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The 344 pages that link to Ottoman Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• ConstantinopleNarrower topic: After 1453, Constantinople became its capital and principal imperial city.

• Armenian genocideNarrower topic: The deportations and killings were carried out by its wartime government and forces.

• Fall of ConstantinopleNarrower topic: Its expansion encircled and ultimately absorbed Constantinople.

• IstanbulNarrower topic: Its rulers made Istanbul the center of a vast empire for nearly five centuries.

• Suleiman the MagnificentNarrower topic: Suleiman's reign was a pivotal period in the empire's long history.

• Hagia SophiaNarrower topic: Ottoman conquest brought Hagia Sophia into a new imperial and religious setting.

• Mehmed IINarrower topic: Mehmed expanded and centralized the empire inherited by his successors.

• Young Turk RevolutionNarrower topic: The revolution reshaped the empire’s government during its final decades.

• Sykes–Picot AgreementNarrower topic: The agreement mapped proposed Allied spheres across Ottoman Arab territories.

• Treaty of KarlowitzNarrower topic: The territorial losses made its retreat from Central Europe unmistakable.

• Ottoman militaryNarrower topic: Its territorial growth created the changing military demands and institutions of the armed forces.

• Republic of TurkeyNarrower topic: Its defeat in World War I and dissolution created the conditions for a successor republic.

• Ottoman dynastyNarrower topic: The dynasty’s history is inseparable from the empire it governed.

• Battle of MohácsNarrower topic: Its military resources and expansion under Suleiman shaped the campaign’s outcome.

• Enver PashaNarrower topic: Enver's political career unfolded during its final years and wartime dissolution.

• Muhammad Ali of EgyptNarrower topic: Muhammad Ali governed Egypt as an Ottoman viceroy while pursuing substantial autonomy.

• Topkapı PalaceNarrower topic: Topkapı served as a principal seat of this empire’s rulers and government.

• Ottoman InterregnumNarrower topic: The interregnum interrupted the empire’s expansion and centralized rule.

• Battle of ChaldiranNarrower topic: The Ottoman state’s military organization and resources shaped its battlefield advantage.

• Battle of KosovoNarrower topic: The battle formed part of the empire’s advance into the Balkans.

• DevshirmeNarrower topic: Devshirme developed as a recruitment institution within this expanding empire.

• The SiegeNarrower topic: Its fifteenth-century expansion supplies the besieging army’s political world.

• Battle of NicopolisNarrower topic: Its expansion into southeastern Europe prompted the coalition that fought at Nicopolis.

• Ottoman–Safavid relationsNarrower topic: Its imperial institutions and Sunni legitimacy formed the other side of the rivalry.

• San Remo ConferenceNarrower topic: The conference addressed the distribution of territories after the empire's defeat.

• Ibrahim PashaNarrower topic: Ibrahim’s offices and campaigns belonged to the empire’s expanding sixteenth-century government.

• Ottoman cuisineNarrower topic: The empire’s territories and institutions created the setting for Ottoman cuisine’s breadth.

• Abolition of the Ottoman sultanateNarrower topic: Abolition ended its sultanate, not every institution or consequence of the empire at once.

• Nuri al-SaidNarrower topic: Al-Said began his military career as an officer in its army.

• Ottoman courtNarrower topic: The court was the dynastic center of this larger imperial polity.

• Ottoman millet systemNarrower topic: The millet system was one way this empire governed religious diversity.

• AnkaraNarrower topic: Ankara’s rise followed the empire’s collapse and the creation of a successor republic.

• Barbary corsairsNarrower topic: Ottoman power shaped the political setting in which major North African corsair ports developed.

• Battle of AnkaraNarrower topic: The battle interrupted its expansion and exposed the fragility of dynastic rule.

• Battle of ZentaNarrower topic: Its army was caught during the crossing, and the defeat weakened its position in the war.

• Ottoman HungaryNarrower topic: Ottoman Hungary was a European frontier territory within this larger imperial system.

• Ottoman TurkishNarrower topic: The empire’s court and administration used Ottoman Turkish across a changing multilingual realm.

• TimarNarrower topic: The empire developed and administered the timar system across its provinces.

• Balkan nationalismNarrower topic: Its weakening authority created openings for Balkan revolts and autonomy movements.

• Battle of ViennaNarrower topic: Its army besieged Vienna and faced the relief coalition.

• Byzantine–Seljuk warsNarrower topic: The post-Seljuk political landscape in Anatolia eventually enabled Ottoman expansion.

• Isma'il PashaNarrower topic: Egypt remained formally within the empire, and Isma'il’s title and authority depended on Ottoman recognition.

• Selim INarrower topic: Selim’s campaigns marked a major expansion in the empire’s territory and reach.

• AlgiersNarrower topic: Ottoman rule shaped the city's government, defenses, and Mediterranean role.

• Battle of VarnaNarrower topic: Its military organization and strategic position shaped the Ottoman victory.

• Bayezid INarrower topic: Bayezid’s campaigns expanded this state before his defeat exposed its political fragility.

• Eastern RumeliaNarrower topic: Eastern Rumelia remained formally under Ottoman sovereignty.

• Hürrem SultanNarrower topic: Its court and dynastic institutions created the political world in which Hürrem rose.

• Jamal al-Din al-AfghaniNarrower topic: His travels and final years unfolded within Ottoman political networks and debates over Muslim unity.

• John III SobieskiNarrower topic: Sobieski’s defining military campaigns were fought against Ottoman expansion into central Europe.