Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

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Jean-Arnault Dérens, historian and editor-in-chief of Le Courrier des Balkans, has just published Geopolitics of Orthodoxy: ...

Ioannis Kolettis, later Greek Prime Minister, formalised this longing in his political program—the Μεγάλη Ιδέα—a revivalist ...

May 29 has witnessed some of the most pivotal moments in global history, affecting politics, culture, and society in profound ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

The tightening Ottoman siege around Byzantium intensified ... attempted to establish a modest defense. However, the empire had shrunk to Constantinople, some Aegean islands, and the Despotate ...