The Holocaust, the systematic murder of some six million Jews by Nazi Germany in World War II, occupies a singular and ...

The Filiki Eteria, or the Society of Friends was founded on September 14, 1814, and played a crucial role in the Greek War of Independence.

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

Turkey is not the largest power interested in Africa. Its economic engagement, arms sales, and foreign aid are dwarfed by one or more of the major powers.

Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...

This January, a Turkish court sentenced Sofya Alağaş, a Kurdish journalist and elected co-mayor of Siirt municipality, to six ...

The Dodecanese, the island archipelago which literally means ”The Twelve Islands”, officially joined their motherland of ...

Freedom House seeks to quantify the quality of democracy and freedom by measuring the political freedoms of every country in the world.

Istanbul is a city that reveals itself on its own terms for travelers who invest the time and energy to unpeel its many ...

Edinburgh University Press has announced the publication of Dr. Mehmet Polatel’s Armenians and Land Disputes in the Ottoman Empire, 1850–1914. The book is part of the series Edinburgh […] ...

Resilience, resourcefulness, and adaptability: These three skills are arguably the most indispensable to teachers in 2025. As Education Week’s annual project—The State of Teaching—reveals ...