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Turks Collection (page 7)

Background imageTurks Collection: Battle between Turks and Christians

Battle between Turks and Christians. Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto (1518-1594). Oil On Canvas, c.1588 / 89

Background imageTurks Collection: Crusades. Naval battle of Embro (1346) in which

Crusades. Naval battle of Embro (1346) in which the Knights of Rhodes defeated the Turks. After an original painting by Eug讥 Lepoittevin (1842). Oil on canvas. FRANCE. Versailles

Background imageTurks Collection: Polish Officers Hanged

Polish Officers Hanged
Captured Polish officers siding with the Turks against the Russian oppressors of their country are hanged by the Russians as traitors Date: 1878

Background imageTurks Collection: Turkey - Venerable Turks surrounded by postage stamps

Turkey - Venerable Turks surrounded by postage stamps
Turkey - Venerable Turks (Anatolian Farm workers - now retired!) surrounded by Turkish postage stamps Date: circa 1903

Background imageTurks Collection: Yeni Cami mosque and Eminonu bazaar, Constantinople, Turkey

Yeni Cami mosque and Eminonu bazaar, Constantinople, Turkey. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Yeni Cami mosque and Eminonu bazaar, Constantinople, Turkey. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageTurks Collection: Uneasy Turks

Uneasy Turks. Illustration shows two turkeys, one dressed as a Turk standing among smoking bombs and pumpkins, beneath clouds that rain axes, bombs, vegetables, pies, and rifles upon them

Background imageTurks Collection: Maltese watch-tower

Maltese watch-tower on limestone cliffs above Gnejna Bay. Originally a lookout post for raiding corsairs / Ottoman Turks, c. 1550 Date: 2011

Background imageTurks Collection: Constantinople Fall - 1

Constantinople Fall - 1
The Turks blockade the city. Date: 10 November 1452

Background imageTurks Collection: Constantinople Fall - 6

Constantinople Fall - 6
The emperor Constantinus XI Paleologus is last seen fighting as the gates of the city fall to the Turks. Date: 29 May 1453

Background imageTurks Collection: Italian Troops capture Ottoman Standard

Italian Troops capture Ottoman Standard
Italo-Turkish War - Libya - The flag of the Prophet captured by Italian soldiers during fighting on October 26th 1911 Date: 1911

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Enter Larissa 1897

Turks Enter Larissa 1897
Turkish troops enter Larissa after the Greeks had abondoned it on the 23rd April 1897. Date: 1897

Background imageTurks Collection: Turkish troops surrendering to British near Kirkuk, WW1

Turkish troops surrendering to British near Kirkuk, WW1
Turkish troops surrendering to a British outpost near Kirkuk, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: May 1918

Background imageTurks Collection: French submarine Turquoise renamed, Turkey, WW1

French submarine Turquoise renamed, Turkey, WW1
The French submarine Turquoise, captured by Ottoman forces, renamed Mustacip Onbasi and commissioned for operations in the Black Sea during the First World War. Date: late 1915

Background imageTurks Collection: Captured Turkish pontoons, Ismailia, Egypt, WW1

Captured Turkish pontoons, Ismailia, Egypt, WW1
Some of the 25 Turkish pontoons captured at Ismailia, Egypt, during action on the Suez Canel on 3-4 February 1915, when the Turks attempted to cross the canal. The pontoons were destroyed

Background imageTurks Collection: General Townshend, British Indian Army officer

General Townshend, British Indian Army officer
General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Indian Army officer. During the First World War he commanded an Anglo-Indian force against the Turks in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq)

Background imageTurks Collection: Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall

Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTurks Collection: Sivas - Ulu Camii

Sivas - Ulu Camii
The Ulu Camii (Mosque) completed in 1196 (famous for its simplicity - a showcase for the Seljuk Turks architectural success) at Sivas, Turkey (Medieval Sebastia)

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Build Boat Bridge

Turks Build Boat Bridge
In the course of their war with Russia, the Turks build a bridge of boats to enable them to cross the Danube from Tschaiten to Widdin. Logs are laid from one boat to another. Date: 1877

Background imageTurks Collection: French Invade Algeria

French Invade Algeria
BATTLE OF STAOUELI The French land here, and after defeating an army of Turks and Arabs, march on to take Algiers Date: 14 June 1830

Background imageTurks Collection: Mongols Vs Turks C14Th

Mongols Vs Turks C14Th
One of the many battles between Timur (Tamerlane) and his Mongols against the Turks. Date: 14th century

Background imageTurks Collection: Patriotic Greek Card

Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War showing the Greeks triumphing over the Turks - likely to be in Thessaloniki

Background imageTurks Collection: Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Background imageTurks Collection: Bosnia - Sarajevo - Turkish Types

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Turkish Types
Turkish Types in Sarajevo: A Turkish woman, a Hodja, Turks outside a coffeehouse and a Turk outside his shop

Background imageTurks Collection: Bosnia - Sarajevo - Three Young Turks

Bosnia - Sarajevo - Three Young Turks
Three young Turkish men drinking black coffee and sharing a long pipe (with a cigarette in the end!!) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: 1910s

Background imageTurks Collection: Sarajevo - Three Young Turks praying

Sarajevo - Three Young Turks praying

Background imageTurks Collection: Turkish soldiers marching north of Rheims

Turkish soldiers marching north of Rheims
Turkish soldiers marching to the north of Rheims during the First World War

Background imageTurks Collection: Turkish Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey
Buyukdere fire brigade team in their striped uniforms and bobble hats! They surround their highly decorated maual firefighting pump

Background imageTurks Collection: Beyoglu - Istanbul, Turkey

Beyoglu - Istanbul, Turkey
A street in Beyoglu, Istanbul

Background imageTurks Collection: A Modern Turkish Lady

A Modern Turkish Lady
A Modern Turkish veiled woman reclining on a wicker couch. The beginning of modern Turks

Background imageTurks Collection: Jerusalem following capture by the British

Jerusalem following capture by the British
Picture of Jerusalem (looking down the Jaffa Road) following the capture of the Holy City from the Turks by the British on 9th December 1917

Background imageTurks Collection: Sivas - Turkey - Ulu Camii

Sivas - Turkey - Ulu Camii
The Ulu Camii (Mosque) completed in 1196 (famous for its simplicity - a showcase for the Seljuk Turks architectural success) at Sivas, Turkey (Medieval Sebastia)

Background imageTurks Collection: Armenians celebrate the new constitution

Armenians celebrate the new constitution
The entrance of the Armenian Church St. Trinity where the Armenians are celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Background imageTurks Collection: Proclamation of the new Constitution

Proclamation of the new Constitution
The Proclamation of the new Constitution established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908. The crowd assembled in front of the Town Hall to hear the proclamation by the Inspector General

Background imageTurks Collection: Armenian schoolchildren celebrate the new constitution

Armenian schoolchildren celebrate the new constitution
Armenian schoolchildren celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908

Background imageTurks Collection: Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888

Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888
Engraving showing Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888. It was here that George Gordon, Lord Byron, died from marsh fever whilst fighting the Turks in 1824

Background imageTurks Collection: Party of Cossacks entering Kadikol, Crimean War, 1856

Party of Cossacks entering Kadikol, Crimean War, 1856
Engraving of a small group of Russian troops on horseback, leaving the Crimea at the cessation of the Crimean War, 1856. Despite defeat by the allied forces of the Turks

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Take Larissa

Turks Take Larissa
During the war with Turkey, the Greeks are driven from Larissa : but at the end of the war it will be handed back to them

Background imageTurks Collection: War with Turkey

War with Turkey
Serbian troops march out of Belgrade to fight the Turks

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Take Rhodes

Turks Take Rhodes
The Ottoman empire has another go at Rhodes, and this time they are successful : the Knights of St John are defeated and expelled, and the island is under Turkish rule

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Besiege Rhodes

Turks Besiege Rhodes
Having taken Constantinople, the Turks turn their eyes on Rhodes and besiege it, but it is heroically defended by the Hospitallers (Knights of St John) and the Turks retire

Background imageTurks Collection: Greek Learning

Greek Learning
After the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greek scholars flee to the west : the Medici family of Firenze (Florence) are particularly welcoming

Background imageTurks Collection: Prince George in Crete

Prince George in Crete
Prince George, son of the king of Greece, arrives in Crete as High Commissioner after the Turks have been expelled. He is welcomed enthusiastically by the populace

Background imageTurks Collection: Herzegovina Revolts

Herzegovina Revolts
Insurrection of Herzegovina against Ottoman rule : Turks under Cenghed-Bey attack the insurgents on mount Beteliza

Background imageTurks Collection: D aubusson at Rhodes

D aubusson at Rhodes
During the siege of Rhodes by the Turks, Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the defending Knights Hospitallers, offers the command to his brother Antoine

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Take Missolonghi

Turks Take Missolonghi
After several tries, the Turks under Ibrahim Pasha take Missolonghi (now Mesalongion) from the Greeks, massacring many - 3000 Greek heads are displayed on the walls

Background imageTurks Collection: Turks Quit Belgrade

Turks Quit Belgrade
The Turkish forces of occupation evacuate Belgrade, which will now become the capital of Serbia, and eventually of Yugoslavia

Background imageTurks Collection: Crete Revolt - 4

Crete Revolt - 4
The battle of Saint-Hieromeli is one of many bitter engagements between the insurgents and the Turks, but the insurrection will ultimately fail

Background imageTurks Collection: War with Turks - 1

War with Turks - 1
Montenegro is continually at war with the Ottoman empire to ensure its independence : the Montengran camp at mount Kerstatz, near Cattaro



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