What sparked the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I? In this episode, Kings and Generals dives into ...

Once rulers of three continents, the Ottoman Empire entered World War I already weakened and divided. This video explores how ...

Land on the battlefields of the Middle Eastern Front of World War 1! Gallipoli brings the most authentic WW1 FPS battles yet, with desert warfare, beach landings, historical classes and realistic ...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s Turkish envoy, Tom Barrack, has sent shockwaves through the Arab world. He declared, “There’s no place called the Middle East, it’s just a gathering of tribes ...

Does your favorite coffee mug have a funny pun or cool art? Or maybe an intricate ceramic design? How about stepping things up and having some jewelry with your java? Enter the zarf, a Turkish word ...

The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the western coasts of Albania and Greece, is located in a strategic position at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea, and has its roots in the 8th century ...

The already tenuous future of the Corpus Christi Tritons in Arena Football One was cast into further doubt in recent days with the removal of the franchise from the league’s official website. As of ...

In 1812, Istanbul and the broader Ottoman Empire were struck by a plague epidemic that lasted until 1817 and killed about one third of the population. But there is strikingly little information about ...

Less violent than the gladiators, chariot racing was still an extreme, dangerous sport, in which drivers could die. The teams attracted fierce passions from their supporters. The Circus Maximus ...

In the shadow of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, hundreds of thousands died of the plague in Istanbul. The epidemic has been completely overlooked in history. Until now. Well, unlike many news ...

The palace of Topkapi near the Bosphorus strait witnessed the greatest glories and the most heartbreaking tragedies in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Currently the Topkapi palace is a museum but ...

The Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe, a semi-desert landscape between the Nile and Atbara rivers, was the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power from the 8th century B.C. to the ...