The Turkish president has expanded the country’s military and diplomatic footprint from Africa to the Middle East in a way ...

Proxy wars, a phenomenon where external pow­ers support opposing sides in a conflict in order to influence the outcome of the conflict and ad­vance their own strategic interests, have become a ...

They kidnapped; they killed; they humiliated; they kicked people out of jobs,” explained an Alawite writer living in coastal ...

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

The abandoned ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once an area bustling with Greeks on the slopes of a hill in Asia Minor.

You can blame the European colonial powers for the last major redrawing of the borders in the region in 1918–20, after the collapse of the Ottoman empire. The new borders paid little heed to the ...

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.

Bulgaria celebrates Levski as the Apostle of Freedom. Born Vasil Ivanov Kunchev on July 18, 1837, he was crucial in ...

An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 20, 2025 shows an archaeological excavation site near the Kaman-Kalehoyuk Archaeological ...