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In Memoriam | Gülruz Sururi (1929 – 2018)
Pictured Engin Cezzar, Gülruz Sururi and James Baldwin[1] in IstanbulVeteran theater actress and director Gülriz Sururi died on Dec. 31. She was 90. Her foster daughter, Zeynep Miraç Özkartal, said,...
View ArticleWord Origins | English words of Turkic origin ABC
Languages of Turkic peoples left numerous traces in different languages, including the English language. Turkic borrowings, which belong to the social and political vocabulary, are generally used in...
View ArticleWord Origins | English words of Turkic origin DEFGH
Mavi Boncuk |DDesemerfrom German, from Low German, alteration of Middle Low German bisemer, besemer, of Baltic origin; akin to Lithuanian bezmnas, of Slavic origin; akin to Old East Slavic bezmenu...
View ArticleWord Origins | English words of Turkic origin IJKLMN
Mavi Boncuk |IImam bayildifrom Turkish imambayıldı, "the imam fainted", an eggplant dish prepared with olive oil.Imbatfrom Turkish imbat, a cooling etesian wind in the Levant (as in...
View ArticleWord Origins | English words of Turkic origin OPQRS
Mavi Boncuk |OOdalisque with a slave, 1842.Odafrom Turkish oda, literally "a room, chamber". A room in a harem.Odalisquefrom French, which is from Turkish odalık, from oda, "a room"Oghuz or Ghuzfrom...
View ArticleWord Origins | English words of Turkic origin TUYZ
Mavi Boncuk |TTaigafrom Russian taiga, of Turkic origin; akin to Teleut taiga "rocky, mountainous terrain", Turkish dağ "mountain"; Mongolian origin is also possible.Taramasalatafrom modern Greek...
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Word Origins | Origin of the words in Turkish
Mavi Boncuk | Origin of the words in Turkish vocabulary, which contains 104,481 words, of which about 86% are Turkish and 14% are of foreign origin
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Book | Mediterranean Encounters: Trade and Pluralism in Early Modern Galata
Mavi Boncuk |Mediterranean Encounters: Trade and Pluralism in Early Modern Galata by Fariba Zarinebaf[1]Hardcover: 424 pagesPublisher: University of California Press; First edition (July 24,...
View ArticleWord origin | Kielbasa
Mavi Boncuk | kielbasa (n.)1951, from Polish kiełbasa "sausage" (cognate with Russian kolbasa, Serbo-Croatian kobasica); perhaps from Turkish kül basa, literally "ash-pressed" (cognate with modern...
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On Yilmaz Guney Cinema by Ulus Baker(1960-2007) |Turkish Posting
Mavi Boncuk |Şok ve Beyin: Yılmaz Güney Sineması ÜzerineUlus Baker[1]Sinemanın temsil sanatlarından biri olmadığı, insanı doğrudan doğada, çevresinde, ortamlarında, düşüncelerinin akışı içinde hareket...
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Word Origin | Farfara, Şırfıntı, Şıllık, yelloz
Mavi Boncuk | Farfara: bigmouth, talkative person. EN fromIT farfalla[1] geveze ve akılsız kimseOldest source: [ Meninski, Thesaurus (1680) ] Not to be confued with farfara: Oy Farfara song newGR...
View ArticleTCA Statement on U.S. Officials' Statements on Kurds and Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |TCA Statement on U.S. Officials' Statements on Kurds and TurkeyThe Turkish Coalition of America (TCA) is deeply concerned by statements by U.S.government officials irresponsibly employing...
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Yazıldı nâm-ı pâki seng-i bâlâya Vaşinkton’da
Mavi Boncuk | ONE OF THE SYMBOLS OF THE U.S, THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT HAS AN EPIGRAPH, A GIFT FROM SULTAN ABDÜLMECID HAN.On the Washington Monument, visited by millions every year and located between...
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Recommended | Stambulin
Sample Posting | Provincially Ottoman | Defining Ottoman-Balkan Architecture at the Mehmet Ali House, Kavala, Greece contribution by Bridget HalsteadMavi Boncuk | Stambulin HomeStambouline is dedicated...
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David Ohannessian {1884-1953) and Armenian Potters of Jerusalem
Feast of Ashes The Life and Art of David Ohannessian by Sato MoughalianAPRIL 2019 440 PAGES. $30.00 Cloth ISBN: 9781503601932The compelling life story of Armenian ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose...
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Turkish Room in Sledmere House | A Jerusalem Story
Mavi Boncuk |The Turkish Room At Sledmere House, Yorkshire, designed for Sir Mark Sykes[1], 6th Baronet, by an Armenian artist, David Ohanessian[*], a copy of one of the Sultan' s apartments in the...
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Konya | Photos by Garabed K. Solakian
Mavi Boncuk | This string trio includes violinist Stepan Kouymjian, whose first love was music, as well as two musician playing the kanoon, a flat zither-like instrument resting on player’s knees; and...
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Early Photographers of Trabzon | K.E.Cacoulis and Hatchik Tcholakian
Mavi Boncuk | Early Photographers of Trabzon[1] | K.E.Cacoulis and Hatchik TcholakianOttoman CABINET CARD by an Armenian Photographer H. Tcholakian in Trabzon. 109x166mmLe quartier de Kale-Itchi...
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In Memoriam | Ayşen Gruda (1944 – 2019)
Veteran theater and cinema actress Ayşen Gruda, who made a name with comedy movies which have in years turned into Turkish classics, died on Jan. 23. She was 74. Kağıthane Derindere Hospital in...
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