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2014 Local Election Results and Development Agency Zones
Can this be a preamble for a future subdivision of Turkey with regional autonomy.Mavi Boncuk |
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Recommended | British Pathé
Newsreel archive British Pathé has uploaded its entire collection of 85,000historic films, in high resolution, to its YouTube channel. This unprecedented release of vintage news reports and...
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Book | Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire Microcosms of Modernity
This book heavily critiques Michele Foucault's approach to punishment, state power, and society by applying it to a non-Western context. He also challenges assumptions held by prominent academics...
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Book | The Assassin from Apricot City
Mavi Boncuk |‘The Assassin from Apricot City: Reportage from Turkey’ by Witold Szablowski[1], translated by Antonia Lloyd (Stork Press, $15, 202 pages)Translator: Antonia Lloyd-Jones[2]Published:...
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Word Origin | Ishtar, Easter, Passover, Seder, Paschal, Yortu
"Oh, my only brother, do not let me perish!On the day when Tammuz plays for me on the flute of lapis lazuli, playing it for me with the porphyry ring.Together with him, play ye for me, ye weepers and...
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Mavi Boncuk is a J2
Haplogroup J (Y-DNA)J is a Middle Eastern haplogroup, divided into the northern J2 and the southern J1. J2 is by far the most common variety in Europe.See the mapsJ2 originated in northern Mesopotamia,...
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Profile | David Wolfsohn and Jerusalem Visit
At the start of the 20th century, Wolffsohn accompanied Theodor Herzl in his travels to Istanbul. (October 13, 1898 Zionist delegation takes the Orient Express to Constantinople. | October 19, 1898...
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Moshe Shertok | Prime Minister of Israel and First Lieutenant in the Ottoman...
Mavi Boncuk |Moshe Sharett (Hebrew: משה שרת, born Moshe Shertok (Hebrew: משה שרתוק) 16 October 1894 – 7 July 1965)[1] was the second Prime Minister of Israel (1954–55), serving for a little under two...
View ArticleFrom Meclisi Mebusan to Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi
“Efendiler. Mühim bir ân-ı tarihi yaşıyoruz. Bu devlet ve millet bu zamana kadar böyle büyük bir musibete duçâr olmamıştır.” Sinop MP Rıza Nur BeyMavi Boncuk |The Ottoman Parliament, Meclisi Mebusan...
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1846 | Pamboukkalise
Mavi Boncuk |"Petrified Cascade near Pamboukkalise, Asia Minor" engraved by E.Radclyffe after a picture by Leon Delaborde, published in Gallery of Nature, 1846. Steel engraved print with recent hand...
View ArticleWord origin | Çakı, Orak, Bıçak, Falçata
Mavi Boncuk |Çakı: from OldTR çak- +gU EN pocket or pen knife, a small folding pocket knife, originally used for cutting or sharpening a quill to make a pen nib.Orak: from OldTR orğak from OldTR or-...
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Recommended | The George Grantham Bain Collection
The George Grantham Bain Collection represents the photographic files of one of America's earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime,...
View ArticleStatement by the President on Armenian Remembrance Day
Mavi Boncuk |Statement by the President on Armenian Remembrance DayPresident ObamaSee Also : PM Erdogan's messageToday we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor those who perished in one of the worst...
View ArticleTurkish Airlines Ad | When You Dream
Turkish Airlines Ad | When You Dream Hayal Edince Iğdır Airport Mavi Boncuk |
View ArticleTurkish Airlines B737-800 Schiphol accident report
On 6 July 2010, the Dutch Safety Board, chaired by Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, has presented its final conclusions of the investigation into the emergency assistance after the accident of Turkish...
View ArticleFood | Aylin Öney Tan
Mavi Boncuk | Aylin Öney Tan is one of the leading food writers of Turkey and an award-winning architect, with expertise in the conservation of historic monuments. She writes a weekly food column for...
View ArticleWord Origin | Taziye
"It is our hope and belief that the peoples of an ancient and unique geography, who share similar customs and manners will be able to talk to each other about the past with maturity and to remember...
View ArticleCaucasian Iberia
A link on the Western move of proto-Celtic peoples who gave their name to geographic Spain (Iberia) and Hibernia (Roman name of Ireland) off Irish coast. Habur gate and river in Southeastern Turkey...
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1875 | Turkish Fountain and The Bosphorus
Mavi Boncuk |"Turkish Fountain" (Constantinople) engraved by E.Whymper, published in Picturesque Europe, about 1875. Wood engraved antique print with recent hand colour. Text on the reverse. Size 16.5...
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