Hızır, better known as Khayreddin, or to the west Barbaros because of his orange beard was born in either 1477 or 1467 on Midilli (Lesbos) Island. Khayreddin's name was given by Sultan Selim I because of his services in the name of Islam. His father Yaku ...
Most of us have heard or read about the first black pilot in World War One, the African-American pilot Eugene Bullard. But little do we know about the black Ottoman pilot serving in the Ottoman Air Force. His name was Ahmed Ali Efendi, also known as Arab ...
