Ottoman siege artillery. Portuguese fortresses, equipped with stone walls and cannon, were the key to their survival against ...

The Sunni world may appear to be a solid bloc, but deep historical, ethnic and political faultlines continue to divide Arabs, Turks and other Muslim communities ...

AB: Some Turkish scholars argue that the Jihad call wasn't targeting the non-Muslim citizens of the Ottoman Empire. But what ...

The Yunus Emre Institute in Cairo (Turkish Cultural Centre) hosted a symposium and photo exhibition titled “Hagia Sophia: The Jewel of Istanbul,” highlighting the monument’s historical and cultural ...

Pope Leo will encounter Islam and engage in interfaith outreach in both countries. His engagement with Christians will be ...

Last November, on X, the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk told the toy company Hasbro to “ burn in hell .” Hasbro owns the ...

A new documentary claims "beyond a shadow of a doubt" that the Parthenon Sculptures were stolen, according to the director.

Housed in an ornate former Ottoman palace on the shores of the Bosphorus Strait, the Çırağan Palace Kempinski Istanbul is the ...

A new documentary, The Marbles, claims irrefutable proof that the Parthenon Sculptures—known as the Elgin Marbles—were stolen ...

The Armenian crest bears a cross above the crown, a powerful symbol that Christianity stands above politics. Many observers ...

In May 1453, the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II brought down the great walls of Constantinople after weeks of siege. This one-minute journey with Google Earth traces the city’s defenses, the decisive ...

At the eastern edge of the Peloponnese, facing the open waters of the Laconian Sea, rises a limestone promontory a mile long ...