On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

Ethereum, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the most popular platform for decentralized applications (dApps), is getting an upgrade on (roughly) Jan. 16. The upgrade is called ...

The Broken Promise of the Panama Papers, Ten Years On Audio By Carbonatix In 717–18, Western civilization was hanging by a thread. Today, August 15, marks the anniversary of Constantinople’s victory ...

Prussia was undoubtedly one of the most important actors in Europe’s Early- and Late Modern periods. It has a fascinating ...

A big upgrade for decentralized app platform Ethereum has gone as planned on Thursday. After a failed try in January, which was postponed just one day before the scheduled upgrade date due to a ...

The Surp Krikor Lusavoriç church stands on the coastal road in the Istanbul neighborhood of Kuzguncuk. Below it lies the waters of the Bosphorus, to the northeast stands the intercontinental ...

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the ...

A wonderfully eloquent account of this great city first published in 1877 and now translated by Stephen Parkin "Who would dare to describe Constantinople?" Edmondo de Amicis answered his own ...