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Gezmiş Family Pictures Redux
Mukaddes Gezmiş ( 1920-2014) the mother of Deniz Gezmiş passed away in Istanbul. His father Cemil Gezmiş passed away in 2000 aged 78. Mavi Boncuk | Deniz Gezmiş (b. February 27, 1947 Ayaş, Ankara,...
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Eregli Kozlu Komurleri | Volpi | Nogara
Pictured SOH = Heraclea Coalmining Company, French financed.Société d'Héraclée - Société Anonyme Ottomane - Part de Fondateur au porteur My maternal grandfather Muzaffer Bey was the manager of the...
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Keşkek-Wedding Pulse
Mavi Boncuk |Kashkak, keşkek, kashkeg, kishkak, kashkek, etc. is a sort of meat and wheat or barley stew found in Turkish cuisine. The word kashkak is a Persian diminutive of kashk, to which it is...
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Foreign Miners in Zonguldak
Mavi Boncuk | The first miners requested and delivered from the Austrian Government are the Austrian Croats known to have been employed in the Ereğli Coal Mines. The correspondence between Istanbul and...
View ArticleArmenian Miners in Zonguldak Basin
After the armistice of Mudros, the first thing the French military did was to control the strategically important Ottoman coal mines in which French capital held significant stakes. The goal was both...
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Café Aman İstanbul
Mavi Boncuk | Pelin Suerand Stelyo Berber(is) Drawing on the rembetiko repertoires of Anatolia and Greece, Cafe Aman marks a rebirth for rembetiko in Istanbul, reviving and renewing the spirit of the...
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TSA is now OTSA
TSA is now OTSA. it is about time. Mavi Boncuk | The Turkish Studies Association has been renamed: the association is now called the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association. After an open discussion at...
View ArticleWho Goes There | Mavi Boncuk Access
Mavi Boncuk Access based on statistics of last week.Mavi Boncuk | Page views Ranking1. United States 2 .Turkey 3. Germany 4. Greece 5.France 6. Russia 7. United Kingdom 8. Ukraine 9. Canada 10. Poland...
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Mavi Boncuk |For Immediate Release November 21, 2014Readout of the Vice President’s Meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutogluVice President Joe Biden met today with Turkish Prime Minister...
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Stiftung Mercator | Global Turkey in Europe Reports
Mavi Boncuk | Stiftung MercatorGLOBAL TURKEY IN EUROPEPOLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND FOREIGN POLICY DIMENSIONS OF TURKEY’S EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EUThis book examines Turkey's global position and its...
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Ortaoyunu
Surviving titles and scenerii show resemblances and close parallels between Karagoz and Ortaoyunu plots.Mavi Boncuk |Under western influance, the rich tradition of Ortaoyunu[1] later fell into decay...
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Early Cinema of the Ottoman Era
Mavi Boncuk | Early Cinema of the Ottoman EraWe can study this based on three land areas:1. Ottoman Lands based on the borders of modern Turkey2. Ottoman Balkans3. Ottoman Near East (Middle East)
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Albania | Early Cinema of the Ottoman Era
Mavi Boncuk |Albania | Early Cinema of the Ottoman EraThe first public showing to occur in Albania was a little-known title, Paddy the Reliable; a comical story detailing the afterlife events of a man...
View ArticleWord Origin | Fıtrat
Mavi Boncuk | Fıtrat: from Arabic fiṭrat فطرة 1. yaradılış, hilkat[1] TR: creation[2] EN 2. Ramazanda iftar etme TR; breaking fast EN from Arabic faṭara فطر 1. yardı, yarattı, doğurdu TR: created,...
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Word Origin | Saray, Konak, Köşk, Kasır, Ev, Yalı, Çadır, Komando
Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sarayı'nı komandolar koruyacak | Commando units to protect Presidential Palace. (From Turkish daily news) SourceMavi Boncuk |Saray: [ Codex Cumanicus, 1300] Saray: palatium. from...
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Book | De Constantinople à Athènes: Louis Petit et les Bollandistes
Mavi Boncuk | De Constantinople à Athènes: Louis Petit et les Bollandistes. Correspondance d'un archevêque savant (1902-1926) (review)Ronald G. Roberson C.S.P.From: The Catholic Historical Review...
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Turkish Van Rams Thru US...Bravo
Mavi Boncuk | Ram has released pricing and fuel economy ratings for the 2015 ProMaster City commercial van, scheduled to arrive in the United States early next year.The cargo version will start at...
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Joint Declaration of His Holiness Pope Francis and His All-Holiness...
Mavi Boncuk |Joint Declaration of His Holiness Pope Francis and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (November 30, 2014)We, Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, express our...
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Hüseyin Karabey Winner at 29th Mar del Plata Film Festival
Golden Astor for Best Film: Come to My Voice – Hüseyin Karabey (Turkey/France/Germany)Mavi Boncuk | Hüseyin Karabey's Come to My Voice[1] won the international competition of the 29th Mar del Plata...
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Berlinale Review | Come to My Voice
Mavi Boncuk | Berlinale Review | Come to My VoiceHuseyin Karabey's beautifully crafted sophomore feature fleshes out a Kafkaesque scenario involving a Kurdish girl and her grandmother.Jay WeissbergA...
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