How a Man’s Strange Dream Became a 600+Years Empire

The fascinating chronicles of the Ottoman Empire

Mehmed II, Entering to Constantinople —image by Fausto Zonaro (Wikimedia.org)

The Ottoman Turks’ history recognizes a ruler of the Turkish tribes in Anatolia who had a mystic dream, and this was Osman I. He saw a mighty tree growing out of him and covering the whole world. With the help of his successors, they built the mightiest Middle East Empire of their time.