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Simit and Simit sellers
(Illustrated ) Simit seller by Warwick GobleSimit has a long history in Istanbul. Archival sources show that the simit has been produced in Istanbul since 1525. Based on Üsküdar court records (Şer’iyye...
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Römmler Jonas | Bosnia Bread Seller and more...
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish BreadsellerBosnia Türkischer Brotverkäufer N° 16 Römmler Jonas[1] Balkan series II[1] Founded in 1871, "Art Print institution Römmler & Jonas" was a publishing house in...
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Word Origin | Izgara, Mangal, Kebap, Barbekü
Pictured chicken angus kebab with biriani rice.Mavi Boncuk | Izgara: 1. Grille[1] skere "et kızartılan mangal" [ Filippo Argenti, Regola del Parlare Turco, 1533] fromGR skará σκαρά mangal oldGR esχárā...
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Word Origin | Et, Ot, Saman, Karnaval
Mavi Boncuk |Et: Meat [1] Flesh[2]ETü: [ Irk Bitig, 900] çekik etiŋ kutluk bolzun [turna etin bereketli olsun?]similar: etobur TR, carnivore EN[3]Ot: oldTR ot; grass EN[4] [ Irk Bitig, 900] oldTR:...
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Word Origin | Two Georgian Words in Turkish: Aznavur, Cağ
Mavi Boncuk |Word Origind | Two Georgian Words in Turkish: Aznavur, CağAznavur: Georgian noble[1], royal; "Gürcü asilzadesi" [ Dede Korkut Kitabı, 1400 of noble birth. Nedür mere aznavur, ne hayfumuz...
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Yemek ve Kültür Spring 2015 | Issue 40
After 10 years Zeynep ve Musa Dağdeviren's[1] Yemek ve Kültür reached a milestone with Spring 2015 | Issue 40 Çiya Yayınları Güneşlibahçe Sokak 38/2 Kadıköy 80040 İstanbul Tel: 0216 346 98 61 Faks :...
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Word Origin | Serbian Words in Turkish: dobra, husar, koçan, kokoreç, kopça,...
(in progress)Mavi Boncuk |Serbian Words in Turkishdobra, husar, koçan, kokoreç, kopça, kral, kraliçe, kuluçka, kumpir, nemçedobradobra dobra "sözünü sakınmadan (zarf)" [ Cumhuriyet - gazete, 1930]En...
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Word Origin | Two Albanian Words in Turkish: Bre, Kokoreç
(in progress)Mavi Boncuk |Two Albanian Words in TurkishBre: mere "hitap ünlemi" [ Dede Korkut Kitabı, c.1400] Herze merze söyleme mere itüm kâfirfrom? Arn bre kardeş from İllyr bra kardeş (hitap)Not:...
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Turkish Super League 2015-2016 Fixture for Fenerbahce
Turkish Super League 2015-2016 Fixture for FenerbahceMavi Boncuk | Click for full size
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Word Origin | Three Ladino Words in Turkish boyoz, palavra, sefarad
(in progress)Mavi Boncuk |Three Ladino[1] Words in Turkishboyoz, palavra, sefaradBoyoz: [ Milliyet - gazete, 2002]İzmir'in geleneksel böreği boyoz artık tarihe karışmış.from Ladino boyoz [çoğ.] İzmir'e...
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Street vendors in Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |An Ottoman Simit Seller Sharing His Simits With Street Dogs, 1800's Istanbul’s Street Food – What’s Hot And What’s Not! by ERLEND GEERTS Eating street food is very much part of the...
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Istanbul’s Street Food – What’s Hot And What’s Not!
Mavi Boncuk |Istanbul’s Street Food – What’s Hot And What’s Not!by ERLEND GEERTSin PRACTICAL INFORMATION, RESTAURANTSEating street food is very much part of the Istanbul way of life. You can’t walk for...
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In Memoriam | Omer Sherif
Omar Sharif as Nasreddin Hoca| Hodja Nasruddin type character in Goha | Frenc/Tunisian film by Jacques BaratierCast: Omar Sharif, Lauro Gazzolo, Gabriel Jabbour, Fatna Bent Lahsen, Daniel Emilfork,...
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Word Origin | Koalisyon
Mavi Boncuk | Mavi Boncuk | Koalisyon TR; coalition EN[1]: [ İbrahim Alaattin (Gövsa), Yeni Türk Lugatı, 1930] kovalisyon: İttihat, ittifak.[ Cumhuriyet - gazete, 1931] sosyalistlerin de iştirakile bir...
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Word Origin | Fanus, Fener, Fantazi
Mavi Boncuk |Fanus: [ Zati, Divan, 1550]Bī-nevālar fānūs-ı hayāl gibi götlerine mum sokubfrom Arabic fānūs فانوس lamba, fener ~ OldGR phanós φανός a.a. OldGR phaínō, phan- φαίνω, φα- aydınlanmak,...
View ArticleIvy Wins Top prize at East End Film Festival
Mavi Boncuk | EEFF Best Film Award. This year’s winner is Ivy (Sarmasik) directed by Tolga Karacelik who will return to EEFF in 2016 as Director-in-Residence. Director: Tolga Karaçelik 104 min, Turkey...
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Babaji | Turkish Pide House in London
Mavi Boncuk | Babaji 52 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1 (020 3327 3888; babaji.com.tr)The latest addition to Alan Yau's[1] Soho empire offers fantastic Turkish food close to ChinatownAlan Yau has created some...
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Karatzas Phanariot Family
Mavi Boncuk | KaratzasCaradja, Karadja or Caragea (also known as Caratzas and Karatzas) (Greek: Καρατζάς), is a Scythian family known to exist for over 1000 years and an aristocratic family of...
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Word Origin | Gypsy Loan Words in Turkish Redux
Mavi Boncuk | See also: Article | Roma / Gypsies in Ottoman EmpireRomany [1] Gypsy Loan Words in Turkish and more.Mavi Boncuk |dikiz: to look1889 bakış, özellikle belli etmeden bakma (argo) A. Fikri,...
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How Kadi Inspired Ombudsman
Abû Zayd pleads before the Qadi of Ma'arra (1334). Charles XII discovered Kadi[1] institution as the basis of Ombudsman while in forced exile. In the Ottoman Empire, qadis were appointed by the Veliyu...
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