ottoman

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In the early 1920s the Ottoman Empire collapsed and the dynasty’s rule was abolished by the new Turkish Republic led by Mustafa Kemal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

It was originally bought by Khalil Sherif Pasha, widely known as Khalil-Bey, an Ottoman statesman and diplomat posted in Paris and then Vienna.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It became a vibrant crossroads under the Ottoman Empire, said Artega, 55, and its population grew to around 25,000 as a construction boom took off.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

“We would like to be civil servants, soldiers, prosecutors…just like we were in Ottoman times.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Fifty years earlier, Dr. Philobosian had made his living treating Ottoman ladies in Smyrna.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides