CONSORT NAME OF KÖSEM SULTAN WAS MAHPEYKER, MEANING ONE WITH THE FACE OF MOON. KÖSEM SEEMS AS THE TURKISH CORRESPONDANCE OF MAHPEYKER. The Sultanate of…
AL-GHAZALI HAS THREE CHARACTERISTICS BEYOND BRINGING PHILOSOPHERS TO THEIR KNEES: ASH’ARI THEOLOGIAN, SHAFI’I JURIST AND SUFI. It is not a coincidence that Imam al-Ghazali is…
SULTAN SULEIMAN IS KNOWN AS “KANUNİ” (THE LAWGIVER) IN THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE HE REGULATED THE LEGAL SYSTEM, AND AS “THE MAGNIFICENT” IN EUROPE BECAUSE…
SELİM I WAS NAMED ‘YAVUZ’ (THE STERN) AFTER HIS STRONG, HARSH, AND INVINCIBLE MANNERS AGAINST THE MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLIM OPPONENTS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. Realizing…