Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

What was the vitriolic report of Liutprand of Cremona, whose insults towards the Byzantines created a caricature of the ...

The current crisis between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of the United States of America, has proved once more that in international power ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

The Middle East has been a hotbed of conflict for decades, with wars and skirmishes erupting over issues like land, borders and rights .

On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

Every day, ferries of all shapes and sizes glide across the waters of Istanbul, their wakes intertwining to form intricate ...

Türkiye's expanding influence in West Asia and the Caucasus under Erdogan's Islamist-leaning foreign policy raises strategic questions.

There are times in our journey as a global nation when we descend into a victim mentality. We all are familiar with this behavior. We become reactive rather than proactive. We complain about the ...

Yes, patriotism tends to be used more positively, and we might talk of someone who’s done something “wonderfully patriotic” for their country. Nationalism, meanwhile, tends to be viewed more ...