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Word Origin | Nebze
Bekle DediBekle dedi gittiBen beklemedim, o da gelmedi...Ölüm gibi bir şey olduAma kimse ölmedi...Wait she saidWait she said and leftI did not wait, she did not come...It was like deathYet nobody...
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Word Origin | Tea or Cha
Tea [1] or Cha [2]Mavi Boncuk |With a few minor exceptions, there are really only two ways to say “tea” in the world. One is like the English term—té in Spanish and tee in Afrikaans are two examples....
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Financial Times Article, "Five Reasons to Live in Istanbul, Turkey”
Mavi Boncuk |Financial Times Article, "Five Reasons to Live in Istanbul, Turkey”"The city’s layers of history have created an architecture and a street life to feast on."7Istanbul is one of the few...
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Word Origin | A COMPILATION OF COMMON WORDS IN TURKISH AND GREEK
Mavi Boncuk |A COMPILATION OF COMMON WORDS IN TURKISH AND GREEKhttp://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~sadi/bilgi/turkce-yunanca.html TURKISH ENGLISH...
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Chai Kurdi Redux
Mavi Boncuk CHAI KURDI (KURDISH TEA) "Fatte nimemi koyun daminda saga sola bagirirken gorurduk. Adi ustunde topal Fatteydi. Bir elinde bastonu. Sag alt tudagi iki disinin arasinda dolasir, bagirir,...
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Article | Fenerbahce: Why are the Turkish club in crisis at the bottom of the...
Mavi Boncuk | SOURCEFenerbahce: Why are the Turkish club in crisis at the bottom of the Super Lig?By Matt DavisBBC SportFenerbahce are in crisis.One of Turkey's most successful clubs and a former...
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In Memoriam | Şükrü Server Aya ( 1930-2019)
Mr. Şükrü Server Aya passed away on Saturday, January 26, 2019, in Istanbul. Mavi Boncuk | Şükrü Server Aya ( b. Galati, Romania 1930- d. Istanbul, Turkey 2019)Şükrü Server Aya was born in 1930 to...
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Sermet Muhtar Alus | Nargileli Köçek (Turkish Posting)
Mavi Boncuk | Sermet Muhtar Alus[1] | Nargileli Köçek[2]“Bundan 40-50 yıl öncesi” diye söze başlar Sermet Muhtar Alus. Yazı 1949 tarihli olduğuna göre 20. yüzyılın hemen başları yani… Mevsim yaz,...
View ArticleJanuary 18,2019 | Changes to the Financial Support of Turkish Cinema...
AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF TURKISH CINEMAFuat Uzkınay’s documentary film about the destruction of the Monument of Ayestefanos in Istanbul on November 14, 1914 is generally regarded as the first...
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Musakka Wars Brewing between Greece and Macedonia...Van Minut Van Minut
While the Greek variety may be more famous, moussaka supposedly originated in Turkey. During Ottoman times, the dish spread far and wide and developed into fairly distinct varieties across the Middle...
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EU Watch | MAM Finds a Ballot Box
Mavi Boncuk | The Turkish local elections of 2019 will be held on or before Sunday, 31 March 2019 throughout the 81 provinces of Turkey. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors,...
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Photography |Francis Bedford (1815 – 1894)
Mavi Boncuk |Francis Bedford (1815 in London – 15 May 1894) was an English photographer.Bedford was the son of the successful church architect Francis Octavius Bedford. He was christened at St Giles in...
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M. K. Ataturk Sinema öyle bir keşiftir ki... EN | FR | GE Translations
"Sinema öyle bir keşiftir ki, bir gün gelecek, barutun, elektriğin ve kıtaların keşfinden çok dünya medeniyetinin veçhesini değiştireceği görülecektir. Sinema, dünyanın en uzak köşelerinde oturan...
View ArticleBerlinale 2019 | Trailer for Alper's Three Sisters
Mavi Boncuk | Kız Kardeşler (A Tale of Three Sisters) World premiere Turkey / Germany / Netherlands / Greece 2019 | DCP | 1:1,85 | 5.1. Mix | 108 MinWritten and Directed by: Emin Alper [1](Beyond the...
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EU Watch | Mam Has it.
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey’s main opposition party CHP has an undeclared alliance with the People's Democratic Party (HDP) for the local elections. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party has...
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Berlinale 2019 | Aidiyet / Belonging by Burak Çevik
Festival TrailerMavi Boncuk | Berlinale 2019 | Aidiyet / Belonging |World premiereby Burak Çevik with Çağlar Yalçınkaya, Eylül Su Sapan Turkey / Canada / France 2019 Turkish, Subtitles: English 72’...
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Postal Cards | Mehner & Maas and Ludwigsohn Frères
One of Mehner and Maas’s biggest postcard series was that of Constantinople.[1]Mavi Boncuk | Mehner & MaasLeipzig, Germany, 1893–1939 (Printer, Publisher)The Leipzig firm of Mehner & Maas was a...
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Postal Cards | Sarrafian Brothers
Mavi Boncuk | Sarrafian Brothers 1897-1925 Beirut, Syria (now Lebenon)Photographer Abraham Sarrafian was joined by his brothers Boghos and Samuel to take, publish, and distribute photographs. Beirut...
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