Constantinople holds sway over more than ... According to prominent blogger Rustem Adagamov, it was "nothing but a religious sect set up by Comrade Stalin in 1943".

This unrivalled series documents the immense scope of this metropolis, from its foundation through the domination of the Ottoman Empire to its place in our contemporary world, with leading scholars ...

The room beneath the was previously uncovered in the 1960s during road construction but have since been covered up again.

Archaeologists in Istanbul have recently uncovered underground rooms and a tunnel while excavating the site of an early ...