Discovering a Hidden Marvel
The results from seismic research, conducted by the Mine Detection Institute (MTA) and Istanbul Technical University, have revealed that the Underground City is a...
The Past as a Mirror to the Future
While the European Union (EU) may appear primarily as an economic union, it is, in reality, a union of civilizations. Particularly in Turkey today,...
Amasya Erzurum Sivas
Key Moments in Turkey’s War of Independence
On June 22nd, 1919, in Amasya, and later on September 4th, 1919, in Sivas, pivotal events unfolded, shaping...
Theoderic and regent of Italy
No surprise, but such words come in a novel that contrasts the bravery and intelligence of fair-haired northerners with the weakness and treachery of...
Theoderic appeared in the late 480s
Or were the Goths even ever there? Numbers and time tell the story. The invasions of Italy of which we know consist of four...
Colosseum afterward
The third grandee, Festus, we have seen already, the most senior of the ex-consuls in all these years, having given the year his name...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 61
If I honour the images of false gods, how can I praise and glorify and keep the feast of the three children at Babylon...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 60
On this account I depict Christ and His sufferings in churches, and houses, and public places, and images, on clothes, and store-houses, and in...
Apologia of St John Damascene Against those who Decry Holy Images Part 59
St Leontius of Naples, in Cyprus, against the Jews-Book v.
Enter then heartily into our apology for the making of sacred images, so that the...
