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Hilal Nur Kuyruk
Hilal is a historian specializing in Medieval Middle East and Central Asia. After completing her Bachelor of International Relations, Hilal moved to Turkey, where she worked as a teacher. In 2024, she completed a Master of Arts, specializing in History, from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Hilal’s main interests are the history of gender, textiles, and fashion in Anatolia. In her spare time, she likes to discuss Ottoman history and reproduce historically accurate Ottoman clothing on her YouTube channel, Historian Hilly.
Education:La Trobe University, 2024MA Arts (History)La Trobe University, 2017BA International RelationsExpertise:Articles by Hilal Nur Kuyruk
Most people in the Middle Ages did not leave the villages they were born in. Ibn Battuta, however, traveled to around 40 present-day countries.
The Janissary Corps, the first standing army in Europe, was not only a military but also a political and social force in the Ottoman Empire.
This is the story of the Seljuks, the early steppe nomads who began the Turkic migration and settlement of the Middle East.
Learn how Kösem Sultan, an enslaved concubine of the 17th century, became the most powerful woman in Ottoman history.
How did Bayezid, fourth sultan of the mighty Ottoman Empire, lose his life in captivity at the court of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur the “Lame”?
The Battle of Manzikert, fought between the Byzantine and Seljuk Empires in 1071 CE, forever changed the ethno-cultural and religious landscape of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
The Medieval-Era Great Seljuk Empire, formed by steppe nomadic Turks, came to dominate key cities throughout Central Asia and the Middle East.
What made the almost 600-year-long Ottoman Empire so unique?