The portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, also known as Mehmed the Conqueror, painted by Italian artist Gentile Bellini, is being exhibited at the Victoria.
Pioneering cartographer Piri Reis combined his aesthetic taste with maritime knowledge in his works, leaving behind some of the most distinct maps in the.
The Mecidiye Mansion of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid, which has been inaccessible to anyone but the official for 165 years, has been opened to visitors for the first time in its history, with the partial completion of the restoration in Topkapı Palace in Istanbul.
The art of defense in war is epitomized by the fort, whether simple wooden stockades or elaborately engineered complexes of walls, ditches, and towers.