Ancient history

Where did the Ottoman Empire start from?

The Ottoman Empire had its origins in a small principality established by Osman I in the late 13th century, in the northwestern part of Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Osman was the son of a tribal leader of the Kayı, a Turkic Oghuz tribe that migrated from Central Asia to Anatolia following the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century.