Roots of the Ottomans

The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors • Season 1 • Episode 1

About this episode

Rageh Omaar attempts to establish how two parallel narratives have emerged from history, one that is commonly seized on to portray the Ottomans as religious zealots or bent on holy war, another that reveals an empire more ready than others to tolerate differences and driven by much more secular motives.