Every year on February 19, Bulgaria bows its head respectfully to the immortal cause of its greatest son, Vasil Levski, who devoted and gave his life to the liberation of the country from five centuries of foreign slavery.
Turkey's inner regions are known to be more conservative. This university professor turned a city in central Turkey (Eskişehir) into paradise. This dusty steppe city, with a river running through it (the Porsuk River), became a touristic city with its museums, statues, and parks during his mayoral term.
Keir Starmer, leader of the main opposition Labor Party in England, has promised to abolish the House of Lords, the upper house of the parliament, in his first term if he is elected prime minister.
Del Ponte, known for her outspokenness, reiterated her disappointment in the lack of accountability for the terrible crimes committed in Syria, where more than 360 thousand people have died since the outbreak of the war in 2011.
Mary McLeod Bethune was an educator, civil rights and women's rights activist, college president, and advisor to U.S. presidents. She is the first black person whose statue is exhibited in the National Statuary Hall of the US Capitol.
He was such a wasteful emperor that, in the end, because he could not prevent the "inflation" that emerged in the country, he resigned from his post voluntarily, returned to his village in Illyria, and became famous for the "cabbages" he grew.
David (1010-940 BC) is defined in Islamic belief as the prophet sent to the Israelites and given the Psalms. David, who is considered the King in the Jewish belief, is referred to as "David" in the Bible.
Kitchener was a British military leader and statesman who, as secretary of state in the early years of the First World War, organized the army on an unprecedented scale. He was also depicted on the most famous British army recruitment poster ever produced.
Friedrich II of the Swabian Hohenstaufen dynasty, the famous ruler of the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire, known as the 'First Empire' (I. Reich) in German history, who lived between 1194 and 1250, was one of the most important emperors of the Middle Ages.
He is the person who entered Istanbul as the commander of the British occupation forces. He was the first to realize what Mustafa Kemal was doing, but the British general staff did not listen to his warnings. After the success of the Turkish War of Independence, he returned to England and became chief of the General Staff.
