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An Ottoman Map of United States
Visit the map's page in the digital collections of the Osher Map Library,University of Southern Maine. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Each map mounted on...
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Book | The disposition of Constantinople and Turkey, a World Problem of To-day
Mavi Boncuk | Book | The disposition of Constantinople Link to Book in Hatti TrustWilliams, Talcott, Language(s): English Published: [Philadelphia, 1917] Talcott Williams, journalist and educator, was...
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TIFF 2018 | Sibel and The Wild Pear Tree
Mavi Boncuk | Contemporary World CinemaSibelby Çagla Zencirci[1], Guillaume GiovanettiFrance, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey, 2018, STCCast: Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Kôstendil, Emin Gûrsoy, Elit Iscan,...
View ArticleBerat Albayrak's Financial Conference Call
Mavi Boncuk |Berat Albayrak, who has faced criticism for failing to tackle the country’s growing financial crisis, spoke to around 6,000 investors on a conference call[1] to rebuff concerns that a...
View ArticleTurkey Sanctions: Navigating a Historic Bilateral Crisis
Mavi Boncuk |TURKEY SANCTIONS: NAVIGATING A HISTORIC BILATERAL CRISISFeaturing Amanda Sloat, Max Hoffman, and Steven CookPolicy Forum ReportAugust 17, 2018Three experts examine the past drivers and...
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The Wild Pear Tree for the Academy Awards
Turkey nominates Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s The Wild Pear Tree for the Academy Awards. Fifth time lucky I hope.Mavi Boncuk |The Wild Pear TreeAhlat AgaciNuri Bilge CeylanTurkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria,...
View ArticleUS Premiere! | The Wild Pear Tree at Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries
US premiere!In person: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, directorWatch the trailer.Mavi Boncuk |Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler GalleriesAugust 16 at 3:06 PMUS Premiere!In Person: Nuri Bilge Ceylon, directorThe...
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Kraków Exhibit | Istanbul: Two worlds, one city
Mavi Boncuk | Istanbul: Two worlds, one city | Stambul Dwa swiaty jedno miastoInternational Cultural Centre, Rynek Główny 25, 31-008 Kraków9 May – 2 September 2018The only city of its kind – the place...
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Exhibit | Istanbul’s Seaside Leisure
"...Istanbul’s Seaside Leisure: Nostalgia from Sea Baths to Beaches, currently on display at the Pera Museum, attempts to remedy the loss by offering visitors an opportunity to reminisce about the...
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Book | A Garden for the Sultan
Mavi Boncuk |A Garden for the Sultan: Gardens and Flowers in the Ottoman CultureBy Nurhan AtasoyGül Irepoglu, ed.; Mary Isin, English ed.; Robert Bragner and Angela Roome, tr. 2011, Kitap Yayinevi,...
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EU Watch | MAM Gets Rid of It
Mavi Boncuk |The conflict between NATO allies is even more personalized because of U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ... contribute to a sense that the tension...
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Exhibit | A Nomad's Art: Kilims of Anatolia
Mavi Boncuk |A Nomad's Art: Kilims[1] of AnatoliaSeptember 1 through December 23, 2018Kilim (detail), Turkey, central Anatolia, late 18th century. The Textile Museum 2013.2.1. The Megalli...
View ArticleArticle | Turkey Is and Has Been a Reliable NATO Member
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kilic's letter to Wall Street Journal:Turkey Is and Has Been a Reliable NATO MemberTurkey has been a proud and indispensable ally for over 60 years.Aug. 19, 2018...
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Recommended | A Short History of Comics in Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |A Short History of Comics in Turkey SOURCEComics and comic strips have been published in Turkey for the last one hundred odd years with some interruptions, and for eighty years on a...
View Article8 Turkish Firms in ENR’s 2018 Top 100 International Contractors
Mavi Boncuk | 32 OUT OF 42 TURKISH CONTRACTORS MOVED UP IN RANKING IN 2018ENR’s 2018 Top 100 International Contractors (MOVING UP IN BOLD)20182017Contractor3638RENAISSANCE CONSTRUCTION, Ankara,...
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Victory Month of August | Menzikert, Mohács and Dumlupınar
August is the month of major victories. Menzikert[1] (1071), Mohács[2] (1526) and Dumlupınar[3] (1922)Generals Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and İsmet İnönü pictured before the Battle of Dumlupinar in August...
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Word Origin | Zafer, Galip
Mavi Boncuk |Zafer: victory[1], triumph[2] ENfromAR ẓafar ظَفَر [#ẓfr faˁal ] düşmanı veya avı alt etme AR ẓafira ظَفِرَ pençeledi, alt etti fromAR ẓufr/ẓifr ظُفْر tırnak, pençe, özellikle yırtıcı...
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First Balkan War | Serbia
Mavi Boncuk | Serbia called upon about 255,000 men (out of a population of 2,912,000 people) with about 228 heavy guns, grouped in 10 infantry divisions, two independent brigades and a cavalry...
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Firsy Balkan War | Naval Theater
Mavi Boncuk | Torpedo boat Nikopolis of the Royal Hellenic Navy sailing in the Saronic Gulf in 1913.She was build by Ansaldo, Armstrong & Cie at Sestri Ponente in 1905 as ANTALYA and along with the...
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