Selim I (ca. 1470-1520), the ninth Ottoman sultan, was the instigator of large-scale conquest and administrative consolidation in Asia that left the Ottomans dominant in the Middle East. The son of Bayezid II (Bajazet), Selim gained administrative...

Byline: Jeff Strickler; Staff Writer Ali Selim doesn't want to be known as "the guy who makes Minnesota farm movies. There's not much of a career in that." Probably not. But it did produce one heck of a year for the...

Sten Nadolny's 1990 novel 'Selim oder Die Gabe der Rede' was the first German literary work to consider how the influx of six million foreigners has affected German society. The plot tells of how Alexander, a German, attempts to learn the gift of communication...