Turkey’s major cities are quiet today after a dramatic coup attempt by a faction within the Turkish military. There is still so much we do not yet know and may not know for quite some time. Had the ...

'The Russo-Turkish Battle at the Damietta Castle on 1770', 1770-1772. Hackert, Jacob Philipp (1737-1807). Found in the collection of the State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg. History News Network ...

The history of the Turkish republic that celebrated its ninetieth anniversary on October 29 has been marked by societal discord and political convulsions: three military coups, violence between the ...

epa01851242 Protestors hold banners prior the Ergenekon trial in front of heavily guarded Silivri prison, Turkey on 07 September 2009. 86 people including retired army officers, the head of a small ...

The attempted military coup Friday in Turkey isn’t the first the country has seen: There have been several dating back to 1960. The first coup staged in Turkey came in 1960, when the military ...