Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together throughout Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries. The stratioti must have ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United ...

Christop Waltz also stars in director Luc Besson's mixed-bag adaptation of the 1897 horror novel.

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

History is filled with tales of underdogs prevailing against seemingly daunting forces. Smaller armies trying their best to hold out against massive empires, plucky fleets taking the fight to the most ...