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

May 29, 1453, marks a dark chapter in the history of our people and the world, the dramatic fall of the Queen of Cities, ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

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 ...

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

The Pleven Panorama features a Brutalist-modernist style, incorporating elements of monumental realism into its architectural ...

Season two begins with the rebuilding of Constantinople and the continuation of Ottoman expansion, including the pivotal siege of Belgrade in 1456.

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

The Russian attack and siege against Kars in 1855 was a last throw of the dice in the Crimean War, to break the Allied support of the Ottoman Empire and its ... Russia might well dominate the Black ...

The end of Constantine Palaiologos How he became Emperor of Byzantium – The Ottoman siege of Constantinople and its fall – What happened to Constantine – The legend of the "Marble King ...

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