The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek navy during the Greek Revolution…
Constantine is famous for founding the city of Constantinople (present day Istanbul) originally known as Byzantium. He is also known…
On May 14, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Martyrdom Therapon, who was a monk and ascetic on the…
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek born in a Constantinople prison on May…
On May 11, 330, Constantine I dedicated Byzantium (Constantinople; now Istanbul) as the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire…
April 24th is the day the world commemorates the Armenian Genocide committed by Turks in 1915. That day, 250 Armenian…
On this day in 1930, the name of Constantinople was officially changed to Istanbul by Ataturk's government, which requested all…
On the occasion of Ramadan, the municipal authorities of the Fatih Municipality of Istanbul decided to carry out cleaning and…
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias was targeted by Turkish media because he referred to Istanbul by its original Greek name Constantinople…
Emmanouil Karalis ended up second in the men’s pole vault, jumping over 5.80 meters in the final to earn himself…
Greek greatness prevails Miltiadis Tentoglou claims his third straight title with a triumphant jump of 8.30m in Istanbul. The Greek…
Greek athlete Nikos Andrikopoulos won the silver medal in the triple jump event with 16.58 m. at the European Athletics…
Miltiadis Tentoglou from Greece grabs the win in the men's long jump after a nail-biting end to the competition in…
Two historical educational institutions inextricably linked to the Greeks of Istanbul - the Phanar Greek Orthodox College and the Zografeion…
By Uzay Bulut Turkey’s main opposition, the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) mayoral candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the do-over election in…
The final iconography including the Pantokrator icon at the Dome’s centre and the 20 Prophets at the Dome’s perimeter painted…
Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to have planted the bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue…
The last game in the popular God of War series, Ragnarök, has been available for a few days now on…
The Basilica Cistern, or Cisterna Basilica, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of…
Recipes originating from Constantinople, often with roots from the East Roman (Byzantine) but with later changes as the Iberians brought…