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EU Watch | Hodja Makes New Constitution
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish Constitution to get a new life.When they saw Hodja sitting by the lake and stirring some yogurt into the water they asked him what he was doing.“I am adding starter into the...
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Mavi Boncuk | OP-EDS AND ARTICLES FROM THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICYWHAT DOES TURKEY GAIN FROM PKK TALKS?By Soner Cagaptay | Al-Sharq al-Awsat | May 4, 2013On April 25th, the Kurdistan...
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Alawite State and Stamps
Mavi Boncuk | France never designed postage stamps specifically for the Alawite State. There was an initial period in which Syrian stamps were used, inevitably causing accounting difficulties between...
View ArticleThe Religion Monitor| Bertelsmann Stiftung
MAVI BONCUK |The Religion Monitor[1[ of the Bertelsmann Stiftung reveals: Widespread approval for the separation of church and state / Decline in religiosity from generation to generationThe largest...
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Privy Council says....Karamehmet
Turkey's Cukurova Holding AS appeared to emerge victorious in the country's most high-profile boardroom battle in decades as a U.K. court ruled on Tuesday it could reclaim control of Turkcell.The...
View ArticleArticle | Emanet Çeyiz, 1923 Greco-Turkish Population Exchange
Mavi Boncuk |Documenting the Past and Publicizing Personal Stories: Sensescapes and the 1923 Greco-Turkish Population Exchange in Contemporary Turkey Asli IğsizFrom: Journal of Modern Greek Studies...
View ArticleArticle | Brand Turkey and the Gezi Protests
Mavi Boncuk |Brand Turkey and the Gezi Protests: Authoritarianism, Law, and Neoliberalism Jul 12 2013by Aslı IğsızThe Gezi Park protests, and the state response to them, have crystallized larger...
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Article The AKP Decade: An Economic Success Story ?
Mavi Boncuk | Al Jazeera Magazine, in its July edition, published the article “The AKP Decade: An Economic Success Story ?” by Betam’s[1] Director Seyfettin Gürsel.You can find the document...
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Professor Dr Udo Steinbach and Zenith Cover
Zenith - Journal of the Orient is the leading German magazine for the Middle East, the Maghreb and the Muslim worldDossier: The Kurdish stateThe Kurds are the winners of the Arab Fruhlings?a policy...
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In Memoriam | Leyla Erbil (1931-2013)
Leyla Erbil, one of Turkey’s most creative writers, with a talent matching her discretion, has passed away today after being treated in an intensive care unit for weeks following a heart failure. In...
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Johan Vandewalle | Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish-FL, Teaching Turkish as a Foreign LanguageDate: Sat, 27 May 2000 14:44:42 +0200From: Johan Vandewalle rug.ac.be>Subject: Turkish-FL, Teaching Turkish as a Foreign LanguageI...
View ArticleWord Hunter | Selfie
Word Hunter | SelfieLooking for a new Turkish word for 'Selfie'. Any suggestionsMavi Boncuk |
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Word Origin | Hodri
Mavi Boncuk |Hayde bre: "encouragement and defiance expression (Rumelia/Balkan dialect)" Used in shortened form 'hodri' for wrestling[1] matches to invite opponent to competition. Hodri meydan | Come...
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MODERATING ISLAMISTS: TURKEY'S LESSONS FOR EGYPT
Mavi Boncuk |ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTEMODERATING ISLAMISTS: TURKEY'S LESSONS FOR EGYPTPolicyWatch 2103July 22, 2013By James F. Jeffrey...
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The Times Ad | Open letter to PM
Mavi Boncuk | Artists and scholars, including celebrities known for their activism, such as Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Ben Kingsley and movie director David Lynch, have condemned the Turkish...
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Istanbul 1975 | The Great Railway Bazaar:
Still makes a good read. Try first 3 chapters [1] as they relate to the Turkish portion of the ride.Mavi Boncuk |[1] The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia is a 1975 travelogue written by the...
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Crescent Dawn
Mavi Boncuk |In A.D. 327, a Roman galley barely escapes a pirate attack with its extraordinary cargo. In 1916, a British warship mysteriously explodes in the middle of the North Sea. In the present...
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