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Rauf nominated for the EFA Young Audience Award
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish film Rauf nominated for the EFA Young Audience AwardThe European Film Academy has announced the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2016: Turkish film "Rauf", directed...
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Profile | Ara Güler
Ara Güler, by Dr Süleyman GündüzMavi Boncuk | SOURCEBorn August 16, 1928 in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey, Ara Güler is a Turkish photojournalist, also known as Istanbul's Eye. He studied at Getronagan...
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Book | The Light of Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |The Light of Istanbul by Jean-Michel Berts[1]Following the success of The Light of Paris, The Light of New York, and The Light of Tokyo, lensman Jean-Michel Berts turns his masterful eye...
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TİİKP | Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey
In memoriam | Ömer Özerturgut (1944-2016)68 generation of revolutionaries and Aydınlık cadre member Ömer Özerturgut (72), died after a long self imposed exile in Cologne, Germany from a heart attack....
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IIFF 2016 | Golden Tulip Competition Films+Eurimages Audentia Award
The International Istanbul Film Festival was first presented as a film week in the summer of 1982, within the framework of the International Istanbul Festival. In 1983, under the title “International...
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USS Saratoga's Incident with TCG Muavenet
On 2th October 1992, 11 minutes past midnight, during the NATO’s Display Determination ’92 naval exercise, two Sea Sparrow surface to air missiles fired accidentally from the aircraft carrier CV-60 USS...
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Gallipoli Concordance 1915-2016
Mavi Boncuk |Esat Pasha, the commander of the 3rd Turkish Corps and some of his officers SOURCEEsat Pasha, the commander of the 3rd Turkish Corps, responsible for the northern area of the Gallipoli...
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Jewish Typography at the Ottoman Lands | Redux
Re-issued from earlier Mavi Boncuk posting with Soncino additions and new images. A superb copy of the first book printed by the most famous of early early Hebrew printers, Gershom Soncino[1]. (Rare...
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Orientalism | Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852 – 1916)
Mavi Boncuk | Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, "Na targu wschodnim", 1900, źródło: National Museum, Warsaw | Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz (1852 – January 9, 1916) was a Polish realist painter...
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Antoine Vitré (1595–1674) and Eastern Interest
Interest in Arabic not only stemmed from a desire to gain access to Arabic scholarship but also was linked with increasing trade with the Middle East. Using the Arabic fonts crafted by Erpenius, the...
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Article | Us-Turkey Relations At A Breaking Point Over The Kurds
Article | Us-Turkey Relations At A Breaking Point Over The KurdsArticle link to Mavi Boncuk Archives.Tolga Tanış is the Washington correspondent for Hürriyet newspaper. from Turkey's Kurdish Conundrum...
View ArticleAVİM Report | Projections for the Future of Turkish-Armenian Relations
Mavi Boncuk |Projections for the Future of Turkish-Armenian Relations AVİM (Center for Eurasian Studies) Conference Book No: 18December 2015 AnkaraContentsForeword....5OPENING REMARKSDr. Colin...
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Film | Köpek by Esen Isik
The moving debut feature film of Turkish-Swiss director Esen Isik had its world premiere at this year’s Zurich Film Festival. Esen Isik, who already won the prestigious “Quartz” in 2012 for...
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Word origin | Paskalya, Yortu
pictured Ostara by Johannes Gehrts.Most scholars believe that Easter gets its name from Eostre[*] or Ostara, a Germanic pagan goddess. English and German are two of the very few languages that use some...
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1943 | Madonna in a Fur Coat, Sabahattin Ali
Number 1 book borrowed from Turkish Public Libraries.Mavi Boncuk |1943 | Kürk Mantolu Madonna (Madonna in a Fur Coat), Sabahattin Ali[1]PDF Link[1] Sabahattin Ali (February 25, 1907 – April 2, 1948)...
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Washington Dc Turkish Film Festival 2016
Mavi Boncuk | Washington Dc Turkish Film FestivalAll screenings at Landmark Theatres E Street Cinema555 11th Street , Washington, DC 20004Free Screenings to be Booked from Eventbrite (Click the Film...
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Festival du Cinéma de Turquie à Paris
Mavi Boncuk | Festival du Cinéma de Turquie à ParisLink LES FILMS PROGRAMMES DANS LE 13EME EDITION DU FESTIVAL DU CINÉMA DE TURQUIE A PARIS DU 1 ER AU 10 AVRIL 2016 SUIS MA VOIX ( WERE DENGÊ MIN –...
View ArticleMihraç Ural and Al Muqāwamat al-Sūriyah
Multiple sources claim ( Ali Kayali ) known as Mihrac Ural (Leader of Syrian Resistance) got killed by rebels in Latakia. Ahrar has taken responsibility for his death.Mavi Boncuk |The Syrian Resistance...
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Word Origin | Paçavra, Kumaş, Gömlek, Tela
Mavi Boncuk |Paçavra: [ Kaşgarî, Divan-i Lugati't-Türk, 1073] çöpre [[eski ve yıpranmış kumaş parçası]][ Meninski, Thesaurus, 1680] paçavre ڀاچاوره : coarse cloth[1], granum crassum: tela crassa;...
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