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EU Watch | Turkish Shadow Play in Elections
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Turkish - Armenian Relations 04 - Maxime Gauin
Mavi Boncuk |Description: This is the sixth conference in the memory of 34 Turkish diplomats and other victims who were murdered by various Armenian terrorist groups between 1973 and 1995, organised by...
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In English use ballot is not voting.Mavi Boncuk | Oy: vote, ballot EN[1] ; oy vermek "ses vermek" [ TDK, Tarama Sözlüğü, <1400 span="">1400>newTurkish: oy "mütalaa, rey" [ Cumhuriyet - gazete,...
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More Lies for Silhouette
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The Silent Revolution 2002-2012 and 2023 Vision
Mavi Boncuk |Download as PDF from Mavi Boncuk Archives or from AK Parti/JDP site2023 Vision Document (2012) Download PDFCorporate Identity Kit
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Mavi Boncuk |United StatesCandidateTotal VotesPercentageCountry TotalEkmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu8.069%77.87Recep Tayyip Erdoğan1.646%15.89Selahattin Demirtaş646%6.23New York Ekmeleddin Mehmet...
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EU Watch | A Trojan Horse Named HDP
With 99% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 51.95% of the vote, according to figures from the state-run Anadolu news agency, which had reporters at ballot counting stations across the country....
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1950- 2011 | Voter Turnaround for Turkish Elections
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View ArticleTurkey's Geographical Ambition
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View ArticleArticle | Turkish opposition remains in denial of its failed strategies
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A WWI Post Card
Mavi Boncuk |1917: Decorative vintage postcard, artist signed F. Hoellerer. “ Kriegstage in Konstantinople “ (Days of War in Constantinople ). Street scene with Mosque, soldiers, pedestrians. Used as...
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First Bank of Athens (1894-1962) in Ottoman Empire
Mavi Boncuk | First Bank of Athens (1894-1962)Bank of Athens, was headquartered in Athens, Greece. The first was founded in 1893 and operated in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean until the...
View ArticleWord Origin | Kral, kraliçe,sultan, sultana
Mavi Boncuk | Kral: kral "Balkan hükümdarlarının ünvanı" [ Düsturname-i Enveri, 1465]from Serbian kral hükümdar öz Carolus Frank kralı Karl, Şarlman (hd. 768-814) from German karlaz adam,...
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Turkey | Gold Reserves Ranking August 2014
Mavi Boncuk |WORLD OFFICIAL GOLD HOLDINGSInternational Financial Statistics, August 2014Rank | Tonnes | % of reserves[1]1 United States 8,133.5 71.9% 2 Germany 3,384.2 68.4% 3 IMF 2,814.0 [2]4 Italy...
View ArticleWord origin | Cılk, Maşa, Çamur, Cımbız
Mavi Boncuk | Cılk: from old Turkish cılk "cıvık çamuru ifade eden bir sözcük" [ Meninski, Thesaurus, 1680] mud, muddy EN; cılk yumurta TR; runny, spoiled egg EN.Çamur: Karatai Turkish çamur [ Ebu...
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Book | Russian-Ottoman Borderlands, The Eastern Question Reconsidered
Mavi Boncuk | Russian-Ottoman Borderlands The Eastern Question ReconsideredEdited by Lucien J. Frary and Mara KozelskyAn innovative and ambitious reassessment of one of the most dominant political...
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UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2014
No. 6 Turkey 2013: 37.8 million arrivals 2012: 35.7 million arrivals Despite its strong showing for visitors, Turkey was a mere 12th place in receipts. Tourism receipts must go up for Turkey with...
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