The play 'I Am Mimar Sinan' brings the legendary architect's timeless legacy to life, inspiring young audiences ...

Who were the three great Muslim “gunpowder” kingdoms that dominated the world after 1600 AD? How did Mughals - who called ...

For a Greek island getaway with hint of Italian flair, add this hidden gem to your bucket list where quiet beaches and rich history await.

Taken as boys and trained for war, the Janissaries became the most feared infantry in the world - the backbone of the Ottoman war machine. Germany responds to Putin with a deployment not seen ...

David Snyder, a Los Angeles-based musician who grew up on a farm near Grand Forks, will perform a one-man show Friday, April 4, at the Empire Arts Center as part of his "The Piano Says It Better ...

In the town of Chania, ancient Greek, Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman buildings coexist in the landscape of the city. As far as Muslim architecture is concerned ... before it was retaken by the ...

This formal recognition signed at the Congress of Paris came after Russia accepted a humiliating defeat against the alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia. The treaty itself ...

Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 years ago. Yet this seeming tolerance of non-Muslim faiths was in fact ...

The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions and it sounds like 2025, but this was life in the Ottoman Empire 200 years ago. Yet this seeming ...

People elsewhere in the empire began to use the word “Istanpolin,” which means “to the city” in Turkish (adapted from the Greek phrase “to The City” or “eis tan polin”) to colloquially describe the ...

By Penelope Green Pilar Viladas, a veteran writer and editor whose human touch and encyclopedic knowledge of architecture, design and art history gave her work a quiet authority, died on March 15 ...

I had no expectations — I only decided to visit the Cultural Center after googling “cool architecture to see in Chicago” and finding it on a random tourism website. I hardly even looked at any ...