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The Palace of Versailles
History

Louis XIV: The Sun King and the Palace That Tamed a Nation

“L’état, c’est moi” — “I am the state.” Whether or not Louis XIV ever actually uttered those words, they have clung to him for three centuries because they capture the

History

Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni, the first Turkish ruler to use the title of Sultan, is also the commander who honored India with Islam. It is no wonder that the sultan, who

The Motherland Calls statue on Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd
Travel

Mamayev Kurgan and The Motherland Calls: Standing Beneath the Worlds Most Overwhelming War Memorial

How to visit Volgograd vast Mamayev Kurgan complex and the colossal Motherland Calls statue, and how to read the memorial that locals climb in silence.

History

Monument to Chuvashian rug bedizis

From what we see in our Pazyryk findings, until today, the Chuvash Turks have also used and continue to use the rugs and rock beds used by the Turks. Not

Portrait of Napoleon
History

Napoleon: The Corsican Who Conquered a Continent

Few human lives have bent the course of history as sharply as that of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the space of barely twenty years, an obscure young officer from the island

History

No condition can hinder Turkish unity!

Turkish unity is the order of creation; It is the command of Turkish lineage, Turkish blood, Turkish gene; It is the order of history. No event, no object and no

History

Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz SANÇAR said, “I am a Turk, that’s all!”

“Are you Arab?” “No, I’m a Turk, that’s all!” Aziz Beg replied, “For us, it is not only in the field of science; “He is the ONLY Turk who received

History

Old Kam of Tuva

Image: Vladimir Shibanov

History

Omaha Natives

An old garment from the “Omaha” Indians living in northeastern Nebraska. This garment, made of leather, silk, beads and bones, is decorated with a crescent and a star. Since they

History

One April Joke Day

April Fools’ Day In 1564, King of France IX Charles started the year on the first day of January. Earlier The start of the year, common in Europe, was March