How Erdogan’s Ottoman energy ambitions threaten Israel and the West – opinion
Erdogan’s ambitions in Syria go beyond fighting ISIS. Is he laying the foundation for a modern Ottoman Empire?
Roundup: Istanbul's Topkapi Palace to open large new museum for rare porcelain collection
ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and ...
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Atatürk’s Ankara
This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...
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Fascinating Facts About Catherine The Great’s Life And Reign
Catherine the Great: individual empress, mother of the Russian Renaissance, and the longest-ruling female monarch of Russia.
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RI-Turkiye's 75-year relations built on deep emotional bonds: Prabowo
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto assessed that the emotional relations between Indonesia and Turkiye are quite deep, ...
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Mara’s Message From History
Small entities might once again need to relearn how to hedge between great powers. One forgotten highborn woman from history provides some ancient realist lessons.
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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...