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Stamps from Eastern Rumelia
Mavi Boncuk | "Stamps from Eastern Rumelia (a breakaway province from the Ottoman Empire) were issued in 4 languages (Turkish, French, Greek and Bulgarian), and used 4 different scripts (Arabic, Latin,...
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1920 | Constantinople to Perth
Mavi Boncuk | 1920 registered cover, an Ottoman 20pa stationery envelope used, to Perth, Western Australia, franked unvoverprinted Great Britain 2d and 2½d. tied British P.O. Constantinople date stamp,...
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2018 | Venice Film Festival has two by Istos Film
The new crop of the Biennale College Cinema[1] (6th edition, 2017-2018) funded films has just completed shooting in Italy, Turkey and Hungary and getting ready for their world premiere at Venice...
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EU Watch | Trumped Again
Mavi Boncuk | Threats will not be tolerated, Turkey says after Trump outburst over Brunson case. Brunson, a Christian pastor from North Carolina who has lived in Turkey for more than two decades, was...
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Hans Tröbst (1891-1939) in Turkish uniform and Fez
"I want to live freely and I want to die freely" - The memoirs of Hans Tröbst."Tell me, Muse, the man who saw many places ..." I can proudly say of myself with Homer, I have learned languages and...
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Josef Thorak and Atatürk
Josef Thorak (7 February 1889 in Salzburg, Austria – 26 February 1952 in Hartmannsberg, Bavaria) was an Austrian-German sculptor. He was well known for his "grandiose monuments"Mavi Boncuk | Hitler at...
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1922 Map | Findikli and Streetcar 20
Mavi Boncuk |1922 | Streetcar 20 goes by Findikli.Source
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1882 | Stolpe Map of Constantinople
Mavi Boncuk |Plan von Constantinopel mit den Vorstädten, dem Hafen, und einem Theile des Bosporus = Plan de Constantinople avec ses faubourgs, le port et une partie du Bosphore.Scale: 1 : 15000...
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John Singer Sargent | Hagia Sophia
John Singer Sargent -- American painter 1891 | Private collection | Watercolor on paper | 14.6 x 34.3 cm (5 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.) And center-right, through the masts of the fishing boats is the Hagia...
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Turkish Empire and Constantinople | Books by Bernard Granville Baker
Mavi Boncuk | The Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europeby B. Granville (Bernard Granville) Baker [1]The Walls of Constantinople by B. Granville BakerThe Passing of the Turkish Empire in Europe...
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Turkish Connection for Drug Trade
An Ottoman opium seller; engraving from 1850 by Francis William Topham. (London: E. Bell, c. 1850)Mavi Boncuk |Opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries...
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Candide in Constantinople
Candide (or Optimism) is a satire novel written by the French writer and philosopher Voltaire (pen name of François-Marie Arouet) in 1759. It is the tale of adventure of Candide, whose belief that...
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Menu | Scene of Istanbul, Monday March 5, 1900
Mavi Boncuk | DINNER held by HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE [1] AT "SCHNELLDAMPFER /SPEED SHIP" AUGUSTE VICTORIA [2]. This menu offered possibly in Istanbul, Monday March 5, 1900 is not from the maiden voyage...
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1876 | Troops From Jerusalem Arriving At Stamboul, Constantinople.
Mavi Boncuk | 1876 | Troops From Jerusalem Arriving At Stamboul, Constantinople. Illustrated Newspapers, Ltd
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Dame de Pera
Mavi Boncuk | . Woman in long white dress and shorter pale blue coat with gold trims, wearing pearls over one shoulder; shown in three-quarter back view. Album of Turkish Costume Paintings 1867
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EU Watch | MAM Doubles Trump
President Donald Trump intensified his spat with Turkey on Friday by imposing higher tariffs on metal imports, putting unprecedented economic pressure on a NATO ally and deepening turmoil in Turkish...
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1916 Article | The adventure of the many dishes By Ferdinand Reyher
Mavi Boncuk | ARTICLE — From the November 1916 issueThe adventure of the many dishes READ HEREBy Ferdinand Reyher[1][1] Ferdinand Reyher was born to German immigrants Max and Lina Reyher on July 6,...
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Sailing Sisters of White Line and Gul Djemal
Mavi Boncuk | Cedric[1], under construction, behind Britannic[2], 1901. Source: HOFM.HW.H771A © National Museums Northern Ireland Collection Ulster Folk & Transport Museum.RMS Cedric[1] was an...
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IATA Report | How worried should we be about Turkey?
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