The Ottoman Empire, founded in 1299 ... In a speech in Ankara on August 30, Erdogan said, in part: As some historians have said, we are not a society that has an army—we are a nation that ...

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The matter doesn’t differ in Libya where Erdogan seeks to stir the Turkish belonging for a number of Libyans, of Ottoman origins, at the time of the Ottoman occupation of the Arab nation.

As Erdogan turns his back on the West ... Russia fought multiple wars against the Ottoman Empire and long sought to win possession of the Bosporus. During the Cold War, Turkey was one of only ...

Pete Hegseth wanted US soldiers to be "killing machines" & stated that the Turkish president wanted to restore the Ottoman ...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Albania Thursday ... he tries to boost ties with a region once ruled by ...