A rare collection of artworks, including Gentile Bellini's renowned portrait of Sultan Mehmed II, is currently on exhibit in ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922. To suggest to the ...

The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge of Višegrad across the Drina River in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina was built at the end of the 16th century by the court architect Mimar Koca Sinan on the orders ...

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau finally visited the Grand Mosque of Paris as a guest, following weeks of ...

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Hunyadi elevated the art of warfare in the Middle Ages—becoming one of Hungary’s most brilliant military commanders.

“My hero, my icon was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk along with Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II,” he said, referring to the founder of the Turkish Republic and Fatih Mehmet Sultan, the Ottoman sulta ...

Concerns over deal with the Gulf state centre on plans to develop Ulcinj’s 12-kilometre-long Velika Plaza – which locals and ...

Turkey has embarked on a restoration project aimed at preserving the Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's landmarks. The Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry has initiated a 50-year plan to reinforce the ...

Tourism - İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, one of the most exquisite structures of humanity’s heritage with its ...