That destiny — and her future king — was crowned sultan in 1520. Known today as Suleiman the Magnificent, his moniker was well-earned. Ruling over a golden age in Ottoman history, Suleiman is ...

Portrait of Suleyman I (1520-1566), 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Leemage/Corbis. It’s said that when Suleiman the Magnificent died on a Hungarian battlefield, his followers built a tomb on ...

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory and influence across three continents. This video explores his military ...

In addition to the caftan belonging to Suleiman the Magnificent, there are two other significant works in the textile workshop. The Sultan’s clothes, which were restored at the National Palaces ...

The lost tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire, may have been unearthed in southern Hungary. "Currently everything suggests that this building could ...

Until his death at age 71, Suleiman was the Ottoman Empire's longest-ruling sultan. The Turks greatly expanded their dominance in the Balkans, the Middle East and northern Africa during his 46 ...

Henry VIII and Suleiman the Magnificent were contemporaries that had dramatically different approaches to succession management. In theory, an English king had one wife whose first-born son would ...

We should pity, then, the Grand Vizier Ibrahim, for years the sultan’s most trusted minister. As a boy, he had been captured by slavers in Albania, brought to Istanbul and gifted to Suleyman ...

Ottoman palace intrigues, tales of harem lust and a dash of foreign conquests makes for a compelling cocktail as producers of the television series “Magnificent Century” profitably realized.

The ceremonial caftan of Suleiman the Magnificent is being restored at the Topkapı Palace National Palaces Textile Conservation and Restoration Workshop. Conservation practices are carried out for the ...