Painted by Marten van Cleve, a Flemish painter, this painting shows an interior view of a larger kitchen with various figures occupied in different tasks. It was painted around 1865.
Kitchen Interior by Marten van Cleve
The Auspicious Incident and the End of the Janissaries
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The *Auspicious Incident* (*Vaka-i Hayriye*) refers to the dramatic
destruction of the Ottoman Janissary corps by Sultan Mahmud II on June 15,
1826. Thou...
