Sultan Alp Arslan (the Lion-Hearted), who opened the gates of Anatolia to Turks in 1071 by defeating the Byzantine army, is remembered for his heroism and war strategies, Turkish historians said.

August is hailed as “the month of victory” in Turkey, as Turkish and Ottoman armies over the centuries won numerous wars in the month, changing the course of history. For instance, “the great conquer ...

Many significant historical events took place on the eighth day of Ramadan of 273 AH. The famous scholar Ibn Majah died, the Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan took power in 455 AH, and physician Abu Al-Qassim ...

What did Sultan Alp Arslan think when he was confronted with an army three times larger than his own troops? Will the Byzantine emperor Romanos Diogenes remove the Turkish threat? Romanos Diogenes, ...