As Greece counts 200 years from the War of independence and stands proud as a member of the EU, the mind reels to the ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

Americans from coast to coast will have the opportunity to witness the first “Blood Moon” visible anywhere in the world in almost three years.

In ‘Our Story’, a fascinating Turkish drama starring Burak Deniz and Hazal Kaya, we follow Filiz as she takes care of her ...

the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' inheritance to the Roman Empire through his conquest of Constantinople. So the current Mehmed decided to target Vienna ...

A gun-toting Palestinian from war-torn Gaza with murky links to a militant terror group, whose social media is replete with pictures of him posing with a Kalashnikov ...

The cases range from the serious to the downright surreal. One of the allegations is that he kicked the tomb of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who captured what was then Constantinople from the ...

During the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II, the Ottomans had to dispatch workers to upgrade the bridges and roads on the way to the city so that they could support the large cannons that ...

The third son of Mehmed I1 (the Conqueror of Constantinople), Jem had the distinction, in 1459, of being the first prince born in the Great Palace. In contrast to his older brother Beyazit, Jem was ...