DOWNRIGHT OTTOMAN: KÖSEM SULTAN
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…
HISTORY
A PROGRESSIVE SCHOLAR: FAKHRUDDIN RAZI
FAKHRUDDIN RAZI WHO WAS BORN TO A HOUSE MADE FROM SCIENCE AND WISDOM IN REY, THE SELJUK CAPITAL, IN 1149 RECEIVED HIS PRIMARY EDUCATION FROM…
THE MAN WHO STARTED TURKISH MUSIC: SAFİ AL-DIN AL-URMAWİ
ISLAMIC MUSIC THEORY HAD APPEARED WITH THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS AND REACHED TO A LEVEL WHICH IS EQUAL TO TODAY’S MUSIC THEORY. Just as it is…
A PHILOSOPHER AGAINST PHILOSOPY: AL-GHAZALI
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…
THE PREPARER OF THE MOGUL INVASION: HASSAN-I SABBAH AND HASHSHASHINS
THE FIRST INFORMATION WE GATHER ABOUT HASSAN-I SABBAH IS THAT HE IS AN ORDINARY IRANIAN WHO TRIES TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS IF HE IS A…
SULEIMAN: THE RULER OF THE THREE CONTINENTS
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…
HADİM-İ HARAMEYN OR YAVUZ SULTAN SELİM
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…
CONQUEROR, STERN, AND LAWGIVER: MEHMET II.
The second half of the 15th century begins with a contradiction for the great states. Since the dominant regime was empire for the period, the…
THE SUN THAT RISES FROM BAGHDAD: ABDUL QADIR GILANI
HAZRET ABDUL QADIR GILANI WAS BORN IN THE VILLAGE OF NA’IF WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF GILAN LOCATED ALONG THE CASPIAN IN 1077. It is hard…
THE SUN RISING FROM INDIA: IMAM RABBANI
FROM THE 17th CENTURY, IMAM RABBANI WAS AMONG THE NAMES THAT AFFECTED THE TURKISH IDEA THE MOST. India sounds exotic to the most of…
OSMAN GHAZI: WE WERE HIS DREAM
WE DON’T KNOW IF HE HAD REALLY SEEN THE SYCAMORE THAT REACHED FROM HIS BELLY TO THE SKY IN HIS DREAM; HOWEVER, WE KNOW ONE…
A DESCRIPTON OF ANOTHER WORLD: BİHZAD
WE DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BIHZAD’S PERSONALITY AND HIS LIFE, BUT A LOT ABOUT HIS WORKS. MANY WORKS OF HIM ARE EXHIBITED AT THE TOPKAPI…
A GENIOUS AMONG THE PLURALITY: ABU HANIFA
ABU HANIFA WAS A BELOVED PERSON WHO DREW ATTENTION WITH HIS INTELLIGENCE DURING HIS YOUTH. THE SCHOLARS THAT HE KNEW KEPT TELLING HIM THAT HE…