Population surveillance. The carrying of identification while traveling. Add to that the public presence of diverse religions ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...

Decades in the making, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol’s singular oud transforms centuries-old Turkish sounds and — when the urge strikes ...

Bluetooth technology is used by millions of people every day, but many are unaware of the fascinating history behind the name and logo, which date back over 1,000 years to Denmark and Viking royalty ...

Glen Frederic Matheson, an Armenian-American lawyer whose great-grandfather served as an officer and chief architect in the Ottoman Empire, has obtained Turkish citizenship, adopting the name "Murat." ...

None of his recent films are as strange and bewildering as “The Empire,” a science-fiction epic, where the action is split between a galactic void and the Opal coast in Northern France. After the ...

In Bruno Dumont’s sci-fi farce, an alien conflict disrupts a sleepy French village. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn ...