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In Memoriam | Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz (1947 – 2020)
Mesut Yılmaz died from complications of lung cancer in 30 October 2020. Mavi Boncuk |Ahmet Mesut Yılmaz (6 November 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Turkish politician. He was the leader of the...
View Article2020 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey announced on Oct. 29 this year's Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards, honoring the achievements of artists of the country. The literature prize was awarded to İbrahim...
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Word Origin | Âfet, Zelzele, Deprem
A three-year-old girl was rescued from a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of İzmir on Monday, nearly three days after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea that has killed at least 85...
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In Memoriam | Prof. Burhan Kuzu (1955-2020)
Burhan Kuzu died at age 65 of COVID-19 on 1 November 2020 in the Medipol Mega University Hospital, where he was treated nearly two weeks. He was interred at Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery following the...
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In Memoriam | Timur Selçuk (1946- 2020)
Renowned singer, pianist and composer Timur Selçuk, who was a veteran name of polyphonic music in Turkey, was found dead on Friday morning from unknown causes. He was 74 years old. According to his...
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Word Origin | Karmanyola
Mavi Boncuk |KARMANYOLAKarmanyola: carmagnole, robbery EN[1][2]i. (IT carmagnola) Ölümle tehdit edilerek yapılan şehir içi soygunu."düzenbazlık, kargaşa çıkararak soygun (argo)" [CŞ 1921]pusuya...
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Metric Decimal Units and the Ottomans
See: Introduction to Ottoman Metrology Inalcik, Halil. (1985) - In: Inalcik, Studies in Ottoman social and economic history Pt. X p. 311-348Mavi Boncuk |The Ottoman state was closely following Meter...
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Dedicated to the life and memory of Mehmet Ali Munir Sr. | 8167 Postings as...
Mavi Boncuk | Dedicated to the life and memory of Mehmet Ali Munir Sr. | Dedicated to the life and memory of Mehmet Ali Munir Sr. When he reached the Ottoman Istanbul he was already an orphan. His...
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Word Origins | Fikir, Vicdan, İrfan, Hür
Mavi Boncuk | "Türkiye’nin birkaç seneye sığdırdığı askerî, siyasî, idarî inkılâplar çok büyük, çok mühimdir. Bu inkılâplar, sayın öğretmenler, sizin; toplumsal ve fikrî inkılâptaki...
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England's First Coffee House
Outside of the habituated few, tea generally remained little known until the brewed leaf was first served to the public in a London coffee house that advertised tea as beverage in the late summer of...
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Word origin | Kalpazan, Tezyif, Tağşiş, Iğtişaş, Mağşuş, Şike
Mavi Boncuk |Kalpazan: forger [1] counterfeiter[2] fromPE ḳalbzan قلبزن "bozuk (tağşiş edilmiş) para basan" sözcüğünden alıntıdır. AR ḳalb قلب "bozuk" + PA zan زن "vuran, darp eden" sözcüklerinin...
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Deutsche Piraterie auf hoher See
Turkey on Monday said the German navy had conducted an "unauthorized" search on a Turkish-flagged vessel in a bid to enforce an arms embargo on Libya but only found humanitarian aid.The European...
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Word origin| Hamsi
Tırabuzon yolumuz Para tutmaz elimizHamsi balık olmasaNe olurdu hâlimizMavi Boncuk |HAMSİ: hampsi fromGR khapsi; Karadeniz, Akdeniz ve Batı Avrupa kıyılarında yaşayan, ülkemizde daha çok Karadeniz...
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Word origin | Gammaz, Jurnal
Mavi Boncuk |GAMMAZ: informer, tattletale EN [1] (ﻏﻤ]ﺎﺯ) sıf. ve i. (Ar. ġamz “kaşla, gözle işâret etmek; fitlemek”ten ġammāz) Söz taşıyan, lâf yetiştiren, fitleyen (kimse), kovucu: Dilberin işi itâb...
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Article | Turkish Ballet
Mavi Boncuk |Ballet: Dancing into historyby Sibel DORSANThe world of dancer Fahrettin Güven is interwoven with the history of classical ballet in Turkey. The former chief choreographer of the Ankara...
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Mektebi Sultani Students 1871-1891
Mavi Boncuk | Click image to see full size. Lycée Impérial Ottoman de Galata-Sérai [1]5 Moslem students admitted during the first five years. During the first ten years 78% students were non-muslims of...
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Word Origins | Erkete
Mavi Boncuk | Turkcenin Buyuk Argo Sozlugu [1] (Turkish) Paperback – January 1, 2014 by Hulki Aktunc [1] The new edition of "Big Slang Dictionary", which is the first and only "witnessed and...
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Book | The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient Empire
Mavi Boncuk | The Secret of the Hittites: The Discovery of an Ancient EmpireISBN-10 : 1842122959 | ISBN-13 : 978-1842122952C. W. Ceram[1] the author of the acclaimed Gods, Graves, and Scholars tells...
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A Kadikoy Tram Story | How I scraped my Knees
Mavi Boncuk |I was instructed by my father on how to jump safely from a moving streetcar. My first try was while riding the Kadikoy-Hasanpasa line and I ended up with scraped knees and palms. From then...
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Word Origin | Tramvay, Troleybüs
Mavi Boncuk |Tramvay: FromEN tramway[1] raylı şehiriçi ulaşım aracı fromEN tram ray, yola döşenen kalas + EN way yol GER wegaz IE wegh- yol almak, götürmekOldest source: [ Ahmet Rasim, Şehir...
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