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In Memoriam | Bilal Şimşir (1933-2023)
Retired Ambassador Bilal Şimşir, known for his several key duties in the Foreign Ministry and his noteworthy role in the Turkish academy as a historian and writer, has passed away at the age of 90 in...
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1845 | Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümayun Map (Turkish Posting)
Mavi Boncuk |Mühendishane-i Berrî-i Hümayun öğrencileri tarafından 27 C. 1261/3 Temmuz 1845 tarihinde hazırlanmıştır.Dârü's- saltanat-ı seniyye olan İstanbul'un hâricinde vâki‘ Zeytinburnu ve...
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Before the West by Ayşe Zarakol
On 28 November 2023, Professor Ayşe Zarakol was presented with the Koç University Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science in the fields of ‘Administrative Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law’ for her...
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Aristarchi Bey’s Législation ottomane
(Pictured: Grégoire ARISTARCHI BEY: Législation ottomane, ou Recueil des lois, règlements, ordonnances, traités, capitulations et autres documents officiels de l'Empire Ottoman. Vol. I: Droit privé:...
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Three Pamuk's Translated by Oklap
Mavi Boncuk | Three recent books are not translated by Orhan Pamuk’s[1] earlier translators, such as Maureen Freely (Enlightenment, Snow, Istanbul, Other Colours,) or Erdağ Göknar (Nomadologies), who...
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Prof. Sami Şekeroğlu Cinema-TV Center Moving and Renovation Process...
I worked at Turk Film Arsivi. Curated film programs (German Fantastic Cinema) and typeset some of the publications. Before this building was realized I helped prepare the topographical map of the site...
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Book | The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
“I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destinies of man.” Sir Steven...
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Haplogroup J-M172 and Armenians
Mavi Boncuk editor has Haplogroup J-M172.Mavi Boncuk |The first farmers in western Eurasia lived in the Fertile Crescent, a region of the Middle East stretching from the Nile Delta to the Tigris and...
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Gault&Millau Turkiye Launches with Awards
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish Gastronomy is showcased in the world. The Gault&Millau guide, which was first published by two journalists and food critics in Paris in 1969, is considered one of the two most...
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In Memoriam | Suna Kan ( 1936 -2023)
Suna Kan died on 11 June 2023, at age 86. One day later, she was buried at Karşıyaka Cemetery in Ankara. Due to health issues, she retired from playing violin in 2017.Suna Kan was married four times....
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The Baker Shops
The Baker Shop in Pera (Beyoğlu). Neighbors are also famous at the time from other businesses, on the left is the shoe store Victor Burgeni and the bon-marche Carlmann on the right.Mavi Boncuk |The...
View ArticleTheodor Herzl's Typewriter
Mavi Boncuk |In 1901 Herzl asked the American company Remington to create an Arabic typewriter. It was a unique gift for the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The assignment came amid a heated negotiation...
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Architectural Landmark No More
Tercuman Newspaper Office Building | Istanbul, Turkey Architects: Gunay Cilingiroglu[1], Muhlis TuncaMavi Boncuk | END OF A SIGNATURE BUILDINGTercüman newspaper's 49-year-old building on the London...
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The Ottoman Navy's Nordenfelts
Nordenfelt[1] class Ottoman submarine[2] Abdülhamid (1886) was the first submarine in history to fire a torpedo while submerged. Two submarines of this class, Nordenfelt II (Abdülhamid, 1886) and...
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Fate of Silents with Arabic Letter Intertitles in Turkey
Excerpt from an article by Agâh ÖzgüçNovember 27 2021Mavi Boncuk |For lack of space or for various reasons, our films were thrown away here and there, and sometimes they were burned ruthlessly. By the...
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Word origins | Zibidi, Izbandut
Mavi Boncuk | Zibidi: i ve sıf. eccentric, punk EN[1] (from FA zіbіden “yaraşmak, yakışmak”tan zіbіdі “giydiğini kendine yakıştıran kimse” [?]) 1. Çok dar çok kısa elbise giymiş olan, kıyâfeti gülünç...
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Map showing the distribution of population in Cyprus during the 1960 census.
Mavi Boncuk | Map showing the distribution of population in Cyprus during the 1960 census.
View ArticleRecommended | İstanΠόλις
Mavi Boncuk |www.istanpolis.org(link is external)) collaborative lead by Christine PhilliouThis is a platform and network hub for historical studies about the Greek Orthodox communities of late Ottoman...
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Profile | Jak Şalom
Mavi Boncuk | SOURCEA champion of the collective film memory and film culture for decades, Jak Şalom was born in Istanbul in 1946. Since its inception, he was part of the Turkish Cinematheque...
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In Memoriam | Yılmaz Atadeniz (1932-2023)
Years ago while in Istanbul I went to SE-SAM offices to find about Agah Ozguc publications they sponsored and released. He was there all by himself like a good and dedicated foot soldier. This...
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