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Before Göbekli Tepe... There Was Norşun Tepe
Before Göbekli Tepe. There Was Norşuntepe...of our late friend Klaus Schmidt.Excavations at Norşuntepe were conducted between 1968 and 1974 by the German Archaeological Institute archaeologists led by...
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I Bet You Did Not Know 58 | A Stradivarius and Turkish Maple
A Stradivarius "Ex-Nachez" made in the year 1716 by famed Italian violin maker Antonio Stradivari is pictured at Sotheby's in Hamburg Oct. 21, 2003. I Bet You Did Not Know | A Stradivarius and Turkish...
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A Mexican Doner | Al pastor
Mavi Boncuk | Similar to the Turkish doner kebab, al pastor (from Spanish, In the style of the shepherd) is a dish developed in Central Mexico, likely as a result of the adoption of the shawarma...
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Janissary Pedals
Mavi Boncuk |IMAGE SOURCEJanissary Pedals During the late eighteenth century, Europeans developed a love for Turkish band music, and the Turkish music style was an outgrowth of this. According to Good,...
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Food | Didem Senol + Istanbul's Asian Shore
Mavi Boncuk | Food | Didem Senol + Istanbul's Asian Shore LINK
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Word Origin | Lanet
An explosion ripped through a rally Monday in the Turkish border town of Suruc, leaving at least 27 people dead and wounding 100 others, the country's Interior Ministry said. Footage posted by the...
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Dulavrat Otu | Burdock
Mavi Boncuk | Dulavrat Otu: Burdock[1] also known as Uluavratotu, Pıtrak, Dulkarıgömleği, Hanımyaması. The prickly heads of burdock seeds, which can be particularly annoying to remove from clothing and...
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Feyhaman Duran (1886-1970)
Feyhaman Duran, 1936, Le quai de Kabatas (Istanbul), Collection du musée Sakip SabanciMavi Boncuk | Feyhaman Duran (Sept. 17, 1886 – May 6, 1970) was a Turkish artist.He was born in Istanbul in 1886....
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Hikmet Onat, Kabataş
Mavi Boncuk | Hikmet Onat, KabataşHIKMET ONAT (Findikli, Istanbul, May 1882-lstanbul,14 March 1977)The artist's father was the naval commander Murat bey of Kanlica, at whose behest he enrolled at the...
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Word Origin | Leğen, Lança, Kap
Mavi Boncuk |Leğen: [ Codex Cumanicus, 1300] Lahan: baptisterium[1] [vaftiz yalağı].From Persian lagan لگن yayvan tas, leğen, içki tası (= Ar laḳan لقن a.a. = oldGR lekáni λεκάνι ) from Akkadian...
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Recommended | Istanbul Guide
Mavi Boncuk | Istanbul Centric Istanbulcentric.com is owned and managed by DEMYAY & PUSULA to help visitors and expats see and do more while spending less on their visit to Istanbul. As an online...
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2113 | Next Buyuk Felaket
Mavi Boncuk |A crude Excel chart predicts the next "Lesser Judgment Day". 2113 | Next Buyuk FelaketIt is the stuff of legend. Known as "Lesser Judgment Day", the old city walls crumbled, mosques were...
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Word Origin | Şarampol, Şose
Mavi Boncuk | şarampol –lü: from HUN sorompólower par on the side of roads"parmaklık TR. Picket EN" [ Evliya Çelebi, Seyahatname, 1680]χandak kenārınca cümle kalın direkler ile şarampo taˁbir etdikleri...
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Rare Qur'an Manuscript in Alphonse Mingana Collection
Mavi Boncuk |Rare Qur'an Manuscript in Alphonse Mingana[1] CollectionBirmingham Qur'an manuscript dated among the oldest in the worldThe Qur’an manuscript will be on public display at The Barber...
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Word origin | Kevgir
Mavi Boncuk |Kevgir: [ Yadigâr-ı İbni Şerif, 1580] kefgīrden süzüb iki vukıyye süzmeye bir vukıyye bal katub nerm ateş üzerinde kaynatubfrom Persian kafgīr كفگير süzgeç Persian kaf كف köpük + Persian...
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1931 | Pando Kaymak, Galata Vendors
Mavi Boncuk |Milk and Yogurt vendor | Sütçü ve Yoğurtcu Pando Vasiler, Mahmudiye Caddesi, No: 101, Galata 1931Milk and Yogurt vendors | Sütçü ve Yoğurtçu Argiro and Pando, Mahmudiye Caddesi, No: 101,...
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1920 | White Army Refugees
When the humiliating and painful French quarantine procedures were finished, the Russian refugees were finally put on steamers for the hour-long trip south to Constantinople. Then as now, the first...
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Topçu Kışlası Returns
Mavi Boncuk | 2015-2019 budgetThe reconstruction of Topçu Kışlası (Topçu Barracks) near Taksim's Gezi Park makes way back into in the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality's 2015-2019 budget plans....
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Asif Kapadia's “Ali & Nino”
Show Reel of AZ Celtic Films[1]See: Mavi Boncuk's Ali and NinoMavi Boncuk | The first still has been released for “Ali & Nino,” which Asif Kapadia[2] is shooting in Azerbaijan from a script by...
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