The Surp Krikor Lusavoriç church stands on the coastal road in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kuzguncuk. Below it lies the waters of the Bosphorus, to the northeast stands the intercontinental ...

The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

Isaac Handley-Miner, a junior at Hamilton College, is spending a semester abroad in Turkey. His blog, “Isaac in Turkey,” is another new addition to The Saratogian’s community travel blogs and will ...

It's Istanbul, not Constantinople, that straddles the Bosporus Strait today. But more than half a millennium ago—on May 29, 1453—it was Constantinople, then the last bastion of the Roman Empire, that ...

The grant opening of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the center of Orthodox Christianity for a millennium was held on ...

There are some great things about this city on the straits. The busy shipping traffic up and down the Bosporus for one. The extremely friendly people, and the safe streets as well. When I was there ...

Mashalian announced that the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism will assist the renovation of the 19th-century Holy ...

In the shadow of Byzantine battlements, a gaggle of giggling girls runs back and forth among the dilapidated houses, stopping occasionally to expertly shimmy their hips and twirl their wrists. They’re ...

Many artists have immortalized Paris in song, but where's the love for the city's original name, Lutetia? In this game, house musician Jonathan Coulton performs songs about cities in which the current ...