This isn't the first time the military has tried to seize power in the country. — -- A faction of the military in Turkey has attempted to take over the country's government in a coup, according ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama said, “The Armenian genocide is not an allegation,” but rather “a widely documented fact supported by an overwhelming body of historical ...

The history of the Turkish republic that celebrated its ninetieth anniversary on October 29 has been marked by societal discord and political convulsions: three military coups, violence between the ...

Turkey’s major cities are quiet today after a dramatic coup attempt by a faction within the Turkish military. There is still so much we do not yet know and may not know for quite some time. Had the ...

This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The article below was originally published at HNN. The escalating tensions ...