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Ottoman Erotica | ‘A Shaykh remembers his youth’
Mavi Boncuk | Shaykh Muhammad ibn Mustafa al-Misri, Tuhfet ul-Mulk (a Turkish translation of Ruju al-shaykh ila sibah, ‘A Shaykh remembers his youth’), Turkey or Balkans, dated 1232 AH/1817 AD.Ottoman...
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Book | Voyage de Paris à Constantinople par bateau à vapeur
SmyrnaMavi Boncuk | MARCHEBEUS[1]. Voyage de Paris à Constantinople par bateau à vapeur. Nouvel itinéraire. Paris: Artus Bertrand, 1839.[2] The use of steam-powered transport marks the transition from...
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Word Origin | Takunya , Takoz, Nalın, Nal, Nalça, Paten, Patika, Sandal,...
Word Origin | Takunya , Takoz, Nalın, Nal, Nalça, Paten, Patika, Sandal, Galoş,Tokyo.Le kabkab, Takunya.Femme turque et son esclave, fin XVIIIe siècle, Jean-Etienne Liotard, Musée d’art et d’histoire,...
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Book | House of Daughters by Engin Inel Holmstrom
Mavi Boncuk |House of Daughters Paperback – December 20, 2016by Engin Inel Holmstrom[1]Paperback: 232 pagesPublisher: ArchwayPublishing (December 20, 2016)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1480838535ISBN-13:...
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EU Watch | MAM Says Walk Over Me
Mavi Boncuk |The National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) just-released Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report identifies key meta-trends that will shape the future international system, including...
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Redwing | The National Bird of Turkey
Mavi Boncuk | The national bird of Turkey is redwing The redwing | Kızıl ardıç kuşu (Turdus iliacus) is a bird in the thrush family, Turdidae, native to Europe and Asia, slightly smaller than the...
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In Memoriam | Pando (Pandelli) Sestakof (1926-2018)
Mavi Boncuk |Pando and his wife, YuannaSee also: 1.Save the last PandoEviction Threat for Istanbul's Iconic Kaymak Shop2.Çakmak: Breakfast of Şampiyons3. Kaymak: The Heavenly Cream4. Mavi Boncuk...
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June 10, 1955 | Conrad N. Hilton at the inauguration of Istanbul Hilton
Mavi Boncuk |The speech delivered by Conrad N. Hilton at the inauguration of Istanbul Hilton,Turkey on June 10, 1955.Standing here today in the shadow of a score of history’s most hallowed shrines is...
View ArticleArticle | Turkey has been maligned by European public opinion
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey has been maligned by European public opinion – thanks to Greeks and the Liberal Partyby Ed WestEd West [1] is a journalist and social commentator who specialises in politics,...
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Recommended | Turkish Forum
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish ForumTurkish Forum is a non-profit organisation aiming to promote better understanding of today’s Turkish Republic as well as shedding light on Turkish history. Detailed documents...
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Word Origin | Fezleke
Mavi Boncuk |Fezleke: FEZLEKE tr[1]summary of proceedings(law)[2] fromAR faḏlaka ͭ فذلكة gerekçe yazısı FA ḏālika ف ذالك "şunun için" "gerekçe yazısı" [ Ahmet Vefik Paşa, Lugat-ı Osmani (1876) ][1]...
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Article | How Erdogan Wins by Soner Cagaptay
Tastes like a press release for Anti-Erdogan forces. Reads like a shopping list of opposition points. Good to know.Mavi Boncuk |HOW ERDOGAN WINSby Soner Cagaptay Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family...
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Book | The cross and the crescent; or, Russia, Turkey, and the countries...
Mavi Boncuk |The cross and the crescent; or, Russia, Turkey, and the countries adjacent, in 1876-7. Brockett, L. P.[1]LINKA graphic description of the countries, peoples, races and religions of the...
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Cholera in Constantinople
Mavi Boncuk |Born: December 24, 1798, Zavosse, Belarus Died: November 26, 1855, Constantinople Mickiewicz was born in the Russian-partitioned territories of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which...
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Book | Classification of Armenian dialects
Mavi Boncuk |Classification des dialectes arméniens (Classification of Armenian dialects) is a 1909 book by the Armenian linguist Hrachia Adjarian[1], published in Paris. It is Adjarian's translation...
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IIFF 2018| National Competition BUTTERFLIES
Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National CompetitionBUTTERFLIESDirector: Tolga Karaçelik[1]|TURKEY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 117´ / Turkish, German; English s.t.Screenplay: Tolga...
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IIFF 2018 | National Competition COLORLESS DREAM
Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018National CompetitionCOLORLESS DREAM | HEWNO BÊRENGDirector: Mehmet Ali Konar TURKEY / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 78´ / Kurdish; Turkish, English...
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IIFF 2018 | National Competition DEBT
Mavi Boncuk |THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018 | National CompetitionDEBTDirector: Vuslat SaraçoğluTURKEY / 2018 / DCP / Colour / 95´ / Turkish; English s.t.Screenplay: Vuslat Saraçoğlu|Director of...
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IIFF 2018| National Competition GRAIN
Mavi Boncuk | THE 37TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL, 2018National CompetitionGRAINDirector: Semih KaplanoğluTURKEY, GERMANY, FRANCE, SWEDEN, QATAR / 2017 / DCP / B&W / 128´ / English; Turkish...
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