The Luwians: Anatolia’s Lost Empire That Shaped the Ancient World
Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? For me, it started with a dusty glass case in the Ankara Museum…
The Artuqid Dynasty: Medieval Anatolia’s Forgotten Power Between Crusaders and Mongols
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I was supposed to be hunting for material on Byzantine iconoclasm,…
The Trading Empire You Never Heard Of: Kültepe’s Ancient Capitalism
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one night, sitting in a small coffee shop in…
Siberian Ghosts: The Ottoman POWs of World War I
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one winter night in Ankara, curled up with a…
Berlin-Baghdad Railway: The Iron Road That Redrew the Middle East
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I sure have. It was a humid summer night in Istanbul,…
Urartu: The Forgotten Water Engineers of the Ancient Near East
Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I was supposed to be researching Hittite diplomacy for a blog post, but…
Şeyh Bedreddin: The Mystic Who Shook the Ottoman Empire
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? That happened to me last winter. I was in a tiny…
The Catalan Company: Mercenaries Who Shocked Medieval Anatolia
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I still remember that night a few years ago, sitting in…
The Forgotten Kingdom of Commagene: Fusion on Mount Nemrut
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one night in my small apartment in Kadıköy, sipping…
When an Eclipse Stopped a War: The Battle of Halys
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I was doing that just last week—sitting in my tiny Istanbul…