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Anakyklosis
Who to believe... Polybius[1] or Ibn Khaldun[2]. IBN KHALDUN | THE PERNICIOUS EFFECTS OF DOMINATION A harsh and violent upbringing, whether of pupils, slaves or servants, has as its consequence that...
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Article | Ibn Khaldun and the Rise and Fall of Empires
Mavi Boncuk | Source: Saudi Aramco September/October 2006HELENE ROGERS / ALAMYA modern statue of Ibn Khaldun stands in the center of his native city.Written by Caroline StoneAbu Zayd ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn...
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"for such qualities there are no honours in Turkey!"
Mavi Boncuk |"No distinction is attached to birth among the Turks; the deference to be paid to a man is measured by the position he holds in the public service. There is no fighting for precedence; a...
View ArticleMalaysia Airports Holdings Grabs Sabiha Gokcen Majority Stake
Mavi Boncuk | Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd. (MAHB) said it plans to take majority control of its venture running Istanbul’s second-biggest airport, thwarting an investment in the facility by Turkish...
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TANAP | Turkish Stake to Reach 30%
Mavi Boncuk | France’s Total SA and Norway’s Statoil are pulling back from the planned Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (Tanap) over soaring cost estimates, paving the way for Turkish companies to...
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Word origin | Gâvur, Kāfir, Kefere, Çıfıt
Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha, 1827 Eugene Delacroix"The Giaour" was published in 1813, and is the first of Byron's Oriental Tales. This story, although very fragmented, deals with the punishment...
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Word Origin | Barbunya, Tekir, Kefal, Likornoz
Mavi Boncuk | red mullet /barbunya: Barbun (Mullus barbarous) is a species of goatfish found in the Mediterranean Sea, Mullus barbarous and Mullus surmuletus are commonly called "red mullets"Mullus...
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Fish from Turkey
Matching plant and animal names is one of the biggest obstacles of living abroad. here is a a helpful list to enjoy fish in english speaking lands.Mavi Boncuk |sardalya: European pilchard Sardina...
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Elçin Ergün Goes Global
Muhtar Kent, Ahmet Bozer (Coca-Cola), Serpil Timuray (Vodafone), Ümran Beba (PepsiCo), Hikmet Ersek (Western Union), Gürcan Karakaş (Bosch) and now Elçin Ergün Mavi Boncuk |Elçin Ergün was appointed...
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Book | The Emergence of Modern Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |The Emergence of Modern Istanbul: Transformation and Modernisation of a City Murat Gül | I.B. Tauris 2012 242pp. | ISBN 9781780763743In its transition from 18th century capital of the...
View ArticleTurkish Culinary Culture Lecture Series in Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Culinary Culture Lecture Series in IstanbulOne of the educational programs organized by the TCF – Culinary Arts Center (YESAM) in Istanbul is the Turkish Culinary Culture Lecture...
View ArticleWord Origin | Kopuk, Kopil, Hayta, Serseri
Mavi Boncuk | Kopuk: 1. hayta, serseri. Hardened pieces removed from the floors of stables were also called 'kopuk'. 2. Kabadayı "yiğit (slang)" from OldTR gikik EN brave[ A. Fikri, Lugat-ı Garibe,...
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Washington Post Talks Turkey
Support from Western media while left wing Workwrs party and Communist Party protesters take to Turkey’s streets. Mavi Boncuk |The Post’s ViewTurkey’s power struggles threaten the nationBy Editorial...
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Turkish Central Bank
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası - "TCMB") is the central bank of Turkey and is founded as a joint stock company on 11 June 1930. In the...
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Ottoman Ring of Justice
Mavi Boncuk |“Mülk ve devlet asker ve rical iledir.Rical mal ile bulunur.Mal reâyâdan husule gelir.Reâyâ adl ile muntazam-ül hal olur.”"Homeland and state are made of military and statesmen.Statesmen...
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Word Origin | Tütün, Enfiye,Tömbeki
pictured Silver Snuff box from ottoman era.Mavi Boncuk |Tütün: tobacco[1] from ETü: tütün "duman" EN smokeUyghur İyi ve Kötü Prens Öyküsü, 1000 kaltı lenxua sayu tütün tüterçe [her bir lotus çiçeği...
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Turkey and FATF
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions. The objectives of the FATF are to set standards and promote...
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1915 | Armenian Girls in Istanbul
Armenian Girls in Istanbul October 1, 1915Mavi Boncuk |Musa Bey IncidentBefore the Kumkapi protest in Istanbul by the Hinchak Committee, one of the incidents that were used by the committee members as...
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Talat Pasha Memorandum on Armenian Orphans
Armenian refugees in Istanbul 1922.Mavi Boncuk | A memorandum that Interior Minister Talat Pasha sent to various provinces and copied to the Minister of War Enver Pasha, on 30 April 1916[1] : (1) Those...
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Word origin | Hammal Redux
Hammal on Galata bridge 1900Mavi Boncuk |Ha·mal also Ham·mal (h-mäl)noun, hammāl [ Codex Cumanicus, 1300] from Arabic ḥammāl حمّال amml, from amala, to carry yük taşıyıcı, kufeci, (kufe: large basket...
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