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Goad map 1906 | Moda
Mavi Boncuk | Goad map 1906 | Moda.Map of St.Joseph and the site east of it that became Kadikoy Maarif Koleji.Goad maps a.k.a. Goad plans or Goad atlases incorporate detailed street maps including...
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Walker Gilchrist Shipping Agent
Mavi Boncuk | Gilchrist Walker was a shipping agent company of Galata. This map appears to have been given as a keep-sake to help advertise the activities of the company, but also lists the names of...
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Van der Vin’s map of Constantinople.
Mavi Boncuk | Van der Vin’s book[1] also contains a rather useful map of Constantinople.1. Wall of Theodosius II 2. Golden Gate 3. Pege Gate (Selymbria Gate) 4. Hagia Sophia 5. Hagii Apostoli 6....
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Word Origin | Federal, üniter
Mavi Boncuk |Federal[1] devlet/ üniter[2] devlet[3]. Devlet: state[3] EN fromAR dawla(t) دولة 1. döngü, deveran, 2. kısmet, talih, baht, 3. servet, 4. iktidar, egemenlik AR dāla دَالَ döndü, dolandı...
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Foreign Language Film nominations[*] for 2015 are being determined in two phases.The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original...
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Recommended | Iranica Online
IRANICA LINKAkhtar : A Persian Language Newspaper Published in Istanbul and the Iranian Community of the Ottoman Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century by Lawrence, Tanya E [1]Libra Kitap, Istanbul,...
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Berlinale Forum 2016 | Toz bezi / Dust Cloth by Ahu Öztürk
FORUM 2016: MAKING EXPERIENCE TANGIBLEThe 46th Berlinale Forum will show a total of 44 films in its main programme, of which 34 are world premieres and nine international premieres. This year’s Special...
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Word Origin | Zibidi
Mavi Boncuk |Zibidi: fancy[1], artsy (fine, elegant, ornamental[2]) EN fromFA zībīdī زيبيدى süslü, yakışıklı zībīdan زيبيدن süslemek, yakışmak Persian:zīb زيب süs, güzellik TR; bautify with...
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In Memoriam | Mustafa Vehbi Koç (1960 - 2016)
Mustafa Vehbi Koc, chairman of Turkey’s biggest group of companies, died[1] at a hospital in Istanbul on Thursday after a heart attack. He was 55. Koç Holding said in a statement that funeral prayers...
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Berlinale Panaroma 2016 | Auf Einmal by Asli Özge
World Premiere of AUF EINMAL, Asli Özge's first German language feature film, at Berlinale Panorama[1] Special.Mavi Boncuk |Auf Einmal | All of a Sudden, 2015, German FeatureProduction: (Fabian Massah)...
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Best 10 Turkish Films of the Decade
KosmosMavi Boncuk | Best 10 Turkish Films of the Decade selected by Filmloverss.None being box office hits. Winter Sleep by Ceylan (135 prints for 304 000 tickets) Did you see any. 1- Kosmos Directed...
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Film | Yearning by Ben Hopkins
Mavi Boncuk | YEARNING | HASRET | Director: Ben Hopkins[1] / Screenwriter: Ben Hopkins, Ceylan Ünal Hopkins / DOP: Jörg Gruber / Editor: Levent Çelebi / Original Music: Efe Akmen / Cast: İsa Çelik,...
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Gift of Urfa | Syriac
Syriac today is the liturgical language of a few Christian communities, belonging to various churches. The churches of the Syriac tradition are: The Syriac Orthodox Church, The Assyrian Church of the...
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In Memoriam | Kamer Genç 1940 – 2016
Kamer Genç, outspoken and colorful muckraker[1], the former deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) who had been battling with cancer, died on Friday at the age of 76.Mavi...
View ArticleArticle | Biden Should Ask Turkey To Double Down On Its Commitment To The West
Mavi Boncuk |Biden Should Ask Turkey To Double Down On Its Commitment To The WestBy Soner CagaptayHurriyet Daily NewsJanuary 23, 2016Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the...
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Do you remember the man who walked into the Bank of Constantinople...
Mavi Boncuk |Movie Quotes from the Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch Trouble in Paradise (1932)[1]The Baron/Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall): Do you remember the man who walked into the Bank of...
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Hagia Elia Church
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey’s Russian community settled in Turkey after having fled from the Bolshevik regime in 1921. While some of them migrated to various Western countries, a considerable number of them...
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