One of the perks of controlling half the planet? A nice portrait or two.
Talk about having the weight of the world on your shoulders, er, head. Suleiman I (The Magnificent), 1520-1566 (loved big turbans, conquered everything in sight; made sure beautiful buildings were built on all the key sites).
Murad III, 1574-1595, (a notorious womanizer who also enjoyed large head accessories and strangled his brother to take the throne).
Abdülmecid I, 1839-1861, (son to the guy below...made things even more European).
Mahmud II (Adli), 1808-1839 (brought in European-style clothing).
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Mahmud II looks like Raffi (http://www.mommyneedscoffee.com/images/uploads/raffi.jpg)
First Ceylan's Istanbul, now the Ottomans. Might one inquire: Wht the suddent interest in things Turkish?
Take a day to visit the Princes' Island while you're on holiday. Donkeys and Victorian seaside houses, but Turkish style!
It looks amazing! We're totally going. (Oh, anon...Porter and I are going to Istanbul at the end of March)
For some lighthearted fun, rent Topkapi. It is 45 years old, but the historic sights of Istanbul are eternal (with apologies to Rome.)
Of course Raffi is Armenian and you know what the Turks did to them. My husband's family lost many in the genocide.
If you get a chance, pick up the book "A Mind at Peace" by Tanpinar- it's considered to be the best book about Istanbul. Lyrical and dense, but lovely.
funny, the size of their hat is directly proportional to the atrocious acts they committed. I wonder how big the running prime minister's hat is
I would very much like to add "The Magnificent" to my moniker.
In order to be sultan, they all had to struggle their brothers, as they were all half-brothers with mothers from Sultan's harem
Spacify has a wide and unbelievable range of Leather Ottomans.
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