[Places in News] Hagia Sophia Museum: Turkey
Context Turkey’s highest court convened to decide whether Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia museum can be turned into a mosque. Back to Basics About the Hagia Sophia The 1,500-year-old structure, listed as…
Why do Kurds want a separate country?
The Kurdish independence referendum on September 25, 2017 in Iraq, while non-binding, is a symbolic milestone in the Kurds’ decades-long struggle to achieve statehood. Kurds voted in large numbers in…