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Word Origins | Hıdrellez
The sacred sites associated with Elijah, George and Khidr over centuries seem to have accumulated worship in various forms, so that one sits quite literally on top of or next to another. The sites...
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Film | Hayat by Zeki Demirkubuz
Mavi Boncuk |Hayat | 2023 195 mins.Director: Zeki Demirkubuz; Writer: Zeki DemirkubuzCast: Miray Daner, Burak Dakak, Umut KurtMehmet’s daughter, Hicran, ran away from home a while ago. Mehmet goes to...
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In Memoriam | Kemal Dervis (1949-2023)
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish economist, former head of UN Development Program Kemal Dervis dies at age of 74. Former UN program leader was being treated for an unspecified illness in Washington DC.In early...
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Profile | Deniz Kızı Eftalya (1981-1939)
Mavi Boncuk |Eftalya Işılay (1891 – 15 March 1939), née Anastasia Georgiadou (Greek: ἈναστασίαΓεωργιάδου), best known as Deniz Kızı Eftalya (Turkish for "Efthalia the Mermaid"), was an Ottoman and...
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Ayşe Hür - Taner Akçam Debate on a Dersim Document (Turkish Posting)
(Image used by Mavi Boncik Archives)A close-up of a document[see note 1 for transcription}Mavi Boncuk | Ayşe Hür - Taner Akçam Debate on a Dersim DocumentTaner Akçam’a cevaplarım | Ayşe HürBu yazıda...
View ArticleWord Origins | Kurmay
Altılı masanın cumhurbaşkanı adayını kaç parti destekleyecek? CHP kurmayları sayıyı açıkladı.Mavi Boncuk |Kurmay:état-major FR[1] staff (military) EN[2] Yeni Türkçe kur “divan, heyet” sözcüğünden...
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2023 Elections | President and Parliament
Mavi Boncuk | A second run scheduled for May 28,2023 for the Presidential race to gain the Constitutional minimum 50 % + 1
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Word Origins | Pantalon Şalvar, Potur, Çakşır
Mavi Boncuk | Pantolon – Pantalon: i. pantaloon EN[1] pants[2], trousers [3] (fromFR pantalon) [XIX. yüzyılın sonunda İtalyan komedilerinde geçen Pantalone adlı bir palyaçonun adından] Belden ayak...
View ArticleWord Origins | Zirnik
Mavi Boncuk |Zırnık: I arsenic EN[1]. (Fars. zernіḫ’ten)1. Arsenik, halk ağzı. sıçan otu.2. (Olumsuz cümlelerde) Bir şeyin çok ufak, çok önemsiz parçası: Üç yüz lirayı geri almak istediler. Zırnık...
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Academia | Ali Yaycıoğlu, Associate Professor of History
ANOTHER FAILED ANALYSISYes, Erdogan’s Rule Might Actually End This WeekendElections still matter in Turkey, and not every strongman is strong.By Gonul Tol, the founding director of the Middle East...
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Cannes 2023 | About Dry Grasses’ Reviews
Mavi Boncuk |About Dry Grasses’ Review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Latest Is a Trying Turkish Talkathon With a Few Gripping HighlightsThe latest discursive saga from the 2014 Palme d'Or winner ('Winter...
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Cannes 2023 | About Dry Grasses’ Reviews 2
Mavi Boncuk |‘About Dry Grasses’ Review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Returns with Another Masterclass in Conversational CinemaCannes: The Turkish master is back, with this uncomfortable portrait of an overly...
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Book | Global Women, Colonial Ports Prostitution in the Interwar Middle East...
Global Women, Colonial PortsProstitution in the Interwar Middle EastBy Liat Kozma[1]Paperback : 9781438462608, 250 pages, July 2017Hardcover : 9781438462615, 250 pages, January 2017Combines analysis of...
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Book | The Jews of Ottoman Izmir By Dina Danon
Mavi Boncuk |The Jews of Ottoman IzmirA Modern HistoryDINA DANON SERIES: STANFORD STUDIES IN JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE2020272 PAGES.Hardcover ISBN: 9781503608283Paperback ISBN: 9781503610910Ebook...
View ArticleTurkey’s Burak Cevik | Finalist at FIDLab
Projects by UK director Beatrice Gibson, Slovenia’s Gregor Božič, Berlin-based Ann Oren and Turkey’s Burak Cevik are among 10 selected for this year’s FIDLab, the co-production incubator of French...
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