
A Walk Through Ottoman Salonica
We spoke with Vasiliki Kartsiakli, an archaeologist and co-founder of dot2dot, a Thessaloniki agency designing themed tours of the city, about the traces the Ottomans

An Empire as a Refuge: The Albanians and Five Centuries of Ottoman Rule
Five centuries of Ottoman rule left Albania with far more than a few mosques and a handful of Turkish words: they reshaped the country’s religious

Carrying On Tatar Culture Through Food – An Interview with Kemal Seitveliyev
How are Crimean Tatars keeping their culture alive during a time when many have been displaced, yet again, from their homeland? For many Tatars, the

A city without walls. How Sarajevo was born
The current capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded in the 15th century following the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Unlike cities that emerged in

A Restless Soul: The Wandering of Evliya Çelebi
Sometime around 1630, a scholar, clergyman and artist, son of a court jeweller, had a dream. In his dream, Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682) met Muhammed and

An Unexpected Hammam In Downtown Belgrade
Belgrade isn’t exactly the first city that comes to mind when thinking about the Ottoman legacy in the Balkans. The preserved remnants at Kalemegdan Fortress