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1878 | Berlin Congress
Mavi Boncuk |Handwritten signatures of the 19 statesmen of major European powers and Turkey participating in the Berlin CongressBerlin, 1878The present sheet is probably an official signature sample...
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EU Watch | Erbakan at EU
German impression of Erbakan[1] representing Turkey by Walter Hanel .Mavi Boncuk | Erbakan at the EU gatesCartoon by Walter Hanel on Turkey's entry into the EU: Turkey (Erbakan [1]) knocks on the door...
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Book | Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman Empire by Dr Birsen...
Mavi Boncuk |Plague, Quarantines and Geopolitics in the Ottoman EmpireBİRSEN BULMUŞ[*]Copyright Date: 2012Published by: Edinburgh University PressPages: 2081 b&w illustration, 1 MapPublished April...
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Karantina | Smyrna and Beirut
Mavi Boncuk | Smyrna Izmir, Turkey - Karantina (Küçükyali) BuildingsAmerican College, Smyrna MemorabiliaKarantina Island (Karantina Adası) HospitalThe building on the small island of Karantina facing...
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Smyrna 1883 | Compagnie Hamidie
Mavi Boncuk |Izmir port built in 1875, at Sultan Aziz period since then Izmir has become most important port city in Anatolia. French M.R.Griffre Company had taken permission to build and to run first...
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Quarantine, a Short History
The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto) and sometimes nicknamed l'Umana commedia ("the Human comedy"), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author...
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Word origin | Karantina, Kare
Mavi Boncuk |Karantina: quarantine [1]From Venetiano cuarantína Venedik'e gemiyle gelen yolculara uygulanan kırk günlük karaya çıkma yasağı < Ven cuaranta forty fromLAT quadraginta square....
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March 18, 1915 | Naval Victory at Gallipoli
Mavi Boncuk | March 18, 1915 is the Anniversary of Naval Victory."ATAA Commemorates the 105th Anniversary ofthe Battle of Çanakkale/Gallipoli, March 18, 1915" writes the Turkish American Association....
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Recommended | Şehri Konstantin City of Constantine
Mavi Boncuk |Şehri KonstantinCity of Constantine Mapping the remnants of Roman / Byzantine Constantinople in Istanbul This website is an expanding record and map of the architectural remnants of Roman...
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Forum Bovis
Mavi Boncuk | The Forum of the Ox (Latin: Forum Bovis, Greek: ὁ Bοῦς, meaning "the Ox") was a public square (Latin: Forum) in the city of Constantinople (today's Istanbul). Used also a place for public...
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Turkish Herb and Spice Mix | Baharat Karisimi
Make a big batch of this Turkish spice mix to have on hand when you need to whip up a quick vegetable dip or flavorful, easy salad dressing. Or try it as a rub for grilled or roasted meat or...
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Antemurale Christianitatis
Ferdo Quiquerez, Antemurale Christianitatis (1892)-Croatia is portrayed in a form of a woman that holds a sword and a shield in the form of the Croatian coat of Arms. She stands at the entrance of...
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Word Origin | Hasta, Hastane, Revir
Mavi Boncuk |Hasta: ill [1] with wounds sick[2]EN from FA χaste خسته yaralı; wounded χastan خستن yaralamak, yaralanmak; to wound, get wounded Oldest source: χsickaste "sayrı, sağlığı bozuk" [ ed....
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Recommended | Kubbalti Turkish Dictionary
Mavi Boncuk | Kubbalti Turkish Dictionary | MİSÂLLİ BÜYÜK TÜRKÇE LÜGATThis dictionary, which was prepared in 3 volumes and aimed to understand the 100-150 year old texts by the new generations,...
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Oscar Straus and his Memorial
Mavi Boncuk |This monument was erected buy public subscription in accordance with the joint resolution of Congress of December 16 1927 signed by President Coolidge Marge 2 1929 in memory of Oscar S....
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Profile | Marc David Baer
Mavi Boncuk | Marc David Baer[1] (PhD, History, University of Chicago) is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of five books:...
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Profile | Antonia Gatward Cevizli
Mavi Boncuk |Antonia Gatward CevizliCourse Leader, Foundations of Western Art, Semester Program, LondonContacta.gatward[at]sothebysinstitute[dot]comPhD, University of WarwickMA University of WarwickBA...
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Book | Global Gifts
Mavi Boncuk |Global Gifts: The Material Culture of Diplomacy in Early Modern Eurasia’ ed. Zoltán Biedermann, Anne Gerritsen and Giorgio Riello (Cambridge, 2018)Editors:Zoltán Biedermann, University...
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Book | Agents of Empire and Antonio Bruni
Mavi Boncuk |Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-century Mediterranean World Noel Malcolm [1]Oxford University Press, 2015 - 604 pages ISBN 10: 0190262788 / ISBN...
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