The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299. It achieved its greatest military victory in 1453 with the conquest of Constantinople. This ended the thousand-year history of the Eastern Roman Empire and ...

Karagiozis is the main character of Greek shadow puppet theater shows, and has been a constant for generations of children in ...

Today, the Blue Mosque is recognized as one of the must-see tourist attractions in Istanbul, and central to the city as a ...

He says that "the persecution and massacres of minorities are, to date, the most heinous crimes in world history" ...