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Orientalism | Benjamin Jean Joseph Constant
Mavi Boncuk |Benjamin Jean Joseph ConstantL'Imperatrice Theodora au Colisée [The Empress Theodora at the Colisseum] Oil on canvasThe Throne Room In ByzantiumJudithThe Entry of Mahomet II into...
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The Fall of Constantinople | Opera in three acts.
Mavi Boncuk | Fall of Constantinople (The) - Manolis Kalomiris[1] (Izmir 1883 - Athinai 1962) or Konstandinos Paleologos Opera in three acts. Libretto: based on a play by Nikos Kazantzakis (Heraklion...
View ArticleEU Watch | EU may fail to delight Turkish
Mavi Boncuk | EU may fail to delight Turkish By Carl Mortished WE ARE A devious and lustful bunch, we Europeans. Turkey has been asking politely for membership of our club for the best part of two...
View ArticleEU Watch | Turkey Insists on Equal Terms in European Union
Mavi Boncuk |October 3, 2004Turkey Insists on Equal Terms in European UnionBy SUSAN SACHSANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 2 - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has staked his political reputation on leading...
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Ottoman Mehter music
Mavi Boncuk | Ottoman Mehter music, which for centuries accompanied the marching Ottoman army into battle, still echoes in that of drum and zurna - an oboe-like woodwind instrument with seven holes...
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Prints of Ancient Constantinople
Mavi Boncuk |Constantinople,Palace of Sultan Mahmoud the 2. print c. 1838Ancient Constantinople, Fort Beil-Gorod 1840engraving by W.H. Bartlett and engraved by C. Cousen. Published by Virtue Co.,...
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Devin Bozkaya | Chef de Cuisine
Mavi Boncuk |DEVIN BOZKAYA | CHEF DE CUISINEDevin Bozkaya’s love for food developed at a young age, while growing up in Turkey with his grandmother, where every evening he would watch her prepare...
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Book | Ottoman Tchinghianés
Mavi Boncuk |Études sur les Tchinghianés ou Bohémiens de l'empire Ottoman. Alexandre G. PaspatiConstantinople, Antoine Koroméla, 1870.Large 8vo. Pp. xii, 652. An important work on the Gypsies. Contains...
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Profile | Alexander G. Paspati
Mavi Boncuk |Occupation: Physician.Byzantine specialist. Founder of the Syllogos Littéraire in Constantinople. Grand Officier de l'Ordre du Sauveur.Alexander G. Paspati is among the 12 Greek youths...
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Happy Bicentennial James (1813 — 1888)
James Robertson Constantinople. Base de l'obélisque [de théodose] 1854 Papier albuminé d'après négatif sur verre au collodion 24.5 x 29.5 cm Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes...
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Shadow Play's Secret Language
Karagöz (meaning blackeye in Turkish) and Hacivat ( shortened in time from "Hacı İvaz" meaning "İvaz the Pilgrim", and also sometimes written as Hacivad) are the lead characters of the traditional...
View ArticleDrug Use Euphemism
Mavi Boncuk |Küçük su: Nargile malzemesiŞaşal içmek: Uyuşturucuyu nargile kıvamına getirip içmekSerpil Çakmaklı: Taş kokainPişmemiş yemek: Taş kokainÇizgili gömlek: Toz kokainBorç miktarı: Kokain...
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Balkan Postcards of War
Mavi Boncuk | A World War I postcard depicting the meeting of Bulgarian and Hungarian troops at Kladovo.Balkan anti Turkey Balkan War Montenegro Postcard 1912 Balkan War Postcard Bulgaria Invalid...
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Balkan Postcards of War | 2
Mavi Boncuk |1913 Bulgarian card Battle for Kurdjali(Kircali)WWI Italian postcard represents Serbian soldier fight with Austrian and German, at that time Bulgarian trying to kill him with a knife,...
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Bulgarian Propaganda Postcard
Mavi Boncuk |Bulgarian propaganda postcard from the First Balkan War issued in 1912 with images of Montenegrin, Serbian, Bulgarian and Greek rulers and Serb, Bulgarian and Greek patriotic slogans....
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Balkan War | Bulgarian Air Force
On Oct. 8, 1912, the tiny Kingdom of Montenegro declared war on a weakened Ottoman Empire, kicking off what is now known as the First Balkan War. Three other Balkan states in league with the...
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1920 | British Fleet at Ismid
Source: The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929 by Paul G. Halpern, Paul Halpern In January 1920, the 1st Battle Squadron was detached to the Mediterranean due to crises in the region. While in the area,...
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1920 | Ismid-Black Sea Line and Rebels
Mavi Boncuk |1920 (July 24th) cover + letter from 'HMS Helotrope, Gulf of Ismid', TURKEY to GB with RFHMS m/c. mss .. "The turks must sign on the 27th July 1920 when the Bolshies and Volunteer Army are...
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Red Line in Iraq
British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement--The West’s Secret Pact to Get Mideast Oil. Edwin Black. 277 pages. 2011. " British Petroleum and the Redline Agreement is only the latest of his several...
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Turks Türük and Turkic
Map from Kashgari's Diwan, showing the distribution of Turkic tribes. Mavi Boncuk |The first known mention of the term Turk (Old Turkic: Türük or Kök Türük or Türük, Chinese: 突厥, Pinyin: Tūjué,...
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