Turkey's religious chief on Friday explained that swords were traditionally held during religious sermons delivered at weekly Muslim prayers as a symbol of conquest. After leading the Friday prayer at ...

As the world observes the 73rd anniversary of the assassination of Indian freedom icon Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday, experts recalled that the events which unfolded in Turkey a century ago actually ...

A rusty medieval saber, or one-edged sword, unearthed at a fortified Christian monastery in northern Greece might be a deadly weapon that either raiding Turkish pirates or the monastery's defenders ...

Searching through the ancient city of Patara in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, Turkish archeologists uncovered a sword dating back to over a millennium. Lead excavator Professor Havva ...