• 2024
Ottoman Empire by Train

Summary Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride covering 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Starting in south east Turkey going to through to Budapest. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century. View more details

  • 2024

Ottoman Empire by Train

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Alice Roberts Dena Babajic Mostafa Minawi Dalma Czimer

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 25, 2024

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Spark Media Partners

Summary Professor Alice Roberts takes a train ride covering 600 years of the Ottoman Empire. Starting in south east Turkey going to through to Budapest. Her mission is to learn about this vast empire that started with a dream in the 14th century. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 25, 2024

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Spark Media Partners

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Episode 1 • Aug 31, 2024
Episode #1.1
Alice Roberts begins her Ottoman adventure in Adana, southern Turkey. She finds an historic mosque and meets some local experts. She takes a train across the Taurus Mountains to Konya, where she learns about whirling dervishes.
Episode 2 • Sep 07, 2024
Ankara to Bursa
Alice Roberts is on a train to Ankara to visits the tomb of Ataturk who saw out the end of the Ottoman empire. In Bursa she visits the tomb of Osman, the empire's founder. Two cities and two leaders, 600 years apart.
Episode 3 • Sep 14, 2024
Istanbul to Sofia
Alice Roberts arrives in Istanbul by rail to learn about how the strategic Ottoman assault to wrestle the city from the Romans. She also learns about the Ottoman's genius architect Sinam, before taking the sleeper train to Sofia.
Episode 4 • Sep 21, 2024
Sofia to Belgrade
Alice Roberts is in Bulgaria's capital Sofia to learn how the empire was controlled from Istanbul. The city landscape today is almost entirely Soviet. After taking a train to Nis, Serbia she visits the shocking Skull Tower.
Episode 5 • Sep 28, 2024
Timisoara to Budapest
In her final train journey Alice Roberts arrives at the western front of the Ottoman Empire, Budapest to find out how it all ended. In Romania's Timisoara she goes on a search for Ottoman remnants, after everything was destroyed ...almost.
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