The Queen's Ambassador to the Sultan _{Memoirs of sir Henry A. Layard's Constantinople Embassy 1877-1880}

The Center for Ottoman Diplomatic History has been established at the initiative, and thanks to the generous support, of Ömer M. Koç. Its main field of activity is the publication of collections of documents from the Ottoman ministry of Foreign Affairs. It aims at bringing a fresh insight to the history of the "Eastern Question". Two main series are planned: "Ottoman Diplomatic Documents on the Origins of World War One", and "Ottoman Diplomatic Documents on the Eastern Question in the 19th Century". A third series, "L'Empire Ottoman et I'Europe" covers the main events of 79th century European history as seen by Ottoman diplomats like "The Franco-Prussian War" or "Italian Unification".