Suleiman the Magnificent

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu visited his party's headquarters in Istanbul for the occasion of Eid al-Fitr and delivered a speech, which moved party members. They then chanted slogans as such, "Ahmet Hodja, take us to the Ottoman times?"

Upon this, Prime Minister Davuto?lu replied, "Hopefully, we will bring the Ottoman order, the Ottoman justice to these days?" 

An exhibition of famous Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis' maps has been opened in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district. The exhibiton at the Milta Bodrum Marina Ottoman Shipyard can be visited until July 23.

Guests of the iconic Selimiye Mosque in Turkey's northwestern province of Edirne will soon be given socks free of charge to wear while visiting the mosque.

Edirne Mufti Emrullah Üzüm said the free sock distribution was going to begin soon to avoid any problems regarding the cleanliness of the rugs inside the mosque. 

The location where the internal organs of 16th century Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent were buried has been discovered in southern Hungary, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The sultan died in 1566 during the siege of the Szigetvar Fortress.

The age of digital communication and social media has given us many opportunities we did not have ten years ago. We can now support whatever cause we like with greater ease. We can identify and contribute to people who we probably wouldn't hear about if they were operating in the 1990's simply because they would be lacking the funds to go public.

The historical Valide Sultan Bath, built by Kanuni Sultan Süleyman?s wife Hürrem Sultan in the central Anatolian province of Konya?s Karap?nar district in the 16th century, has been turned into a museum.

Meryem Uzerli, "Hürrem" in Turkey’s globally popular TV drama “Muhteşem Yüzyıl” (The Magnificent Century) returned to Germany last year after ending her relationship with the father of her then-unborn daughter, Lara.

Meryem Uzerli, better known as Hürrem Sultan in the popular Turkish TV series “The Magnificent Century” (Muhteşem Yüzyıl) has returned to Turkey, after signing a contract with O3, the Turkish production company of the biggest TV channel of the Arab world, MBC.

Istanbul is hosting an unusual exhibition titled “Magnificent Century: The Great Exhibition” of costumes, decorations and accessories used in a popular Turkish television series on the life of 16th-century Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent.

The restoration of the Suleiman the Magnificent bath in Burgas is almost complete and will open for visitors next year, report the Bulgarian-language  media.

The XVI century building is in the Aquae Calidae archaeological complex in Burgas, near the mineral water springs. 

The bath has been restored to its original Oriental appearance.