottomans Conquer ConstantinopleGeorge Finlay
The Venice – Ottoman TradeCrash Course
1571Battle of LepantoWilliam Stirling-Maxwell
1683Last Turkish Invasion of EuropeSutherland Menzies
1717Turkish Threat on Europe Finally VanquishedPrince Eugene of Savoy
1739Nadir Shah Captures DelhiSir John Malcolm
1824Lord Byron and the Greek War of IndependenceLewis Sergeant| |John Nichol
1825The Second Siege of MissolonghiGeorge Finlay
1826/td>The Janissaries MassacredEdward Upham
1827The Battle of NavarinoHarriet Martineau
1877Russo-Turkish War 1877Wilhelm Mueller
1878The Berlin Congress of 1878Stephen P.H. Duggan
1899Baghdad Railway Contract Goes to GermansJack Le Moine
1908The Turkish Revolution of 1908Edwin Pears | |A. Rustem Bey| |Arminius Vambery
1908Austria-Hungary Annexes Bosnia-HerzegovinaEmil Reich
1911The Turkish-Italian WarWilliam T. Ellis
1912The First Balkan WarJ. Ellis Barker| |Frederick Palmer| |Stephen P. Duggan
1913The Second Balkan WarStephen P. Duggan| |Capt. A.H. Trapmann

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