Discovering The Ottomans

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By (author) Ortayli Ilber

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What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? This book answers these questions.

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What was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What lessons can be learnt from the civilization that the Ottomans created? What does the Ottoman Empire mean to us today? One of Turkey”s leading historians, Ilber Ortayli, answers all these questions in “Discovering the Ottomans”, a brilliant set of learned and engaging reflections on the everyday life, legacy and enduring relevance of the Ottomans.

Review quote:
”Lyrical yet careful, this introduction to the Ottoman reality will soon become a classic of popular history-writing.” T.J. Winter, University of Cambridge

Biographical note:
Ilber Ortayli, born in Vienna in 1947, is a leading expert in the Ottomans, who is known for making history accessible to a wider audience, and is Director of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. He is author of many works on the Ottomans including ”The German Influence on the Ottoman Empire”, ”The Longest Century of the Empire”, ”From Tradition to the Future”, ”Studies on the Ottoman Transformation and Local Administration in the Ottoman Empire”.