Thanks to school textbooks, Müteferrika is proudly remembered as the first Muslim printer. Yet this groundbreaking achievement was only one part of a far richer intellectual legacy that deserves ...

With the death of Mehmed II in 1481, the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a ruthless succession crisis between his sons Bayezid and Cem Sultan. Ottoman tradition recognized every prince as a legitimate ...

In 1915, the Allies launched a daring campaign to seize the Dardanelles and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the Great War. What began as an overconfident naval assault quickly turned into a brutal ...

Since 2014, Russia has promoted a nationalist and irredentist narrative portraying Crimea as “historically Russian land,” ...

Within minutes, the post was deleted on X. The White House attributed the message to a staff error. Given the long history of ...

Scholars of international relations often compare the diplomatic structures of the Ottoman Empire and the modern Republic of Türkiye. However, a crucial difference between the two is frequently ...

Learn about the visionary leader who transformed the Ottoman Empire into the Republic of Turkey with sweeping reforms in law, education, and social structure.

This statement reflects a deeper strategic logic. Russia’s actions in 2025–2026 increasingly resemble a long-standing geopolitical ...

Persistent attacks on the Church leadership, and the threatened forcible or mandated removal of its leader, pose direct threats to all Armenians around the world who rely on the Church for spiritual ...

A cache of 18th-century letters reveals Suzanne Vera’s ancestral link to the French acquisition of the Venus de Milo, tracing a remarkable Greek family story of diplomacy, revolution and cultural ...

Eight prominent members of the Armenian communities in the United States and Europe have denounced Prime Minister Nikol ...

Actress Judith Kalaora’s immersive historical theater company sheds insider insights into Boston’s literary elite.