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Henri Zipcy (1873-1950)
Mavi Boncuk | Henri Zipcy (1873-1950) by Michèle Alfonsi translated to English by Catherine Saiko, 2011Henri Zipcy was born and raised up in Constantinople and went to Paris to complete his studies of...
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33rd Tokyo International Film Festival | Forgiveness by Cem Özay
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish director Cem Özay’s[1] first feature film “Af” (“Forgiveness”) will premiere at the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which will run from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 this...
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In Memoriam | Jak ( Cordoba Sultana Hayim ) Kamhi (1925-2020)
"My fathers had set up ship dismantling workshops on their own land. In fact, until a while ago there were still such workshops. However, during that famous Golden Horn cleaning, most of it was removed...
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Book | Jak Kamhi 'Gördüklerim Yaşadıklarım"
Gördüklerim Yaşadıklarım Jak KamhiRemzi Kitabevi, 2013Yayına hazırlık: Ebru ErbaşGörsel hazırlık: Işıl ErgüvenBirinci basım: Eylül 2013Mavi Boncuk |June 13, 1925, the date I was born, was interesting...
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Les Turcs (1869) by Hervé
Les Turcs (Roxane): Opéra-Bouffe en 3 ActesMavi Boncuk | Hervé (French pronunciation: [ɛʁve]), real name Louis Auguste Florimond Ronger, (30 June 1825 – 4 November 1892) was a French singer, composer,...
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The 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Awards
Mavi Boncuk |The 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ended with a ceremony on Oct. 10. Competing in the National Feature Film Competition category, Azra Deniz Okyay’s film “Hayaletler” (Ghosts)...
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42nd Moscow International Film Festival | Turkish Film Wins Award
At the 35th Moscow Film Festival, which is regarded as the Oscar of Russia, the Grand Prize Erdem Tepegöz’s[1] latest movie, “Gölgeler İçinde” [2](In the Shadows) won the 'Golden St. George statue' He...
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In Memoriam | Bekir Coşkun (1945 - 2020)
In Memoriam | Bekir Coşkun[1] (1945 - 2020)Mavi Boncuk | Bekir Coşkun, well known writer of the Turkish press and author passed away who was treated for lung cancer, passed away today October 18, 2020...
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Eurimages Fund support for Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ceylan receives €470,000 towards On Barren Weeds (Turkey/France/Sweden) , about a despondent schoolteacher in Anatolia who encounters a fellow teacher with a perspective that leads him out of the...
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Word Origin | Yakamoz, Koterize
Mavi Boncuk |Yakamoz: sea sparkle[1] EN, Technical noctiluca, phosphorescence, phosphorescence in the sea. phosphorescence in the sea due to bioluminescent dinoflagellatesthe reflection of moonlight...
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Restored Sections of Harem Open to Visitors
Mavi Boncuk |Restoration activities in the Harem-i Hümayun (seraglio) section of the Topkapı Palace has been completed, where now Valide Taşlığı (the courtyard of the Valide sultan), Ocaklı Sofa (the...
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Book | Stealing from the Saracens: How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
A Hurst PublicationA revealing history of Islamic architecture's influence on Europe's cathedrals, palaces and public buildings.Comprehensively illustrated (16pp colour plate section).While the legacy...
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Profile | Nilüfer Göle
Mavi Boncuk |Nilüfer Göle[1] (born October 3, 1953 in Ankara) is a Franco-Turkish sociologist, director of studies at CESPRA (Centre d 'études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron) of the École des...
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Chelsea Film Festival Winner | HIVE By Eylem Kaftan
Mavi Boncuk |HIVE By Eylem Kaftan [1], has won six awards, including “the best screenplay” and “the best director” at the Chelsea Film Festival in the U.S.FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERSGrand Prix Award for...
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Ghosts wins jury award at Warsaw Film Fest
Mavi Boncuk | Ghosts wins jury award at Warsaw Film FestTurkish film Ghosts (Hayaletler) has won the Young FIPRESCI Jury award at the 36th Warsaw Film Festival.Ghosts, Turkey is undergoing a single day...
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Book | The Turkish Cinema in the Early Republican Years by Rifat N. Bali
Mavi Boncuk |The Turkish Cinema in the Early Republican Years : US Diplomatic Documents on Turkey IIAnalecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies EnglishBy Rifat N. BaliThis work is a compilation of...
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Article | How Europe Keeps Losing Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |How Europe Keeps Losing TurkeySoner Cagaptay and Raffaella Del SartoDuvar EnglishOctober 28, 2020The EU has repeatedly gotten its policy toward Ankara wrong, inadvertently helping Erdogan...
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Basilius Besler | Flos Constantinopolitanus miniatus
Flos Constantinopolitanus miniatusMavi Boncuk |Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental Hortus Eystettensis[1]. He was curator of...
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Word origin | "bu ne perhiz bu ne lahana turşusu"
Mavi Boncuk | " bu ne perhiz bu ne lahana turşusu". It’s an idiom that means “someone’s words and behaviors are inconsistent/illogical and they contradict with each other”Perhiz: abstinence, fasting...
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