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Victory Day
Today is the the Victory Day, Zafer Bayrami, in rememberance of the final assault against the Greek Army on the 30th of August 1922 during the Turkish Independance War after… Read more
Timeline of the Eastern Roman Empire
293 Roman emperor Maximianus introduced tetrarchy. 305 Emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Jovius of Rome abdicated. Constantius I Chlorus (Flavius Valerius Constantius) became Western emperor. Galerius (Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus)… Read more
CHP, First Political Party of the Republic of Turkey
CHP, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican People’s Party, is the the first political party in the Republic of Turkey. It was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on September 9, 1923. The party… Read more
Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Below is the timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic (1881 Salonika – 1938 Istanbul). 1881 He was born in Salonika. 1888 He lost his father…. Read more
Another Ottoman Scientist Attempted To Fly
Lagari Hasan Celebi was an Ottoman scientist who made a succesful manned rocket flight in the 17th century. According to Evliya Celebi, an Ottoman traveler, Lagari Hasan Celebi launched in… Read more
Abide-i Hurriyet Monument
The first national monument in Turkey, the Monument of Liberty, was built in 1911 in honour of the soldiers killed in 31 March Incident in 1909. The monument located on… Read more
Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Did you know? The first 6 sultan stayed in Bursa, the others in İstanbul. After the 9th sultan (Selim I) sultans were also called “caliph” as well as “padişah/sultan”. The… Read more
Sahaf, Old bookshop
Sahaf, an Arabic word, is the shop or person buying and selling old books, documents etc. Also sahaflar çarşısı means old bookshops. Sahaflar Çarşısı The oldest Sahaflar Çarşısı in İstanbul… Read more
Boga, The Bull Statue in Kadikoy
Boğa Heykeli, the bull statue in Altıyol, Kadıköy is one of the hundreds of meeting points in Istanbul. It was made by Houillav Dir Isidore Bonhver in Paris in 1864…. Read more
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits was a 1936 agreement that gives Turkey control over the Bosporus Straits and the Dardanelles and regulates military activity in the… Read more
