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History

Sıdıka Hanım and Kurdish gangs

The following news appeared in the headline of the Cumhuriyet Newspaper on September 30, 1930: “A Heroic Lady… She kidnapped the Şakis (bandits) by fighting with 50 Kurds around Erzincan.”

Places

Smolenice Castle, the Fairy-Tale Fortress of the Little Carpathians

Discover Smolenice Castle in the forested Little Carpathians of Slovakia, a romantic early-twentieth-century fairy-tale castle built by the Palffy family on medieval foundations.

Solitude Palace above Stuttgart
Places

Solitude Palace and the Hilltop Dream of Duke Carl Eugen

On a wooded hill west of Stuttgart, far above the city, stands a palace that seems to float above the landscape. Solitude Palace was built in the 1760s for Duke

History

Spis Castle: The Vast White Ruin That Crowns a Slovak Hill

Come over a rise in the road in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia and the sight stops you cold: an immense sprawl of pale stone walls and towers riding

History

Suakin: The Ruined Coral City of Sudan’s Red Sea Coast

On a small coral island in the Red Sea, linked to the Sudanese mainland by a single causeway, stands one of the most hauntingly beautiful ruined cities in Africa. This

History

Syria is the Turkish Homeland

The activities carried out by the Turkish army in Syria as a search for a solution to the social and political problems that have occurred in our region in recent

Places

Tashichho Dzong, the Fortress That Holds the Heart of Bhutan

By the river in Thimphu rises Tashichho Dzong, a white fortress-monastery that is at once the throne room of Bhutan’s king, the seat of its government, and the home of its chief abbot.

The Renaissance chateau of Telc seen from the town
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Telc Chateau and the Renaissance Dream of Zacharias of Hradec

There are towns in Europe that look as though they were painted rather than built, and Telc is one of the most enchanting of them all. Tucked into the gentle

History

The Adventure of Turkish Archery | the Huns

The Adventure of Turkish Archery | the Huns

History

The Alcazar of Segovia: Spain’s Fairy-Tale Castle on the Rock

If you have ever imagined a fairy-tale castle, all soaring towers and pointed blue-grey spires rising against the sky, there is a good chance the picture in your head owes