Turkish Cinema | SİYAD 2015 Nominees
Mavi Boncuk |SİYAD 2015 Turkish Cinema Nominees | 2015 Türkiye Sineması Ödülleri Best FilmAblukaBulantıNefesim Kesilene KadarRüzgarın HatıralarıSarmaşıkBest DirectorEmin Alper (Abluka)Özcan Alper...
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Profile | Renan Ozturk
Mavi Boncuk |Renan OzturkA climber and artist brings home deeply human stories from the edges of our world.Climber, artist, and filmmaker Renan Ozturk has been held at knifepoint in the deserts of...
View ArticleArticle | What happens next in Aleppo will shape Europe’s future
Mavi Boncuk |What happens next in Aleppo will shape Europe’s futureNatalie Nougayrède[1]The Guardian Friday 5 February 2016 If there were any doubts about Vladimir Putin’s objectives in Syria, the...
View ArticleFrance's Constitutional Council on Genocide
Mavi Boncuk |France's Constitutional Council: An Event Cannot Be Considered A Genocide Unless It Is Established As Such By A Competent CourtOn January 8, 2016, the French Constitutional Council,...
View ArticleThe Turks of Berlinale 2016
Berlinale 2016. World Premiere of Asli Özge's first German language feature film and 4 Turkish Films by first time directors.Mavi Boncuk |Berlinale Panaroma 2016 (PDF Brochure)Auf EinmalAsli...
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An ultimate guide to Anatolian Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |An ultimate guide to Anatolian IstanbulÖZLEM SAKINÇengelköyTourists in Istanbul come with a to-do-list including places mostly on the city's European side. Travelers may ask why it is...
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Word Origin | Gergedan, korna, zürafa
Mavi Boncuk |Gergedan: Rhinoceros EN[1[kergeden [ Yadigâr-ı İbni Şerif, 1421?] [ Evliya Çelebi, Seyahatname, 1683] sığır boynuzı ve kuknus burnı ve kergerdān كرگردان boynuzı from AR/PE karkadan كرگدن...
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Word origin | Zikzak, Kasis
Mavi Boncuk |Zikzak: zigzag EN[1][ Tıngır & Sinapian, Istılahat Lugati, 1892] Zigzag [Fr.]: zikzak, dolambaç. fromFR ziczac/zigzag kırık çizgi, kırık çizgide hareket etme (possibly...
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Ottoman Jews in Vienna | Turkish Posting
Mavi Boncuk |Viyana-İstanbul arasında gidip gelen elçiler iki devlet arasındaki diplomatik yoğunluğu gösteren önemli bir ölçektir. 1488-1792 yılları arasında İstanbul’a gelen 130 imparatorluk elçisine...
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Word origin | Saray
Mavi Boncuk |Saray: Seraglio [1] palace [2]EN [ Kutadgu Bilig, 1069] saray karşı itme ay ilig kutı [saray konak yapma ey devletli hükümdar] [ Codex Cumanicus, 1303] palacium.Persian and TR: saray...
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Ottoman Photography | Viçen, Hovsep and Kevork Abdullah
Mavi Boncuk |Selling the Ottoman Empire Viçen (1820–1902), Hovsep (1830–1908) and Kevork Abdullah (1839–1918) later named Abdullah Brothers, joined the studio opened in Istanbul by the German...
View ArticleHilmi Yavuz'dan 80 yıllık yaşamının muhasebesi: SÜKUT-U HAYAL VE HÜSRAN |...
Mavi Boncuk |Hilmi Yavuz'dan 80 yıllık yaşamının muhasebesi: SÜKUT-U HAYAL VE HÜSRANGenç Cumhuriyet’ten bugüne çok önemli dönemlere tanıklık eden Hilmi Yavuz günümüz olaylarını şöyle özetliyor:...
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Winners of 66th Berlin International Film Festival
Mavi Boncuk |Winners of 66th Berlin International Film FestivalPRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURYMembers of the Jury: Meryl Streep (Jury President), Lars Eidinger, Nick James, Brigitte Lacombe,...
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In Memoriam | Umberto Eco: Istanbul as Unity and Trinity
"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else." Umberto EcoUmberto Eco OMRI (b.5 January 1932- Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy d.19 February 2016)...
View ArticleRecommended | Kurdish Studies Network
Mavi Boncuk |Kurdish Studies Network The Kurdish Studies Network (KSN) is a global research network established in 2009 for researchers and scholars working in Kurdish Studies. KSN aims to revitalize...
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Umberto Eco Foreword for Edmondo de Amicis
Mavi Boncuk believes that if anything can be remembered about Umberto Eco we must concentrate on aspects of his life and intellect as it relates to our part of the world.Mavi Boncuk |Download Umberto...
View ArticleEngland’s Mustaphas
One of the most powerful Ottoman viziers was the eunuch Hasan Aga, formerly known as Samson Rowlie from Great Yarmouth in England. The janissary general known as “Ingiliz Mustapha” was, in fact, a...
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IIFF 2016 | Jury presidents announced
Mavi Boncuk | Argentine director Pablo Trapero[1] will serve as the jury president of the International Golden Tulip Competition, and actress Müjde Ar[2] will head the National Golden Tulip...
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Article | Children of the PKK By Katrin Kuntz
Mavi Boncuk |Children of the PKK: The Growing Intensity of Turkey's Civil WarBy Katrin Kuntz[1], Onur Burçak Belli and Emin Oezmen (photos) Spiegel SOURCEArticle in PDF[1] Katrin Kuntz was born in 1982...
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Constantinopoli | Cesare Biseo (1844–1909)
De Amicis' Costantinopoli 1882 edition included scenes by Cesare Biseo (1844–1909).Mavi Boncuk |Cesare Biseo (1844–1909) was an Italian painter known mainly for his orientalist themes.He was born in...
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