Three times - on 12, 13 and 14 October 1518 - Martin Luther was interrogated in the new city palace of Jakob Fugger in Augsburg by the cardinal legate Cajetan, who had arrived from Rome.

Now it starts again, the pre-Christmas period, or, as it is also called, the Advent season. Time of the Christmas markets and cozy meetings together with friends in spite of some partial cold outdoors.

At Luther's time just about 2,000 people lived in Wittenberg. Apart from a few stone buildings such as the church and town houses, the roofs of most mud huts were mostly covered with straw. Between 1500 and 1550, only 54 new houses were built within the fortress ring.

The Christmas holidays have now begun in Greece, but they last longer than in Western Europe, they drag themselves up into the new year.

Advent, the term comes from the Latin word "adventus," which means "coming"; in the meaning Adventus Domini (Latin for the coming of the Lord), the term refers to the season which Christendom should prepare the feast of Christmas, dedicate to the birth of Jesus Christ.

A theory of evolution is understood to mean the scientific and in principle coherent description of the formation and alteration of the biological units, especially the species, as a result of organismic evolution, the development process in the course of the earth's history, which has taken place and continues.

This should actually be the title of this article. Unfortunately, there is once again a great deal of doubt about the "Ability of Thinking, Culture, Compassion and Humanity" of our race called Human Being - after Berlin it has hit Istanbul again this night. It is terrible, what misconception and hate are capable and leading to!

Basilius of Caesarea was born around 330 in Caesarea, Cappadocia, where he died 49 years later on January 1, 379, which is why this day plays such an important role in the Greek Orthodox Church, the day of Christmas and Santa Claus.

Once again during Christmas time, we passed Alexandroupolis, a small town just before the border with Turkey, where an intermediate stop is almost obligatory, especially since there is a small, interesting Christmas market too.

Of course, one may say that we should take care of much more significant problems and report about them, but, as we are thinking, there are the small, seemingly insignificant things of everyday life, which have to be regarded as a warning of a politically desirable reorientation which then ends in domination and absolute control?

A 900-year-old Byzantine church has been unearthed in south Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

After almost 100 years, thousands of Armenians have flocked to the southern Anatolian city of Van to attend a religious service in the Church of the Holy Cross. The event marks a turning point in how Turkey treats its Christian minorities. A report by Susanne Güsten.

Leading British Muslims have issued a fatwa against the terrorist group Islamic State. The imams are hoping that it will help change the minds of some of the group's supporters.

In a lecture entitled “Human Dignity and the Constitution” at Alparslan University, Turkish Chief Justice Haşim Kılıç touched on the violence being perpetrated in Muslim countries and said, “If this is what is means to be a Muslim, then I am no Muslim.” The Chief Justice was attending a ceremony for the opening of the 2013-2014 academic year.

Sumela, Turkey - The Turkish government allowed Christians to pray Sunday at a spectacular and politically sensitive Greek Orthodox monastery for the first time since the country's creation, seeking to improve the country's record on religious tolerance and boost tourism.

As early as the 17th century, further education events for adults were held under the Latin term “seminare” or “seminarium”, which in the original sense of the word came from the field of horticulture.

Young students, experts, professionals and people who love tourism from all over the Mediterranean and the world, will meet this September in the historical city of Izmir, Turkey, between the dates 11-16. The Summer School is supported by Dokuz Eylül University and the Izmir Chamber of Commerce.

The New Zealand linguists Quentin Atkinson and Remco Bouckaert are currently attracting attention in the media with their research results, as they claim that the German language also had its origins in Anatolia.

On the way to our meeting at the Oker Dam in the Harz Mountains, we had to make a short refueling stop in Herzberg am Harz, where the suffix Herzberg – Esperanto-Stadt or as it is originally called: Herzberg –la Esperanto-urbo caught our eye.

In October 2011, we used the first contact with the German School in Güzelbahce / Izmir to report about the school itself (see article here), what it offers, as well as its activities and acceptance.