In 1221 on the plains of current-day Turkmenistan lay the city of Merv. The town faced a Mongol besiegement under one of ...

After the Ottoman's defeat the Serbian Lazar at the 1389 Battle of Kosovo, their new Sultan Bayezid I continued their ...

The word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...

In Istanbul, Janina Ramirez discovers how the ornate ceramics known as Iznik tiles hold the key to a forgotten golden age of Turkish art. In the nearby town of Iznik, she learns how the secret ...

The event included a scientific workshop and a round table dedicated to the study of new archival documents and artifacts reflecting the foreign policy relations of the Kazakh Khanate of the XV-XVII ...