Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.
The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan ...
This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453. When histories greatest ...
Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, are common in the galaxy, yet are absent from our ...
the former Genoese trading colony from 1273-1453 that was steps from our accommodations at Galata Istanbul Hotel. Offering views drinking in the fabled Golden Horn (the primary inlet of the Bosphorus) ...
He wrote: 'BREAKING: It's been nearly 4yrs (1,453 days to be precise!) since I departed @gmb rather hastily… but tomorrow morning, for the first time, I'm going back. 'I'll be on with @ ...