Film | Arif v 216
Arif V 216 is the sequel of G.O.R.A. After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 70's. Mavi Boncuk | Arif v...
View ArticleIn the Fade is a Clear Winner
Fatih Akin gewinnt Golden Globe für "Aus dem Nichts" Mavi Boncuk | See also Cannes WinAfter taking the Best Actress prize for Diane Kruger in Cannes last May, Fatih Akin’s In The Fade scooped the...
View ArticleKristal Oil and Micaleff Story
Mavi Boncuk |Kristal Oil which has been the first branded olive oil in Turkey, was established in 1938 in İzmir by Anthony Micaleff[1]. Kristal Oil has been one of the first brands that produced olive...
View ArticleIn Memoriam | Ambassador (R) Ömer Engin Lütem (1933-2018)
Ambassador (R) Ömer Engin Lütem who died on January 5, 2018 after a long illness.Mavi Boncuk |Ambassador (R) Ömer Engin Lütem (b. 1933 Istanbul, Turkey-d. January 6, 2018 Ankara Turkey) graduated from...
View ArticleNew Turkish BD | 1951 by Levent Cantek and Sefa Sofuoğlu
1951 Written by Levent Cantek [1] Illustrated by Sefa SofuoğluISBN 97897505230521st Printing January 2018 | İletişim Yayınları |176 pg. Mavi Boncuk | See: A Short History Of Comics In Turkey by Levent...
View ArticleArticle | Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco
Please allow me to have this posting written by a multi talented intellectual that I admired for quite a while. In 1995, the late Umberto Eco wrote an essay on what he called “Ur-Fascism”. What he...
View ArticlePew Research | Opinion of the United States
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View ArticleArticle | To Save Turkey’s Democracy
Mavi Boncuk |To Save Turkey’s Democracy, The Country’s Opposition Must Offer Erdogan A Grand Bargainby Soner CagaptaySOURCESoner Cagaptay is the author of The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of...
View ArticleArticle | The Only Thing Turkey and the U.S. Can Agree On
Mavi Boncuk |Opinion | OP-ED CONTRIBUTORThe Only Thing Turkey and the U.S. Can Agree OnBy NICK DANFORTH SOURCEJAN. 10, 2018Nick Danforth (@NicholasDanfort) is a senior policy analyst for Bipartistan...
View ArticleProfile | Roderic H. Davison
Mavi Boncuk |Roderic H. DavisonRoderic H. Davison (April 27, 1917 – March 23, 1996) was an American historian of the Middle East who taught at George Washington University from 1947 to 1993. He served...
View ArticleProfile | Ulrich Trumpener (1930 - 2017)
Mavi Boncuk | Ulrich Trumpener (March 24, 1930 - September 9, 2017)Germany and the Armenian Persecutions 1914 - 1918 by Tilrich Trumpener (PDF LINK)Germany and the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1918Ulrich...
View ArticleWord Origin | Kamyon, Araba
Mavi Boncuk | Kamyon: camion FR camion[1] m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n) (Belgium) der Lastkraftwagen GE; truck (US)[2]; lorry (UK)[3]; [ Düstur, 1890] Kamyon ve el arabası vesaireden...
View ArticleEU Watch | American Soccer
Mavi Boncuk | Turkey said on Wednesday it would not hesitate to take action in Syria’s Afrin district and other areas unless the United States withdrew support for a Kurdish-led force there, but...
View ArticleTCA Statement on the PKK-YPG Connection
Mavi Boncuk | TCA is a fully independent 501(c)(3) public charitable organization that receives no funding from either the U.S. or Turkish government. It is funded entirely by Turkish Americans who...
View ArticleEU Watch | MAM says 'Olive Branch'
On Saturday, Turkey launched an operation in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin aimed at rooting out armed Kurdish groups, which Ankara considers a threat to its security.Turkish ground troops...
View ArticleIn Memoriam | Enver Ercan (1958-2018)
Enver Ercan was the editor of Varlik Publishing after founder Yaşar Nabi Nayir (1908-1981) [ Varlik 1933-81][1] and Kemal Özer (1935-2009) [Varlik 1983-90] . All were poets.Mavi Boncuk | Enver Ercan...
View ArticleWord Origin | Pazen, Pamuk, Emprime, Patiska, Organza, Tül, Tülbent, Kumaş
Mavi Boncuk |Pazen: from FR basin[1] bir tür ince pamuklu kumaş oldFR bombasin/bombasine fromIT bambagine/bombagine pamuklu kumaş oldLAT bambax pamuk oldGR bombúks/pambáks βομβύξ/παμβάξ oldGR...
View ArticleAfrin Letter to Turkish MPs
Letter from 170 signatories to AKP MPs and all MPs in the Parliament via e-mail to demand a stop to the Afrin operation.THEIR CLAIM: "...Afrin, which poses no threat to Turkey..." Mavi Boncuk |We the...
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