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11 Beautiful Seaside Towns On The Black Sea Apr.24.2021 With a surface of 168,500 square miles, the Black Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water. Stretching between Europe and Asia, the Black Sea is fed by such important rivers as the Danube, Dnieper, and Don. Its coast is bordered by six countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine. Each country features beautiful seaside towns attracting countless visitors each year because of the beaches, historical sites,...

Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts in the US are obsessed with the Byzantine Empire Far-right groups are inspired by a false premise that when Rome fell, the eastern empire went on to preserve a white-European civilization. Mar 10, 2021 · 11:30 pm Far-right groups claim that the presidency of Donald Trump could have resulted in the reconquest of Constantinople. | Roberto Schmidt / AFP From Charlottesville to the United States Capitol, medieval imagery has bee...

One group's "New Byzantium” project is intended to preserve white dominance after what they calls “the inevitable collapse of the American Empire.”

On the shore of the Turkish city of Izmir, once known as Smyrna, where more than 150,000 Greek and Armenian inhabitants of the city were slaughtered and more than 750,000 made refugees by Turkish forces during the burning of Smyrna in September 1922, a statue of Turkish General Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on horseback facing and pointing West is inscribed with the quotation “Armies, your first target is the Mediterranean Sea. Forward!”

Author: Hugo Chan (MENAFN - The Conversation) Australia urgently needs housing types that meet the needs of older women facing homelessness. One such model is Chinese siheyuan courtyard housing, which provides safe, affordable and private living spaces while maintaining a sense of community. It has potential for adapting existing buildings for re-use in Australia in a way that makes financial, social and environmental sense. Women over 45 are one of...

The English title is Ethos, but the words you see in the opening credits are, of course, in Turkish: Bir Başkadır. Episode after episode, I would rack my brain for a suitable translation—one that fit the idea of ethos, but also matched the delicate world of the show. “It’s Something Else,” I ventured to my partner. Or, “There’s One More Thing.” Or, maybe, simply, “The Other,” as in, an-other-ness? Something about this eight-episode miniseries—its wistful soundtrack, its...

Middle East Persecution Rises, Says New Report 01/13/2021 Middle East (International Christian Concern) – Open Doors released its 2021 World Watch List, indicating an increase for several Middle Eastern countries. Most notably, Turkey now ranks 25, moving up nine spots from last year’s report. Other key highlights from the report include: Turkey continues to face persecution in the form of Islamic oppression, as with most other Middle Eastern countries. However, increased violence, nationa...

Erdogan: Conversion of Hagia Sophia into Mosque “Crown of 2020” Credit: Greek Reporter In his New Year’s Day address to the nation on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called his controversial decision to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque the “crown of 2020.” While acknowledging the devastating impact of the covid-19 pandemic internationally, Erdogan made a note of listing his country’s achievements in the face of the global health crisis. The highlight of such acc...

Muslim League leaders meet archbishop in Kerala, extend X’mas greetings By IANS|   Updated: 26th December 2020 6:04 am IST Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 25 : A delegation of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) led by its national General Secretary, P.K. Kunhalikutty, and Muslim Youth League chief, Sadik Ali Shihab Thangal, met the Thamarassery Archbishop, Remigios Inchananiyil, and extended Christmas greetings to the community. The Muslim League has taken a major decision to field Kunhalikutty in th...

Cuenca, Ecuador (PRWEB) December 10, 2020 -- Millions of tourists annually visit cities considered to be the most beautiful in the world. Beautiful cities