One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.

For a long period, the Crusaders coveted the reclamation of the Holy Lands in the Middle East. Fueled by their religious devotion, they spent many generations vying for power and freedom in those ...

Excavations at the Ani archaeological site in the eastern province of Kars have uncovered the remains of a Seljuk-era tomb structure known as a kümbet. Ani, a former Armenian capital and a UNESCO ...

David Mamet’s op-ed “Sorry, Billionaires—There’s No Escape” (Aug. 7) establishes that, come the apocalypse, no amount of money will help the ultrarich reach ...

An exhibition of the work of two Turkish photographers documents a dark chapter of Bulgaria’s history – the forced assimilation and deportation of its ethnic Turkish minority. The Bulgarian Communist ...

Vintage engraving of Battle of Dorylaeum. Michaud's History of the Crusades illustrated by Gustave Dore. The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on July 1, 1097, between the ...

This is the nineteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological obsessions of Donald Trump. (This week, the ...

Ana Kasparian of “The Young Turks” erupted at her co-host when he suggested Vice President Kamala Harris could be the future governor of California, whether one likes it or not. As some liberals ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of domestic and international issues in Turkey. Views of the government leaders, institutions and other countries are examined in the ...

The idea of Western civilization has always been an ambiguous dream among rulers and thinkers in Europe and North America. It sounds good, yet industrialization, the two world wars of the twentieth ...