Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met for the first time with pro-Kurdish politicians who are working to bring an ...

The Greek historian Herodotus once called the city “the center of Ionia,” Greece’s territory in present-day Turkey. Now, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have learned new ...

The recent discoveries were made at Başur Höyük, a Bronze Age settlement dating back to around 3300 BCE and located in present-day Turkey’s eastern province of Siirt. Başur Höyük includes ...

Located in the Siirt province of present-day Turkey, Basur Höyük has been identified as a settlement of great significance during the third millennium BCE. Archaeological research has uncovered the ...

It’s hard to imagine Christianity without the Nicene Creed. Regular churchgoers will surely know all or some of the words — “I believe in one God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth …” — ...

Blessed Ignatius Shoukrallah Maloyan was born on April 19, 1869, in the city of Mardin, located in present-day Turkey. At age 14, he joined the monastic community of Bzommar in Lebanon and was ...

But not all of them. Most farmers from Anatolia (present-day Turkey) went on the move around 7,500 years ago, with a general westward shift from the Fertile Crescent to present-day Europe and the ...

President Donald Trump conceded today that there may be “transition problems” with his trade policies, but said his team is ...

That this is fully realized by the rulers of present-day Turkey is evident in the historical speech made by our prime minister, Refik Saydam, on January 18, 1940. He said: "Our régime is based on ...

This new evidence raises questions about the origins of iron production, which had long been believed to have started in places like present-day Turkey by the 13th century BCE. If further ...

The Ottoman Empire lasted from around 1300 until 1922, and at various points in its history ruled present-day Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, and beyond. In the wake of the 1821 Greek revolt ...