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The story of an Ottoman sultan’s quest for technological advancement: for which he turned to submarines. Abdülhamid identifies a problem Sultan Abdülhamid II (the last Turkish sultan with absolute powers), who reigned from 1876 until 1909 (when he was deposed), was very aware of the technological shortcomings of the Ottoman…
Work is underway to plan next year’s celebrations for the seven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri (see previous article posted here on 22 March this year “Dante Day”). In fact Sergio Mattarella, the Italian President, went to Ravenna on 6th September to open the events (albeit behind a…
