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Orientalism | Nancy Parsons in Turkish dress
Mavi Boncuk |Nancy Parsons in Turkish dress George Willison, 1741-1797, Scottish, active in Italy (1760-1767) ... ca. 1771
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Recommended | Digital Public Library of America
Search Turcomania and Ottomania in Digital Public Library of America and more... Mavi Boncuk |Digital Public Library of America Point your browser at the Digital Public Library of America. Drawing on...
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Orientalism | La Grande Odalisque and Le Bain Turc
Mavi Boncuk |Happy birthday to French painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres[1] born today in 1780. La Grande Odalisque, also known as Une Odalisque, is an oil painting of 1814 by Jean Auguste Dominique...
View ArticleWord Origin | Tezkere, muhtira
Mavi Boncuk | As Turkish Government talks about a ‘tezkere’ to authorize military action in Syria we can look at the word in another ‘Word Origins.”There is a difference between 'tezkere' and...
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Commemorative Cigarette Case and Lighter, New York to Istanbul Non-stop Flight
The intrepid flight of the "Cape Cod" was made in a specially modified Bellanca monoplane. The rugged Bellancas were, in essence, "The Model-T Ford of the Skies," as many long-distance and endurance...
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1917 | Ambassador von Bernstorff
Mavi Boncuk | Ambassador von Bernstorff[1] has Arrived at Constantinople, His New Post, 09/12/1917Political cartoon National Archives and Records Administration[1] Count Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff...
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Istanbul and Fish
Fish run 'balık akını' on the Bosphorus.See also: Top 10 Fish Restaurants in Istanbul, Turkey. by ERLEND GEERTS in RESTAURANTSMavi Boncuk |Bronze coin of Byzantium: Dolphin flanked by two tunny fish,...
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1840 | Stambool
Mavi Boncuk | Constantinople. Stambool. Engraved by B.R. Davies. Published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59 Lincolns Inn Fields, Septr. 1840. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)
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Paris Istanbul Flights
Mavi Boncuk |Compagnie Franco-Roumaine de Navigation Aérienne. CFRNA ("The French-Romanian Company for Air Transport"; French: Compagnie franco-roumaine de navigation aérienne; Romanian: Compania...
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Film Review | Closed Circuit's Turkish Suspect...
Kebab Connection's Moschitto is Closed Circuit's Turkish Suspect... [1]Mavi Boncuk | Closed Circuit Is a Grisham in Le Carré Clothing By Bilge Ebiri SOURCEAs you might expect, Closed Circuit opens with...
View ArticleIn Memoriam | Seamus Heaney and Requiem for the Croppies
Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, playwright, translator and lecturer, and the recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature aged 74 died this morning in a Dublin hospital after a short illness Seamus...
View ArticleRasha Salti on the Independent Film Scene in Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |Rasha Salti [1]on the Independent Film Scene in Turkey. SOURCE“Film has been integral to the cultural life of Turkey and, unlike the contemporary art scene, it is not a privilege to be...
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Venice 2013 | Houses With Small Windows
70th Venice International Film Festival | Director: Alberto Barbera 28th August > 7th September 2013 Presented as part of OrizzontiMavi Boncuk |HOUSES WITH SMALL WINDOWS - by Bülent Öztürk -...
View ArticleThe Russians are Watching...The Russians are Watching...
Mavi Boncuk |A selection of the most recent critically acclaimed Turkish films will be screened in Russia when the country hosts the debut of a Turkish film festival this month in St. Petersburg.Named...
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Venice 2013 Giornate degli Autori | Koksuz - Nobody's Home by Deniz Akçay
Mavi Boncuk |Official SelectionKOKSUZ - NOBODY'S HOMEby Deniz AkçayInternational premiere, First featureTurkey, 2013, 81', HD, colorscreenplay Deniz Akçaycinematography Ahmet Bayerediting Ruşen...
View ArticleReview | Best of Venice 70: Nobody's Home - Portrait of a Family on the Edge
Mavi Boncuk |Best of Venice 70: Nobody's Home - Portrait of a Family on the EdgeThere are films that hit you in the gut, powerfully and undeniably, at first viewing. For me, that is usually followed by...
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Book | Halide's Gift by Frances Kazan
Mavi Boncuk | Halide's Gift: A Novel by Frances Kazan [1] Set in Constantinople in the dying days of the Ottoman empire, Halide’s Gift is the story of a family with a secret, and a society in turbulent...
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Book | The Dervish by Frances Kazan
Mavi Boncuk |The Dervishby Frances KazanThe first Arab Spring: revolution and passion seethe and erupt in this action-packed romance during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Kazan’s novel takes us...
View ArticleArticle | The Turkish Stockholm Syndrome
Mavi Boncuk |The Turkish Stockholm SyndromeBy ANDREW FINKELAndrew Finkel has been a foreign correspondent in Istanbul for over 20 years, as well as a columnist for Turkish-language newspapers. He is...
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Profile | Ali Himmet Berki (1882-1976)
Vakıflara Dair Yazılan Eserlerle Vakfiye ve Benzeri Vesikalarda Geçen Istılah ve Terimler | Ali Himmet Berki | Published by Vakıflar Gn.Md. (Ankara 1966)| 61 pg.| priced: 6 TL | size 16 x 24This rare...
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