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Book | Cumhuriyetin Mimarları by Ümit Sarıaslan
Yıldız Entegre launched the bibliography book titled 'Architects of the Republic', by Prof. Dr. While Suha Özkan on the 100th anniversary of the Republic to ensure that the rich knowledge and...
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Poetry | Attilâ İlhan “Tutuklunun Günlüğü / Prisoner’s Diary”
HISTORIC SANSARYAN HAN HOTEL PROJECTSanasaryan Han, a Luxury Collection Hotel, IstanbulAs the inaugural flagship of Luxury Collection property in Istanbul, the exquisite Sanasaryan Han, iconic...
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Film | Neandria by Reha Erdem
AMP Interviews: Reha Erdem at Thessaloniki Film FestivalMavi Boncuk |World Premiere in Warsaw International Film FestivalCast & CrewScreenwriter: Reha ErdenProducer: Ali Ömer Atay, Kaan Mestut,...
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An extinct Jewish community: Edirne
Mavi Boncuk |Yusuf BESALEL Perspective | Wednesday, January 21, 2015Salom Newspaper ArticleAn extinct Jewish community: EdirneFollowing the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, Edirne was one of the...
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Profile | Haim Becerano (1846-1931)
Mavi Boncuk |Chief Rabbi Chaim Moshe Becerano[1] (Ancient Zagora, Bulgaria, 1846 – Istanbul, 3.8.1931) first gained fame as a religious scholar and teacher in Bulgaria, where he was born and raised,...
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Film | Hayat {(2023) by Zeki Demirkubuz
DemirkubuzQuotes...pain was the one thing that united us. Pain is everywhere, we must all face it. All my films are about it.Sometimes I think that if it wasn't for jail, I would not be a...
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New FIAF Associate Members | Sinematek/Sinema Evi and Filmmuseum Potsdam
Mavi Boncuk |At its meeting in Brussels on 27-28 November 2023, FIAF[1] 's Executive Committee carefully examined the applications for FIAF affiliation submitted by two film heritage institutions in...
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Hayat | Life Review by A. Dorsay
Mavi Boncuk |See: Life|Hayat Mavi Boncuk PostingHayat | Life Review by A. Dorsay[1]Zeki Demirkubuz is returning. He is one of the half-dozen directors who stepped into Turkish cinema in the 1990s, who...
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Film | Nefes Yer Eksi Iki by Ozan Uzunoğlu (2023)
The violence is occasionally bloody in this sombre Turkish war drama concerning the experiences of an army captain, a war correspondent and a young man with links to the PKK in the southeastern...
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Major Named Istanbul Fires
See Also: Kenan YıldızISTANBUL FIRES DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD AND THEIR EFFECT ON THE CITY’S TOPOGRAPHY“… The first edict that directed a radical shift from wood to stone as the prevalent construction...
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Recommended | 100 Yeşilçam Movies
Mavi Boncuk |I no longer update the site. We continue all studies related to Istanbul on the Cultural Inventory project with a larger and volunteer group. You too can join. Therefore, I apologize in...
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Book | The Last Muslim Conquest by Gábor Ágoston
Mavi Boncuk | The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe Gábor Ágoston[1]Publisher : Princeton University Press (June 22, 2021)Language : EnglishHardcover : 688...
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E-Pub | Başka Kayda Rastlanmadı: Reşad Ekrem Koçu
This is one of the best news to end 2023 on a high note.Mavi Boncuk |Salt's e-publication No Other Records Found, prepared within the scope of Reşad Ekrem Koçu and Istanbul Encyclopedia Archive...
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The Wiener Bankverein in Karaköy Redux
My mother worked at the Ziraat Bank. (old The Wiener Bankverein or Bank-Verein [1] 1912 building).Mavi Boncuk |Karaköy Mosque stood behind the bank building until 1959. Build during the reign of ....
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Turks in German Cinema | Cinema and Immigration
Mavi Boncuk | See also: YOUNG TURKS OF THE GERMAN CINEMAThis unusual series includes a generous sampling of bitter, fresh, zany, and touching films from a “new wave” of contemporary Turkish-German...
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Two Books | Ottoman Painting, What is Islamic Art by Wendy M. K. Shaw
Mavi Boncuk | From the Harem, Osman Hamdi Bey, 1880 [Erol Kerim Aksoy collection]Ottoman Painting: Reflections of Western Artfrom the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic by Wendy M. K. Shawr...
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In Memoriam | Alev Alatlı (1944-2024)
Alev Alatlı, a distinguished Turkish author, and Historian writer Alev Alatlı died in the hospital where she had been treated for a while due to multiple organ failure.After the noon prayer at Alev...
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Term of office of the Central Bank Governors of Türkiye
Turkish Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan resigned. A major reputation assassination campaign has recently been organised against me,” Erkan said in a social media statement.“In order to prevent...
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In Memoriam | Üstün Karabol (1937 - 2024)
Mavi Boncuk |Üstün Karabol, one of the founders of Umut Sanat company and the owner of Feriye Cinema, who made quality films such as "İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında | Istanbul Under My Wings" and "Dar...
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