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Early Greek Photographers of Ottoman Era
Mounument of Philopappos, Athens, Konstantinos Athanasiou, ca. 1875, albumen print. Gary Edwards collection of photographs of Greece, The Getty Research Institute (92.R.84) Mavi Boncuk |Konstantinos...
View ArticleEarly Photographers of Smyrna
Mavi Boncuk | Alexander Svoboda (dates unknown), a photographer most likely of Russian origin, established a studio in Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey, in the mid–1850s, where he produced travel albums for...
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Félix Bonfils 1831–1885
Mavi Boncuk |Félix Bonfils[1] (1831–1885), a French printer turned photographer, moved to Beruit in 1867 and opened a photographic studio. He photographed the cities and sites of the eastern...
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Patrick Modiano | 2014 Nobel prize in Literature
Modiano's novella "Dona Bruder" influenced me very much and helped me in my search for the story of Petri the Knife, the Monster of Galata. MAMFrench historical author Patrick Modiano[1] has won the...
View ArticleBook | Turks in America by Frank Ahmed
Mavi Boncuk | Book: Turks in America by Frank Ahmed PDF File (9 MB)The Ottoman Turk's immigrant experienceOBITUARYFrank Ahmed, Foreign Service officerMonday, February 21, 2011; Frank Ahmed, 86, a...
View ArticleArticle | Safe haven and No-Fly Zones in Syria
Mavi Boncuk |TURKEY CALLS FOR SAFE HAVENS AND NO-FLY ZONES IN SYRIA: FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOWBy Soner Cagaptay and Andrew TablerSoner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish...
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Edward J. Erickson Lecture | Ottomans and Armenians: A Study in...
Edward J. EricksonPalgrave Macmillan, Nov 12, 2013 - History - 316 pagesCovering the period from 1878-1915, Ottomans and Armenians is a military history of the Ottoman army and the counterinsurgency...
View ArticleArticle | Venetian Ahidnâmes
Mavi Boncuk | Venetian Ahd-names by Dr. H.P.A. (Hans) Theunissen[1]An Ahdname, achtiname or ahidnâme is a type of Ottoman charter commonly referred to as a capitulation. During the early modern period,...
View ArticleAn Analysis on the Ahdname Practice of the Ottoman Unilateral Diplomacy
Zeynep Bostan | Bsc Politics and International Relations, University of London (2008); MA International Relations and World Order, University of Leicester (2011) MA Dissertation: An Analysis on the...
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Lecture on the Architecture of Mihran Mesrobian
Mavi Boncuk | October 14: Lecture on the Architecture of Mihran Mesrobian[*]by AHS on OCTOBER 8, 2014 Caroline Mesrobian Hickman, Ph.D., a local art and architectural historian and granddaughter of...
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Inherent Resolve
Mavi Boncuk | U.S. military operations in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists have been designated as Operation Inherent Resolve, U.S. Central Command officials...
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Awards | 51st International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, which is organised by Antalya Culture and Arts Foundation, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Municipality of Antalya. The festival includes an...
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The Armenian Orphan Rug
Mavi Boncuk |The White House has confirmed that a controversial historical artifact known as the Armenian Orphan Rug will go on display at the newly renovated White House Visitor Center. An image of...
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DO & CO Qualifies for Euro 2016 with Hediard
(pictured DO & CO [1]founder Attila Dogudan[2])Hediard currently generates about 12 million euros in turnover, but gives 4 to 5 million of operating losses. "Our goal is 100 million in revenue in...
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The Many Bridges on Golden Horn
Mavi Boncuk |The first recorded bridge over the Golden Horn in Istanbul was built during the reign of Justinian the Great in the 6th century, close to the area near the Theodosian Land Walls at the...
View ArticleWest Thrace and Turkish Rights
Mavi Boncuk |Yunanistan’da (Bati Trakya’da) Ikidilli Eğitim Veren Azinlik Okullarinda Türkçe Ve Yunanca Öğrenim Gören Öğrencilerin Okuduğunu Anlama Ve Yazili Anlatim Becerilerinin...
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Political Prosopagnosia
Mavi Boncuk | RENÉ MAGRITTE, a surrealist artist, perfectly captured the idea of prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, in his painting “The Son of Man”. In the picture, an apple floats in front of a man's...
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Two Pictures Worth more than Thousand Words...
Mavi Boncuk |AKP 49.9% (+3.32%) winning 326 seats (-15)CHP 25.91% (+5.03%) winning 135 seats (+23)MHP 12.99% (-1.28%) winning 53 seas (-18)Independents 6.65% (+1.41%) winning 36 seats (+10)SP 1.24%...
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