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ottoman

[ot-uh-muhn] / ˈɒt ə mən /
NOUN
footstool
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Turkey is now seeking the repatriation of other antiquities taken during the Ottoman era: an ancient marble torso called the "Old Fisherman" from Berlin, and dozens of Iznik tiles held at France's Louvre museum.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 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

She says it is now clear that the library's archive - seen as an invaluable record of Palestinian history, with many Ottoman records - was totally burned.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025

They lived in Ottoman Salonica, a melting-pot of Greeks, Turks, Jews, Albanians and cosmopolitan traders from all over Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Turkey’s Armenian population, a vulnerable minority in the Ottoman Empire, suffered grievously during the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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