Hammams—the public baths that have been an integral part of Istanbul life for centuries—can be found everywhere from the city's quiet historic neighborhoods to inside the best hotels in Turkey, and ...

What makes an item worth millions of dollars? Is it its history, rarity, or simply the prestige of owning it? Across the Arab ...

Museums, cuisine, nightlife and cruising the Bosphorus are some of the things to do in Istanbul at night. This vibrant city ...

The following tourist guide-recommended destinations offer a taste of Ottoman and Turkish culture and history but without the ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...

Again and again his patterns owe debts to Islamic art, examples of which were known ... two velvet hangings made in 17th-century Bursa, in Ottoman Turkey. Their pattern of stylised tulips ...

Suleiman I, the most dazzling of the Ottoman sultans, illuminated the 16th century, reigning from 1520 to 1566. He was the ...

By Tom Faber As Frieze Los Angeles shines a spotlight on art in the city, one community, long facing institutional apathy, calls for marking its memories in the public mind. By Sam Lubell ...

The beloved historical figure is considered the greatest architect of the Ottoman Empire and one of the forefront artists ...