Struma: The Ship of Doom That Sunk by Istanbul
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one night in Kadıköy, sipping çay at my favorite…
Puduhepa: The Hittite Queen Who Rewrote History
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? About a year ago, I was up late in my cramped…
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…
Aksum: The Lost Empire of the Red Sea World
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one night last winter, sitting in my tiny apartment…
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…
Forgotten Turkish History Thesis: Nationalist Ideology That Shaped a Nation
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I have, and it happened last winter in a tiny coffee…
The Unsolved Enigma of Alaca Höyük’s Bronze Standards
Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I sure have. One particularly restless night, I found myself scrolling through old…
Battle of Carrhae: The Roman Disaster You Never Learned About
Hook Opening Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I remember one night at a small coffee shop in Kadıköy,…
The Hittite Sky Calendar: Yazılıkaya’s Celestial Mystery
Have you ever gone down a history rabbit hole at 2am and ended up somewhere completely unexpected? I was in a Kadıköy coffee shop last autumn, nursing a third cup…