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Battle between Turks and Christians. Jacopo Robusti, called Il Tintoretto (1518-1594). Oil On Canvas, c.1588 / 89
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
Polish Officers HangedCaptured Polish officers siding with the Turks against the Russian oppressors of their country are hanged by the Russians as traitors Date: 1878
Turkey - Venerable Turks surrounded by postage stampsTurkey - Venerable Turks (Anatolian Farm workers - now retired!) surrounded by Turkish postage stamps Date: circa 1903
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
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
Maltese watch-tower on limestone cliffs above Gnejna Bay. Originally a lookout post for raiding corsairs / Ottoman Turks, c. 1550 Date: 2011
Constantinople Fall - 1The Turks blockade the city. Date: 10 November 1452
Constantinople Fall - 6The emperor Constantinus XI Paleologus is last seen fighting as the gates of the city fall to the Turks. Date: 29 May 1453
Italian Troops capture Ottoman StandardItalo-Turkish War - Libya - The flag of the Prophet captured by Italian soldiers during fighting on October 26th 1911 Date: 1911
Turks Enter Larissa 1897Turkish troops enter Larissa after the Greeks had abondoned it on the 23rd April 1897. Date: 1897
Turkish troops surrendering to British near Kirkuk, WW1Turkish troops surrendering to a British outpost near Kirkuk, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: May 1918
French submarine Turquoise renamed, Turkey, WW1The 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
Captured Turkish pontoons, Ismailia, Egypt, WW1Some 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
General Townshend, British Indian Army officerGeneral 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)
Skopje, Macedonia - Turkish Knife and shoe stall Date: circa 1910s
Sivas - Ulu CamiiThe Ulu Camii (Mosque) completed in 1196 (famous for its simplicity - a showcase for the Seljuk Turks architectural success) at Sivas, Turkey (Medieval Sebastia)
Turks Build Boat BridgeIn 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
French Invade AlgeriaBATTLE OF STAOUELI The French land here, and after defeating an army of Turks and Arabs, march on to take Algiers Date: 14 June 1830
Mongols Vs Turks C14ThOne of the many battles between Timur (Tamerlane) and his Mongols against the Turks. Date: 14th century
Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War showing the Greeks triumphing over the Turks - likely to be in Thessaloniki
Gott Strafe the Turks by George RansteadA 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
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Turkish TypesTurkish Types in Sarajevo: A Turkish woman, a Hodja, Turks outside a coffeehouse and a Turk outside his shop
Bosnia - Sarajevo - Three Young TurksThree young Turkish men drinking black coffee and sharing a long pipe (with a cigarette in the end!!) in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: 1910s
Sarajevo - Three Young Turks praying
Turkish soldiers marching north of RheimsTurkish soldiers marching to the north of Rheims during the First World War
Turkish Firemen - Constantinople, TurkeyBuyukdere fire brigade team in their striped uniforms and bobble hats! They surround their highly decorated maual firefighting pump
Beyoglu - Istanbul, TurkeyA street in Beyoglu, Istanbul
A Modern Turkish LadyA Modern Turkish veiled woman reclining on a wicker couch. The beginning of modern Turks
Jerusalem following capture by the BritishPicture of Jerusalem (looking down the Jaffa Road) following the capture of the Holy City from the Turks by the British on 9th December 1917
Sivas - Turkey - Ulu CamiiThe Ulu Camii (Mosque) completed in 1196 (famous for its simplicity - a showcase for the Seljuk Turks architectural success) at Sivas, Turkey (Medieval Sebastia)
Armenians celebrate the new constitutionThe 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
Proclamation of the new ConstitutionThe 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
Armenian schoolchildren celebrate the new constitutionArmenian schoolchildren celebrating the new Constitution, established after the Young Turk Revolution of July 3, 1908
Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888Engraving showing Missolonghi, Western Greece, 1888. It was here that George Gordon, Lord Byron, died from marsh fever whilst fighting the Turks in 1824
Party of Cossacks entering Kadikol, Crimean War, 1856Engraving 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
Turks Take LarissaDuring the war with Turkey, the Greeks are driven from Larissa : but at the end of the war it will be handed back to them
War with TurkeySerbian troops march out of Belgrade to fight the Turks
Turks Take RhodesThe 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
Turks Besiege RhodesHaving 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
Greek LearningAfter the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greek scholars flee to the west : the Medici family of Firenze (Florence) are particularly welcoming
Prince George in CretePrince 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
Herzegovina RevoltsInsurrection of Herzegovina against Ottoman rule : Turks under Cenghed-Bey attack the insurgents on mount Beteliza
D aubusson at RhodesDuring the siege of Rhodes by the Turks, Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the defending Knights Hospitallers, offers the command to his brother Antoine
Turks Take MissolonghiAfter several tries, the Turks under Ibrahim Pasha take Missolonghi (now Mesalongion) from the Greeks, massacring many - 3000 Greek heads are displayed on the walls
Turks Quit BelgradeThe Turkish forces of occupation evacuate Belgrade, which will now become the capital of Serbia, and eventually of Yugoslavia
Crete Revolt - 4The battle of Saint-Hieromeli is one of many bitter engagements between the insurgents and the Turks, but the insurrection will ultimately fail
War with Turks - 1Montenegro is continually at war with the Ottoman empire to ensure its independence : the Montengran camp at mount Kerstatz, near Cattaro