The Ottoman Empire ruled the land from 1516 to the end of World War I, 1918. Syria was Muslim long before Sultan Selim I defeated the Mamluks in the battle of Marj Dabiq. As recently as 1831 ...
The implications of Turkey’s ascendancy extend beyond Syria. By asserting itself as the successor to the Ottoman Empire, Turkey is reshaping the regional order established after World War I.
Titled Limud VeSeder HaYeshivah Asher Be’Ir HaKodesh Chevron [The study and order of the day of the yeshiva in the Holy City of Hebron], this eighteenth-century document forges a connection between ...