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Stephan Gerlach ( 1546-1612)
Tulips are well known to be introduced from the Ottoman lands. How about the horse chesnut you see in a leisurely walk in the park. This is a convoluted story of Calvinists, Constantinople and a female...
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Word Origin Index from Mavi Boncuk
Mavi Boncuk | (use the search box for all)AAbudarahoAftosAlayAlbızAllahAngaryaArastaArsenalArşivAşifteAtkıAtlıkarıncaAznavurBBagajBalaklavaBalikBarbeküBarbunyaBardakBaretBaşBavulBavulBayramBereBıçak...
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Word Origin | Yol, cadde, sokak, meydan, patika, patik
Mavi Boncuk |Yol: road EN[1]street EN[2] OldTR [ Orhun Yazıtları, 735]altun yışıg yolsuzun aşdım [altun ormanı yol Aramaicadan aştım]OldTR [ Kaşgarî, Divan-i Lugati't-Türk, 1073]yol: aṭ-ṭarīḳ,...
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Book | Dare to Disappoint Growing Up in Turkey by Ozge Samanci
See also: ordinary things an online journal of my observations in the comics form by by Ozge Samanci.Mavi Boncuk |Dare to DisappointGrowing Up in TurkeyOzge Samanci[1]Paperback, 200 pages Language:...
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AFI Win for Mustang
Mavi Boncuk | AFI FEST 2015 presented by Audi has announced the features and short films that received this year’s Jury and Audience Awards. New Auteurs Audience Award: MUSTANG Run time 94 minDirected...
View ArticleCOLLOQUIA | Legal Order in Turkish Cinema during the Ottoman Period
SAM | COLLOQUIALegal Order in Turkish Cinema during the Ottoman PeriodAyhan Ceylan28 November 2015 14:00Center for Art Studies will host Ayhan Ceylan under the Kırkambar Dissertations and Articles on...
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In Memoriam | Nikiforos Metaxas ( Athens - Istanbul 2015)
Mavi Boncuk | Nikiforos Metaxas ( Athens - Istanbul Nov 20, 2015), founder (with Vassiliki Papageorgiou[2])of Heybeliada İlm-i Musikî Derneği Athens born Smyrna heritage musician passed away. He was...
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Nikiforos Metaxas | Discography
Mavi Boncuk |Writing & ArrangementΚιβωτός / The Ark (as Νικηφόρος Μεταξάς) and 5 more…Bosphorus - Βόσπορος -Τελευταίο Καράβι Από Τη Χάλκη / Last Boat From Halki (CD, Album)Musurgia GraecaMMB...
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Turkish Films | EURIMAGE 2015 Funding
EURIMAGE[1] 2015 FundingAs Turkey[2] is now eligible for development audience support from the Creative Europe Programme, Turkish distributors can no longer receive support from the Eurimages...
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New Turkish Cabinet | Bakanlar Kurulu
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has approved a cabinet[1] list drafted by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, one week after commissioning the premier to form a new cabinet in the wake of the Justice and...
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Antalya IFF | The National Films Slate in Competition
Mavi Boncuk |Antalya IFF | The National Films Slate in CompetitionARAMA MOTURU (Dir: Atalay Taşdiken), World premiereARTIK HAYALLERİM VAR (Dir: Nefin Dinç), DocumentaryÇIRAK (Dir: Emre Konuk) İlk Film,...
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Kadıköy Ferry Quay
Mavi Boncuk |Kadıköy Ferry Quay fish mongers 1960Kadıköy Ferry Quay 1930Kadıköy Ferry Quay 1930
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Ceremony | Nikiforos Metaxas ( Athens 1944 - Istanbul 2015)
Mavi Boncuk | Ceremony | Nikiforos Metaxas ( Athens 1944 - Istanbul 2015) Yedikule Agia Kostandinou Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi | Saint Constantine at psōmathi. The funeral was conducted by the Archbishop of...
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Orientalism | Luigi Mayer (1755–1803)
Kastellorizo: Lycian sarcophagi near Castel Rosso | Colossal sarcophagus near Castle Rosso.MAYER, Luigi. Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania, a part of Asia Minor hitherto unexplored;...
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Word Origin | Üryan, Çıplak, Cıbıl, Nü
Bare, Naked, NudeA Story of Modernization in Turkish Painting 25 November 2015 - 07 February 2016 | Pera Museum Pictured a nude by Feyheman Duran (Sept. 17, 1886 – May 6, 1970) Turkish PainterBare,...
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Word Origin | Suikast, Cinayet, Katil
The word "assassin" was derived from Hasan-i Sabbah and his Assassin's Order of Nizari Ismailism.Mavi Boncuk |Suikast: assassination EN [1] murder[2] for political gain [ Meninski, Thesaurus, 1680]...
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LUX Award Interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, director of Mustang
Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang won the MEPs over with its five strong girls. On November 24, The French-Turkish-German co-production has been awarded the European Parliament's LUX Prize 2015, thus...
View Article2014 | The Levantine Heritage Foundation Conference
Mavi Boncuk |THE LEVANTINES: COMMERCE & DIPLOMACYThe Levantine Heritage Foundation1st International Conference | Istanbul | 3-5.11.2014PROGRAMME & PARTICIPANT INFORMATION (PDF)
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Tailor to the Court | The Parma Atelier
Historical “Parma Apartment House” now welcomes inventive guests to very special rooms that will bring them new inspiration, in Istanbul’s most attractive historical quarter of Pera.Mavi Boncuk...
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DHKP/Captagon
Turkish police seized a huge shipment of amphetamine tablets near the border with Syria on the night of Nov. 19. The operation seized a record amount of 1,800 kilograms of the drug Captagon in Hatay,...
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