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Sol Invictus and Eighth day before the Kalends of January
Mavi Boncuk |In the late third century AD, the Roman emperor Aurelian established an official religion, based on a popular sun cult, to help bond the empire together. Priests of Sol were elevated to...
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Kanal Istanbul | Environmental Evaluation report (ÇED Report in Turkish)
Mavi Boncuk | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday that finishing the artificial sea-level waterway Kanal Istanbul project will reveal the burden of the 1936 Montreux Convention, which allows...
View ArticleArticle | Must Turkey always stand alone in the world?
Mavi Boncuk |Must Turkey always stand alone in the world?: Op-edN. Murat Ersavcı[1]Must Turkey always stand alone in the world? It has been a member of NATO for nearly 60 years, but on many issues, it...
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Zellich of Constantinople.
Antonio Zellich - the founder of the “Zellich et fils” printing house See also: Printers | Zellich et FilsMavi Boncuk |An earlier Henri Zellich was the first to come to Constantinople, he was the...
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Word Origin | Kanal
The government of Turkey has released the finalized route for a second shipping channel between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara, parallel to the Bosporus Strait.Mavi Boncuk |Kanal: Canal En [1]...
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Matbaa-i Ebüzziyâ
Mavi Boncuk | Ebüzziya Mehmed TevfikBorn in 1849 in Yerebatan, Istanbul, Mehmed Tevfik is one of the most interesting charactersin Ottoman press history. He was trained in the entourage of Şinasi and...
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Profile | Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (1857 - 1901)
Mavi Boncuk |Elias John Wilkinson Gibb (3 June 1857 - 5 December 1901) was a Scottish orientalist.Gibb was born 3 June 1857 in Glasgow, at 25 Newton Place, to Elias John Gibb and Jane Gilman. He was...
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Recommended | Sebah et Joaillier
Pascal Sébah (1823–1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (Istanbul). He was born there to a Syrian Catholic father and an Armenian mother. In 1857, he opened his first photography studio, “El...
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First Love in Bitola | Eleni Karinte
Mavi Boncuk |Eleni Karinte (Greek: Ελένη Καριντέ) was a Greek woman of Aromanian background, popularly known as the first love of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk[1]. Little...
View Article1833 | The Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi
Mavi Boncuk | The Treaty[1] of Hünkâr İskelesi [2] (once commonly spelled Unkiar Skelessi[3], and translating to The Treaty of "the Royal Pier" or "the Sultan's Pier") was a treaty signed between the...
View ArticleHistory of Waterways Regime Treaties | Environmental Report of Kanal Istanbul...
Mavi Boncuk |T.C. ULAŞTIRMA VE ALTYAPI BAKANLIĞI KANAL İSTANBUL PROJESİALTYAPI YATIRIMLARI GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ ÇED RAPORUBÖLÜM 6- 147-148Tarihi Gelişim İçerisinde Türk Boğazlarından Geçişin Tabi Olduğu...
View ArticleConvention Regarding The Regime Of The Straits Signed At Montreux | Translation
Mavi Boncuk |TRADUCTION FROM FRENCH DIPLOMATIC TEXT - TRANSLATION CONVENTION REGARDING THE REGIME OF THE STRAITS SIGNED AT MONTREUX, JULY 20 TH, 1936 French official text communicated by the Permanent...
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1403 | Treaty of Gallipoli
1403 | Treaty of Gallipoli | First Ottoman Treaty with other NationsMavi Boncuk |Treaty of Gallipoli SOURCEThe Treaty of Gallipoli, concluded in January or early February 1403, was a peace treaty...
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Amadeus Slays a Turk
Mavi Boncuk |Statue of Amadeus slaying a Turk by Pelagio Palagi, which stands in in Piazza Palazzo di Citta, TurinThe over life-size bronze statue of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (Amedeo VI di Savoia)...
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Göbekli Tepe Suds
Göbekli Tepe Suds. Suds (uncountable) lather, foam. (slang) beer. We went out for some pizza and sudsFirst fires and feasts | Evidence suggests our ancestors, Homo erectus, used and controlled fire at...
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Article | Sulfur Dioxide in Istanbul
Speaking at the Istanbul metropolitan Municipality (IBB)'s Kanal Istanbul workshop, Prof.Dr. Dr. Cemal Saydam said, “The channel runs over two dams. It also brings organic waste accumulated here for...
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In Memoriam | Rahşan Ecevit (1923 - 2020)
Mavi Boncuk | Rahşan Ecevit under treatment at GATA Hospital in Ankara padded away 97 years old.Rahşan Ecevit (née Aral; b. Bursa, Turkey 1923- d. Ankara, Turkey Jan 17, 2020) is the widow of Turkish...
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Boeing Cover Up | Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
Aviation Safety Report The dead in the crash of flight TK1951 included the plane’s Turkish pilots and three Boeing employees, including Ricky Wilson of Clinton. Boeing employees from the Puget Sound...
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Toronto Niyazi | Cartoons from Canada in 1981
Mavi Boncuk | Toronto Niyazi | Cartoons from Canada in 1981
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