Category: Culture/Art

  • KEXP presents Gaye Su Akyol

    KEXP presents Gaye Su Akyol

    KEXP presents Gaye Su Akyol performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 20, 2023 Songs:Vurgunum Ama Acelesi YokBöyle Olur MuMartılar Öpüşür, Kediler SevişirLove Buzz […]

  • Os(th)man S(th)inking

    Os(th)man S(th)inking

    Where does the word Ottoman come from? Do you remember this commercial with a German coast guard on his first day who receives an SOS […]

  • The Palaiologos family

    The Palaiologos family

    The Palaiologos family was a Byzantine Greek imperial family that ruled the Byzantine Empire from the 11th century until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. […]

  • Is Urartu Armenian in origin?

    Is Urartu Armenian in origin?

    No, the Urartu, probably the source of the biblical placeholder Ararat, despite sharing an anachronistic geographical overlap with the Armenians, are not related to them. […]

  • Balkan nations

    Balkan nations

    The Balkans is a southeastern European region that includes countries located on the Balkan Peninsula, with diverse landscapes and climates: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, […]

  • Henry VIII or Suleiman The Magnificent?

    Henry VIII or Suleiman The Magnificent?

    Who was more powerful, Henry VIII or Suleiman The Magnificent? Suleiman the Magnificent, also known as Suleiman I, was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman […]