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July 09, 2018 | Full list of New Turkish Ministers
Mavi Boncuk |President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced the new ministers of his cabinet as Turkey officially switched to an executive presidency.Following an official inauguration ceremony at the...
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Word Origin | Moruk, Muşmula
Mavi Boncuk | Moruk:"yaşlı adam, baba, peder (argo)" [ A. Fikri, Lugat-ı Garibe (1889) [1] From Armenian moruk մորուգ sakal (beard).old[2] fart[3], codger, geezer EN; Slang: naber moruk; what's up...
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Constantinople | Trafficking in Women (1924-1926)
Mavi Boncuk |Trafficking in Women (1924-1926)The Paul Kinsie [1] Reports for the League of NationsThis book provides a transcription of the reports written by undercover agent Paul Kinsie for the...
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Tobacco Ephemera | Amariglio
Mavi Boncuk | CIGARETTE ROLY PAPER PAPIERSAMSOUN DISPLAY CARDBOARD ADVERT c1920s by AMARIGLIO
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2012 | Turkish Cinema Panaroma in Lincoln Film Center
Mavi Boncuk | It is about time to repeat it with New Cinema from Turkey.
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Word Origin | Karambol
Karambol: "bir bilardo oyunu" [ Ahmed Rasim, Şehir Mektupları, 1897] ayrı bir bilardo salonu var ki bamkota, karambol, İtalyan vesaire oynanmaktadır. [ TDK, Türkçe Sözlük, 1. Baskı, 1945] karambol: 1....
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Word Origin | Tiryaki, Cumhur, Millet
Mavi Boncuk | Tiryaki: fromFA tiryākī ترياكى ilaç veya uyuşturucu müptelası, afyonkeş ; tiryāk ترياك panzehir, afyon macunu oldGR thēriakē θήριακη Pontus kralı Mithridates'e atfedilen afyonlu ilaç...
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Before 1915 | Armenian Schools
Mavi Boncuk | Turkey’s last Armenian schools Turkey has never banned the Armenian schools that teach the community’s language and culture. But its support is marginal and the schools, like the...
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Barbarians and Christian Church
Mavi Boncuk |Legally tolerated in 313, Christianity became the official religion of the Empire in 323. In 325, at the great council held at Nicaea and attended by bishops from all over the eastern...
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1863 Tête-bêche
Mavi Boncuk |1863 Tête-bêche (head-to-head) block of ten 20pa black on yellow, red control band at bottom, mint left marginal. 1890 Tête-bêche Visa Revenue blue 5 In philately, tête-bêche (French for...
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Letter from Molyvos
Mavi Boncuk | Molyvos: 20pa Ottoman stamp (1910 issue) without overprint, tied on corner cover (Maison Hassan Namik, MEVLAVA), with patriotic "ELLAS MOLYVOS". Mithymna, or Molyvos as it was called...
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1915 | From Gedera to California
What is a simple postcard. It tells many stories.Mavi Boncuk |Postcard from Rehovot to California 1915[1], posted at the Turkish post office in Rehovot, franked 10 Para Turkish imprint + 10 para...
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Word Origin | Kurultay
Mavi Boncuk | Kurultay: [1] conress[2] ENFrom Mongolian kuralta toplantı, meclis ; kura- toplanmakCengiz Han yasasında büyük aile meclisi kurıltay "büyük meclis" [ Tanin (gazete) (1910) ]kurultay [...
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Book | The Mapmaker’s Daughter, by Katherine Nouri Hughes
Mavi Boncuk |The Mapmaker’s Daughter, by Katherine Nouri Hughes[1]Delphinium Books (Distributor: HarperCollins)Available in: Trade paperback With French Flaps 315 pagesLanguage: EnglishISBN-13:...
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Word Origin | Helal, Hal, Halel
Mavi Boncuk |Helal: halal, permissible EN[1]fromAR ḥalāl حلال izinli olan, dinen yasak olmayan fromAR ḥalla حلّ çözdü, izin verdi ḥalla حلّ "çözdü, izin verdi" fiilinin masdarıdır. Oldest source:...
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Réseau télégraphique dans l'Empire ottoman en 1917
Maybe the telegraph won the war of independence.Mavi Boncuk | Réseau télégraphique dans l'Empire ottoman en 1917
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Mavi Boncuk |The Armenian problem was discussed in the context of negotiations on the protection of minority rights in the sessions dated 12, 13, 14-20 of December 1922 and 6-9 of January 1923. Lord...
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