In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

This video explores the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the lens of the First Balkan War. It examines the complex ...

A ceasefire in Gaza has created a hopefully enduring–albeit uneasy–pause in the two-year Israel-Hamas war, with the recent ...

It seems that some examples of slavery matter more than others. Chattel slavery was a significant part of the Ottoman ...

The Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to 301 AD, when Armenia adopted Christianity as its national religion, and ...

Thanks to the agreement between Türkiye and Libya’s internationally recognized government, Türkiye has been expanding its ...

British troops have been deployed to the Middle East to help keep the peace in Gaza - but commanders and politicians must ...

Once the city fell to the Turks, the British had to evacuate. Lieutenant-Colonel Toby Rawlinson took command of a steamer ...

In 2005, tens of thousands of people were killed by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan. Most of the victims were in the Kashmir region, others in India. The death toll in what became known as the ...

Turkey’s ties to Hamas, once a liability in Washington, have turned into a geopolitical asset. By persuading Hamas to accept ...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye and Oman are on the same page about Gaza and will work for a two-state solution ...

A young Bosnian Serb had one plan to free his people from the monarchy of Austria-Hungary: kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand, ...