Sultan Süleyman

The Turkish-Hungarian friendship monument has been inaugurated in the northern province of Trabzon with a colorful ceremony in a bid to strengthen the historical and cultural friendship between the two countries.

A rare painting of Hürrem Sultan, known in the West as Roxelana and was the wife of legendry Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, was sold at a London auction for 126,000 pounds ($173,000) on Oct. 27.

Some of the best examples of artwork from the Islamic world, including a portrait of the great Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, will go under the hammer at Britain's famous auction house Sotheby's on May 1.
The collection titled "Arts of the Islamic World" has 311 pieces that will find new owners in the auction to be held on May 1.

An inscription ordered by Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent on a wall of the Bitlis fortress in eastern Turkey has been read and registered. Click through for the story in photos...

Coffee's arrival to Turkey dates back to the period of Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent. The governor of Yemen, Özdemir Pasha, brought coffee to Anatolian territories for the first time in 1570.

An exhibition titled "Matrakçı Nasuh: A 16th Century Genius," featuring works by the famous 16th-century Ottoman philosopher, mathematician and historian Matrakçı Nasuh, opens today in Italian capital Rome. 

The exhibition is hosted by the Societa Geografica Italiana Foundation, which has Europe's most important map archive and library, as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. 

The economy is recovering but for this recovery to be permanent, structural reforms must be made, according to many experts. This is what the World Bank is saying. So is the head of the Turkish Business and Industry Association (TÜSİAD), Erol Bilecik: "We have reached the end of growth based on loans or abundance of liquidity in the Turkish economy."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İzmir deputy Murat Bakan filed a parliamentary question the other day for Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to ask why Turkey has not brought the Paris Agreement it has signed to parliament's general assembly. This was a timely parliamentary question while climate change continues to be the hottest subject in the world. 

Bangladeshi actors and directors called for a ban Dec. 12 on the steamy Turkish period drama Sultan Süleyman (The Magnificent Century), saying the show's "rampant sex" was destroying the local TV industry and fueling divorce.

At the time of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, the American continent had been discovered but there was no American state or dollar. The Ottomans, who ruled from the Atlantic Ocean to the gates of Vienna, had an extremely serious "money" issue.