The Turks had a genius for government - but did they have a talent for art? It's a question any traveller to Istanbul has to ask, with a pinch of disappointment. If you've seen the elegant and mystically pure creations of medieval Islam in Africa or Spain, there's something shockingly bloated about the art of Ottoman Turkey.
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1392855,00.html

http://ron.heavengames.com/gameinfo/nations/turks/turks.shtml

Mehmet and the Bubonic Plague:
http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/398217

http://www.greece.org/Romiosini/fall.html