Renaissance painting of Ottoman sultan divides Turkish government, opposition - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Nazlan Ertan

Nazlan Ertan

Jun 29, 2020

A portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II that is currently displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK. This painting is attributed to Italian Renaissance painter Gentile Bellini. — DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH

Erdogan engineers his own conquest of Istanbul

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Building restoration program shores up Istanbul’s cultural heritage

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People visit the Panorama 1453 History Museum on the 558th anniversary of the conquest of the city by Ottoman Turks, in Istanbul May 29, 2011. Istanbul's Panorama 1453 History Museum, Turkey's first panoramic museum, tells the story of the conquest of the city by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: ANNIVERSARY SOCIETY) - RTR2N253

Turkey's rapid museum expansion

Riada Ašimović Akyol

Riada Ašimović Akyol

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters in front of a mosque after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Turkey, May 29, 2015. Erdogan said the launch of Ziraat Bank's Islamic business should help to attract new funds to Turkey and urged other state lenders to help to triple Islamic banking's share of the market by 2023. Islamic finance has developed slowly in Turkey, the world's eighth most populous Muslim nation, partly because of political sensitivities and the secular nature of its laws. However,

Erdogan tries to rewrite history

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