With initial structures dating back to the 18th century, the barracks were constructed on the orders of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. By 1826, the Turkish ruler had overseen the abolition of the ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN)-- More than 80 years after his family was ordered from the country, the grandson of one of the last Ottoman sultans was buried Saturday as hundreds of admirers looked on.

Had Ertugrul Osman, the exiled heir to the Ottoman throne ... particularly his legendary grandfather, Sultan Abdulhamit II, who reigned for 33 years in the empire's final decades.

A colourised image of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II (pictured on the backseat of the carriage) arriving for Friday prayers at the Yildiz mosque (Public archive) At the same time, he spearheaded ...

Osman Ertugrul Osmanoglu, 97, the eldest member of the former Ottoman dynasty, died of kidney failure Sept. 23 at a hospital in Istanbul. He was the last surviving grandson of an Ottoman sultan ...

Following an intensive restoration project, the original seal of Sultan Hamid Abdul II – ruler of the Ottoman Empire during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and builder of the landmark ...

Sultan Abdulhamid II, the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was remembered in Istanbul on Sunday, 101 years since he passed away. Abdulhamid II was commemorated in the city's Cemberlitas district ...