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

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

Of the places he had shown me, that was the one that stuck, and some months later, when we began planning a family trip, I ...

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 ...

I.B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has announced the publication of Professor Harutyun Marutyan’s ...

I. B. Tauris, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, announced the publication of Prof. Harutyun Marutyan’s "Commemorating the ...

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 ...

From ‘turkey trot’ to ‘going cold turkey,’ the centerpiece to many Thanksgiving dinners has lent its name to many things. But it also borrowed its name from elsewhere.

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 ...

Relive the dramatic fall of Constantinople in 1453, the siege that ended the Byzantine Empire and reshaped world history. This video explores the Ottoman assault led by Sultan Mehmed II, the massive ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 12th-century Byzantine church built over a Roman settlement near Ahtopol on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.