All aboard as Alice explores historic mosques, the amazing tombs of the Ottoman elite, whirling dervishes, and the origins of Turkish delight.
In Ankara, Alice Roberts learns all about Ataturk, who ended the Ottoman Empire. Later, after a train ride to Bursa, she visits the tomb of Osman, the founder of the Ottoman era.
In Istanbul, Alice learns how the Ottomans wrestled the supposedly impregnable city from the Romans, and haggles with a bazaar rug seller.
In the Balkans, Alice discovers how Europe was once controlled from Istanbul, and the Ottomans' shock tactics to deter rebellion, including Skull Tower.
In her final train journey Alice Roberts arrives at the western front of the Ottoman Empire, Budapest to find out how it all ended. In Romania's Timisoara she goes on a search for Ottoman remnants, after everything was destroyed ...almost.
