Ottoman Empire
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| 2020 | Russian historian Stepan Mikhailovich Shamin suggests the text originated as a joke pamphlet by Polish nobles, which was later translated and spread through the Romodanovsky family. |
| 2020 | Ukrainian historian Taras Chuhlib provides detailed analysis arguing that all known versions of the sultan-Cossack correspondence are literary inventions, not authentic historical documents. |
| 2019 | Rebranded as Garanti BBVA. |
| 2019 | Ukrainian historian Taras Chuhlib discovered a Polish version of the sultan-Cossack correspondence in the library of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kraków, dated to 24 August 1683. |
| 2019 | Ukrainian historian Volodymyr Pylypenko characterizes the letter as 'perhaps the most famous forgery in Ukrainian history', highlighting its similarities to other 17th-century political-religious propaganda documents. |
| 2018 | Russian historian Ivan Poliakov publishes the oldest known copy of the sultan-Cossack correspondence from a Romodanovsky archive dating to the 1670s. |
| 2017 | Giovanni Angelo Mastrogiovanni began maintaining his father's claims as titular emperor and Grand Master of the Constantinian Order of Saint George. |
| 2014 | A restoration project began to refurbish the harem chambers at Yıldız Palace, with the aim of preparing the site for tourism and scholarly research into harem architecture and daily life. |
| October 4 2013 | The newly constructed museum building was officially reopened, featuring two above-ground floors and one basement floor, showcasing an extensive collection of naval artifacts. |
| May 21 2012 | A monument was erected in Anaklia, Georgia to commemorate the expulsion of the Circassian Muslims, marking a formal remembrance of their displacement. |
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