S1E4:Controlling Europe
Ottoman Empire by Train
16 Nov 2024TV-PG
Entering the Eastern European region of The Balkans by sleeper train, Alice Roberts heads towards Bulgaria's capital city Sofia. She learns how the empire was controlled from Istanbul and how today the city's landscape and architecture is almost entirely Soviet. In Serbia, she takes the train to Nis to see the shocking Skull Tower, used by the Ottomans to deter rebellion.
