How Turks "Péter un plomb"
Mavi Boncuk |The French don’t “go crazy”…they “break a fuse[1] (Péter un plomb)” . To fall into disorder, go crazy EN; Sigortasi atmak, kafasının tası atmak, asfalyası atmak( İzmir) a Smyrnaika[2]...
View ArticleBombardier | Planes, Trains and Snowmobiles...for Turkey
Mavi Boncuk | Bombardier Inc.[1] is close to announcing its partner in Turkey to seek to manufacture rail systems and work on government high-speed train projects that may be worth about $7 billion....
View Article2015 | Mavi Boncuk ... Gallipoli Concordance
Mavi Boncuk |Esat Pasha, the commander of the 3rd Turkish Corps and some of his officers SOURCEEsat Pasha, the commander of the 3rd Turkish Corps, responsible for the northern area of the Gallipoli...
View ArticleArticle | Turkey and the KRG: An Undeclared Economic Commonwealth
Mavi Boncuk |TURKEY AND THE KRG: AN UNDECLARED ECONOMIC COMMONWEALTHPolicyWatch 2387 | March 16, 2015By Soner Cagaptay, Christina Bache Fidan, and Ege Cansu SacikaraSoner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family...
View ArticleAustralia | Gallipoli 1915 a century on
Mavi Boncuk | LINK TO SITEThe Australian War Memorial welcomes delegates and speakers to this important history conference, Gallipoli 1915 a century on. This event marks the centenary of that tragic...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | The Mosquito Bite
BLOW out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!There’s none of these so lonely and poor of old,But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.These laid the world away; poured out the redSweet wine of youth;...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | A colonial expedition? French soldiers’ experience at the...
Mavi Boncuk |A colonial expedition? French soldiers’ experience at the DardanellesJohn Horne, Trinity College DublinFrench participation in the allied expeditionary force to the Dardanelles had more in...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | Your Asbach is on the Line
Your Asbach is on the LineMavi Boncuk | Advertisement for Asbach brandy showing a German and a Turkish officer, 1915German Soldiers and the Ottoman Empire, 1835-1918 Principal Investigator: Professor...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | A Defeat...Not a Controversy
Mavi Boncuk |The UK is marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill. He is regarded by many as the greatest Briton ever, but for some he remains an intensely controversial...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | The Forgotten Campaign: Newfoundland at Gallipoli
Target practice volunteers of the 1st Newfoundland RegimentWhen Britain entered the First World War on August 4, 1914, Newfoundland—which was then a British dominion—was suddenly at war, too.At a time...
View ArticleGalipoli 1915 | Indian Mule Corp at Gallipoli
Pictured: Troops from the Indian Mule Corp at Gallipoli (Image: Australian War Memorial) "...At daybreak on August 9, 1915, a young lieutenant of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, British Army, watched...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | Anzac Stereographs
Mavi Boncuk | Gallipoli was the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the war. Having consolidated the surrounding ridges against attack, the Anzacs land...
View ArticleWWI | Recruiting Rally in the St Kilda Town Hall
Mavi Boncuk | Summary:Advertising flyer or poster to promote a recruiting rally in the St Kilda Town Hall in September 1916, organised by the City of St Kilda, with performances by the Town Organist...
View ArticleGallipoli 2015 | Opening speech, Australian Minister for Defence
Mavi Boncuk | Minister for Defence – Opening speech for international conference – Gallipoli 1915: a century on – Llewellyn Hall, The Australian National University18 March 2015Good morning. I extend a...
View ArticleGallipoli 1915 | Charles Snodgrass Ryan, From Plevna to Gallipoli
"“IT WAS AS THE OUTCOME OF MY WANDERJAHR – THE SWEET OLD GERMAN CUSTOM WHICH SENDS EVERY YOUNG MAN ROAMING WHEN HE HAS COMPLETED HIS TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF HIS FUTURE AVOCATION – THAT I FIRST SMELT THE...
View Article1897 | Under the Red Crescent by Charles S. Ryan
Mavi Boncuk |UNDER THE RED CRESCENT: ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH SURGEON WITH THE TURKISH ARMY AT PLEVNA AND ERZEROUM, 1877-1878. related by CHARLES S. RYAN, M.B., C.M. Edin., in association with his...
View ArticleMaastricht and Copenhagen Criteria
Mavi Boncuk |Maastricht Criteria [1]There are five criteria set out in the Treaty of Maastricht that must be met by European countries if they wish to adopt the European Union's single currency, the...
View ArticleGallipoli 2015 | 12 Postings for the Centenary
Mavi Boncuk |1897 | Under the Red Crescent by Charles S. RyanbookGallipoli 1915 | Charles Snodgrass Ryan, From Plevna to GallipoliArmenians, book, foreign profile, WWIGallipoli 2015 | Opening speech,...
View ArticleArticle | The Gallipoli centenary is a shameful attempt to hide the Armenian...
Mavi Boncuk | ROBERT FISK Monday 19 January 2015 The Gallipoli centenary is a shameful attempt to hide the Armenian Holocaust As world leaders plan to commemorate the First World War battle for...
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