The Ottoman Empire expanded across three continents, conquering major territories in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Europe. So why didn’t they ever conquer Italy? In this video, we ...

Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 572nd anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan praised ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

The Central Council of Armenians in Germany and the Diocese of the Armenian Church in Germany hosted a memorial ceremony on ...

Earlier this week, the Greek-American organisation, the Eastern Mediterranean Business and Cultural Alliance (EMBCA), held ...

NARA--Artifacts recovered from an Ottoman Empire frigate that sank off Japan’s Kii Peninsula in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) were at risk of disintegrating until researchers hit upon the idea of ...