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Cemal Azmi Alfabe Levhasi (to print in full size)Mavi Boncuk | The comparison of Arabic and Latin alphabet in the context of literacyAbstract in English: Turks were using Uyghur alphabet before they...
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Raulig Freilitz,Türkmen Aşiretleri; Aşâir ve Muhacirin Müdürriyet-i Umûmiyyesi Neşriyatı, Kitaphane-i Sudi, Orhaniye Matbaası, İstanbul, 1334, 533 + 2 s., 14x19.Mavi Boncuk | Türkmen aşiretleri |...
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View ArticleArticle | The Tin-Pot Dictatorships of Egypt and Turkey
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View ArticleWinter Sleep review – sharply observed tragicomedy | Peter Bradshaw
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View ArticleBook | American Diplomats in Turkey - Oral History
American Diplomats in Turkey - Oral History Transcripts, Vols. I-IIby Rıfat N. Bali | 2011 1540 pagesISBN:978-605-4326-33-4Mavi Boncuk |American Diplomats in Turkey - Oral History Transcripts, Vols. I...
View ArticlePişmaniye, Pashmak and Armenians of Izmit
This helva has been a favourite of everyone for centuries, made in the palace for the sultan, and in villages on long winter nights, when the women would gather around their helva trays and chat and...
View Article1994 Thesis | Western images of Turkey in the twentieth century.
Mavi Boncuk | Images of Turkey in Western Literature Paperback – January 28, 1999 by Kamil Aydin (Author), Susan Bassnett (Foreword)Paperback: 199 pages Publisher: The Eothen Press (January 28, 1999)...
View ArticleMaps of Levant and Turkey
Mavi Boncuk | 18th - 19th Century MapsWith the beginning of the 18th century we see a shift from the artistic map making tradition of the Dutch to production of more accurate and up-to-date maps led by...
View ArticleTestimony by Nate Schenkkan on “The Future of Turkish Democracy”
Mavi Boncuk | Hearing on “The Future of Turkish Democracy”Testimony by Nate Schenkkan[1], Program OfficerFreedom HouseBefore The Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats,Foreign Affairs...
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View ArticleLinks to Maps of Levant and Turkey
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View ArticleThe Turkish democracy deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Letters To The EditorDecember 24The Dec. 22 editorial “A fool’s errand” confused a legitimate criminal investigation in Turkey with the suppression of free speech. Information provided by Istanbul’s...
View ArticleTen Years of Turkish Box Office Hits
For the last 10 years 1. Box office Hits are Turkish films.Mavi Boncuk |Year|Total Viewership| 1. Rank201459.381.830 Recep İvedik 4201348.651.551 Düğün Dernek201242.392.957 Fetih 1453201140.976.631...
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Only blockbusters like Titanic and Avatar broke into the top 30 in Turkey.Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Box Office | All Time Top 30 . Foreign films in bold (only 2)Rank | Film | Distributor | Date of release |...
View Article2014 Top 20 Turkish Box Office
Mavi Boncuk | Foreign films in boldRank | Film | Distributor | Date of release | Box Office |Total Tickets1Recep İvedik 4Tig.21.02.1472.103.217 TL7.369.0982Eyyvah Eyvah 3UIP31.01.1435.022.168...
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