Byzantine Empire
Hikanatoi – Epic Byzantine Music
Music and vocals by Farya Faraji. The Hikanatoi were an elite section of the Byzantine army based near Constantinople. They were founded in the...
Turkey: Another Historic Church on the Verge of Extinction
By Uzay Bulut
Dec 23, 2021
Yet another historic church is violated and left to rot in Turkey. The decades-long victim of the abuse, the Surp...
Does the West exist? Huntington revisited
By Dr. William D. E. Mallinson
Athens, 7 December 2020
What could arguments for eating insects possibly have to do with a naïve essay by a...
La remise en cause du statut de la basilique Sainte-Sophie par...
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Hagia Sophia and the Catastrophe of Symbolism
by Omar Ramahi
July 15, 2020
As a Muslim, I find Erdogan’s “decree” to change the status of Hagia Sophia (or Ayasofya in Turkish) from a...
Turkey: Back to Middle Ages
Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches 'dismayed' over decision to turn museum into mosque
11/07/2020
The interim secretary-general of the World Council of Churches has...
Hagia Sophia ‘Day of Mourning’ unites Christians against Erdogan decision
By Emily Judd, Al Arabiya
23 July 2020
Christians around the world will unite on Friday in observing a ‘Day of Mourning’ for the Hagia Sophia...
Hagia Sophia becomes mosque again after Erdogan signs decree
Turkey's president has signed a decree to formally turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque - a move which threatens to upset Christians around...
Does the West exist? Huntingdon revisited
By Dr. William D. E. Mallinson
What could arguments for eating insects possibly have to do with a naive essay by a Harvard academic masquerading...
Erdogan’s Cultural Wars
What caused Erdogan’s change of heart on Hagia Sophia?
March 29, 2019
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent remarks that Hagia Sophia, a famed Istanbul landmark,...