Also nicknamed the "Island of Outcasts", Leros has a complex past with visible traces of its wartime and political history ...

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and ...

Explore the disappearance of ancient powerful countries which were once powerful, mighty and stood strong in the annals of ...

A strategic location made Lemnos an Allied stronghold during the First World War, now the island majors on good food and a ...

Once the heart of a vast empire and now a crossroads between East and West, Hungary stands as a testament to Europe’s layered ...

Victor Taki delves deeply into one aspect of these conflicts in Russia’s Turkish Wars. In this case, it should be noted that the focus of Taki’s work is the book’s subtitle, The Tsarist Army and the ...

She wrote her first novel, 'Caravan for Crows', at the age of 23, when the pandemic forced her to close her gastronomic business and return to her parents' home. Now, her literature can be read in ...

Bosnian minister says conference 'a message of legitimization of the occupation and systematic destruction of the Palestinian people'; Swissotel cites security concerns ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 ...

Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by people. This means the creation of borders is often a political exercise – ...

Even from the air they looked like ramparts between fortress Europe and the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire. ... I dreamed of reading my books and looking at my many maps while the train crept east.