Istanbul: the Breeze from the Past -- Sinan the Architect -- Forced Recruitment into the Ottoman Elite -- The Ottoman Family -- The Sublime Porte -- The Baroque in İstanbul -- Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror -- The Conquest -- Ottoman Cuisine -- Travel Writing and the Ottoman Empire -- Ottoman Palaces and the Topkapı Palace -- Ulema Neighbourhoods in Istanbul -- The Ottoman Sultans -- The Ottoman Pashas -- The Ottoman Kadi -- The Imperial Council -- Sultanahmet -- Independent Provinces within the Ottoman Administrative System -- Antiquities -- The Schooling of the Ottoman Elite -- The Last Roman Empire.