Book | The City in Turkish Cinema by Hakkı Başgüney, Özge Özdüzen
Mavi Boncuk |The City in Turkish Cinema by Hakkı Başgüney[1], Özge Özdüzen[2]This book has a variety of discussions on the mutual relationship between cinema and the urbanization process of Turkey,...
View ArticleSocio-Economic Development Ranking of Turkish ( ilçe) districts.
Mavi Boncuk | The District SEGE-2022 research prepared by the Ministry of Industry and Technology reveals the Socio-Economic Development Ranking of the districts. The SEGE-2022 study was prepared using...
View ArticleWord Origins | Yaygara
Mavi Boncuk |Yaygara: fuss, bluster, blare [1] EN Velvele, girīv, bağrışma.i. (ses taklidi k.) Gereksiz yere yüksek sesle bağırıp çağırma, gürültü koparma: “Bu yine hastalandı. Bak başıma gelenlere”...
View ArticleWord Origins | Şeytan, İblis, Gulyabânî. Amin
It is thought that these and similar beliefs and idioms (eg, the phrase Amin) were transferred to Hebrew during the Hebrews lived in Egypt. The root of the Hebrew word "Satan", which means "dissident,...
View ArticleLaterna of Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk | FROM May 08, 2006 / Costak FilesIt is quite possible that laterna music will be included in Costak | Sources CD and will influence the soundtrack of the film.Istanbul Laternasi: nostalgic...
View ArticleBook | Art Cinema in Turkey by Barış Saydam
Mavi Boncuk | With the disappearance of Yeşilçam in the 1990s, a group of young filmmakers, including directors such as Derviş Zaim, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Reha Erdem and...
View ArticleBook | Tevye’s Ottoman Daughter: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews at the End of...
Mavi Boncuk | " Based on years of in-depth research in archives in Ladino, Hebrew, French, and Russian, Sarah’s project is impressive in its scope and approach as the first integrated history of the...
View ArticleAI Writes about Turkish Cinema
AI Writes about Turkish Cinema by responding to multiple inquiries. If you’d like more indepth information on Turkish films, I highly recommend Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging by...
View ArticleMemorandum of understanding on common policies (January 30, 2023)
Mavi Boncuk | CHP led “Memorandum of Understanding on Common Policies” have more than 2,300 promises, goals, policies under 75 sub-themes. Not one method or strategy to implement any one of them was...
View ArticleWord Origins | Âfet, Zelzele, Deprem
More than 1,500 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each...
View ArticleThe Killer Alpide Belt
Mavi Boncuk | More than 1,500 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and...
View ArticleA View on Techtronic Plates and Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |The earth's continents are constantly moving due to the motions of the tectonic plates. Closely examine the map below, which shows the 15 major tectonic plates.As you can see, some of the...
View ArticlePoetry | Bir kalem dikin toprağıma by Hulki Aktunç
Mavi Boncuk |“Bir kalem dikin toprağımaİki ucu da açılmış sipsivriBir elime bir gece yapraklarınaBir kalem dikin toprağımaTamda erken bahar vaktiAzar da kök salar belkiElim gece yapraklarınaBir kalem...
View ArticleWord Origins | Eviye, Lavabo
The lavabo may be considered the forerunner of the modern sink. In several European languages (French, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Turkish), lavabo is the modern word for sink or washbasin.Aaron...
View ArticleBook | The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650–1650
Mavi Boncuk | The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650–1650authors Thomas Burman (Notre Dame), Brian Catlos (CU Boulder) and Mark Meyerson (U Toronto) Publisher : University of...
View ArticleMap of earthquakes in Turkey, 1900–2023
Mavi Boncuk | Turkey is a seismically active area within the complex zone of collision between the Eurasian Plate and both the African and Arabian Plates. Much of the country lies on the Anatolian...
View ArticleThe Istanbul Studio | Weldon Pries
Mavi Boncuk |Professor Weldon Pries of the College of Architecture created The Istanbul Studio, which addresses the role of cultural influences and architecture in the evolution of the city and its...
View ArticleWord Origins | Kolon, Kiriş, Etriye
The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria has killed and injured tens of thousands and caused inestimable damage to the affected regions. As local governments and international organizations...
View ArticleEarthquake Remembered | Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey and Syria’s recent natural disaster has put these countries front and center in the news. Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu (aka Gürbüz) is a celebrated Turkish cartoonist, graphic designer,...
View ArticleIstanbul Airport vs. Ataturk Airport
Mavi Boncuk | Istanbul Airport is the new airport in the city and is considered a huge achievement of the Turkish Government. Added to the two already existing airports of Istanbul (Ataturk Airport and...
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