The traditional Turkish breakfast is a leisurely mini banquet consisting of tomatoes, cucumber, black and green olives, a choice of cheeses, a selection…
THE LATIN RULERS Baudouin I (1204-05) Henri (1205-16) Pierre de Cortenoi (1216-19) Robert (1219-28) Baudouin II (1228-61)
The great Byzantine Empire started life as a small Greek colony in the 7th century BC but went on to become the Eastern…
Today when Bodrum is one of Turkey’s prime holiday hotspots it’s hard to believe that it was once a place to which those who had…
Born in Balıkesir in 1522, İmam Birgivi later moved to İstanbul to study theology and military law. In time he became both a…
The Selçuk Sultanate of Rum was one of the great powerhouses of the Middle Ages, but its authority came to an end in…
During the Iron Age most of Western Anatolia was ruled by a people called the Lydians. Although their precise origins are unclear, they…
From a base in Bursa the first Ottoman sultans rapidly reached out to snatch most of the territory around Constantinople in the…
St Gregory of Nazianus (St Gregory the Theologian, c.329-389) was one of the so-called Cappadocian Fathers whose writings and teachings helped establish some…
Hard thought it is to believe it now, the very existence of the Hittites was forgotten for centuries. There were references to them…