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.

Although it often ranks number two as a city in Greece, Thessaloniki is number one in the country when it comes to Greek ...

“Do high school students in the United States learn about the Armenian Genocide?” This is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. K-12 education in the United States is highly decentralized and ...

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire extended its influence all the way to Southeast Asia, forging alliances and ...

With the rise and establishment of the modern state of Israel starting in 1948, all the attempts by all the Arab Islamic ...

Syrian authorities were quick to condemn last month’s suicide attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias, which left 25 ...

Up to 17 million people have passed through the slave trade in the Muslim world since the 7th century. Tragically, the ...

Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s summer show Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a traveling exhibition of ...

The Ottomans ruled all of Albania and their influence is still seen in the fact that Islam is the most prevalent religion in the country. 2. Algeria ...

Revenge attacks against deposed president Assad’s heterodox Alawite sect led local evangelicals to model reconciliation ...

When the dust settled, the March massacre claimed the lives of at least 1,700 Alawites. Ziad, currently in Lebanon and ...

The Ottoman Empire's seeming tolerance of non-Muslim religions was part of a way to manage communities that drew the empire's suspicions, according to an Osaka Metropolitan University historian.