Mezze can be made up of just a few, or dozens of dishes, depending on what’s available and the size of the dining party. These are the main items you’ll find in mezze spreads, though each region has ...

Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...

Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...

The restored Nebet Tepe archaeological complex in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was officially opened on March 20. The restored site ...

This is the thirteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

Wilson used the Alien Enemies Act to impose sweeping restrictions on the residency, work, possessions, speech and activities ...

the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. According to the National Archives, U.S. authorities used the law to place over 6,000 "enemy ...

St. Ivan Rilski’s bones were transferred to Bulgaria under her guidance ... There is no question that the Ottoman empire moved in an increasingly moderate and liberal direction with time ...

Bulgaria celebrates Levski as the Apostle of Freedom ... he turned to revolutionary activities. The economic crisis in the Ottoman Empire created an environment conducive to revolution, and in 1861, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated combo of pictures released by the Metropolitan Police shows from left, Katrin Ivanova, Vanya ...

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:05:02 GMT SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday rejected a technocrat government proposed by the centre-right GERB party, deepening a prolonged political impasse ...