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William Edward Burghardt and Travel Institute of Bible Research
Mavi Boncuk |Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), [1] 1868-1963 Notes about travel plans written on advertising card, ca. September 1926.Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt),...
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Kohout Hotel, Pera
Mavi Boncuk |The Kohout pub and restaurant was situated on Asmalımescit Sokak across from Passage Française. On this same plot at an earlier time was the house of the Levantine Lombardo (Lombardi)...
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Word Hunter | Selfie Update and Hacker
Now there is a need for an update again. This time TDK suggested the use of görçek. I still believe "bençek" being the best yet i think selfi is now another Turkish loan word popularly approved and...
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Ottoman Market Organ Clock circa 1780
Mavi Boncuk |Ottoman Market[1] Organ Clock circa 1780 with special thanks to Ibrahim Cem Bayol who discovered the auction.SIGNATURE DE HENRY BORRELL ET MARKWICK MARKHAM, LONDON, circa 1780A George III...
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No Mother Theresa this May
Theresa May becomes prime minister on Wednesday, succeeding David Cameron in Downing Street. Theresa May appoints Boris Johnson as foreign secretary. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon kept his job and...
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Cartoon | A Century on...
Mavi Boncuk | The New York Times has posted a cartoon on Armenian Genocide by Patrick Chappatte with the following caption: “A century on, the debate over the killings continues.” Patrick Chappatte[1]...
View ArticleJuly 15, 2016 Coup | Statement from Ambassador Bass
Mavi Boncuk |Statement from Ambassador BassThe U.S. Ambassador to Turkey John Bass | July 18, 2016The events of this weekend were deeply disturbing for all of us. We join our Turkish friends in...
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Article | Why Turkey’s Coup d’État Failed
Photo credit: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images"A coup is different from a revolution or a civil war. A coup d’etat, according to Edward Luttwak’s influential treatise, consists of “the infiltration of a...
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Word Origin | Ihtilal, Devrim, Darbe
Mavi Boncuk |Ihtilal: Darbe TR; Coup d'etat EN[1]iχtilāl [ Süleyman Çelebi, Mevlid, 1409] [ Meninski, Thesaurus, 1680] ıχtilāl: Turbatio, confusio, alteratio, laesio. (...) sulhun ıχtilāline bāˁıs...
View ArticleArticle | Troubling Forces Unleashed In Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |Troubling Forces Unleashed In Turkey Featuring Soner CagaptaySOURCECipher Brief | July 19, 2016In a conversation with the Cipher Brief, Soner Cagaptay, the Beyer Family Fellow and director...
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Final Goth settlement in Iberia and Anatolia
Mavi Boncuk |Final settlement in Iberia and AnatoliaSome Visigothic nobles under the leadership of Pelagius of Asturias did manage to defeat the Moors at the Battle of Covadonga, and subsequently...
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In memoriam | Halil İnalcik (1916-2016)
World-renowned Turkish historian Halil İnalcık died of multiple organ failure in anAnkara hospital on July 25 at the age of 100. İnalcık was one of the most respected historians in Turkey and the...
View ArticleArticle | The Question of the Emergence of the Ottoman State by Halil Inalcik
Mavi Boncuk |Halil Inalcik. "The Question of the Emergence of the Ottoman State"in International Journal of Turkish Studies, vol. II, 1980, pp. 71-79LINK
View ArticleGulenist Coup | Report
Mavi Boncuk | Gulenist Coup | Report in PDF"July 15: Gülenist Coup Attempt." The PDF version of the publication is now available. This report, prepared by the DS Centre, is a compiled work that...
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Word Origins | Köfte, Köftehor
Mavi Boncuk |Köfte: Kofta EN [1]köfte [ Danişmend-Name, 1360], [ Meninski, Thesaurus, 1680]. kūfte vul. köfte: Cibus ex parte minutim concisa [kıyılmış şeylerden yapılan yemek]. from Persian kōfta...
View ArticleATAA's Message Regarding the Current Situation in Turkey
Now, if only ATAA can tell the difference between Laicism and Secularism.Mavi Boncuk |Dear members and friends of ATAA:As the preeminent organization representing the Turkish American community in the...
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Word Origins | Işporta, Sepet, Küfe, Kofre, Kefen, Sanduka, Sandık, Tekfin
Mavi Boncuk |Işporta:[ Ahmed Vefik Paşa, Lugat-ı Osmani, 1876]işporta: Kulplu yayvan sepet. Meyve ve hususan üzüm nakline mahsus bir nevi zembil ve sepet.From IT sporta ağaç yongasından örülen kulplu...
View ArticleArticle | Erdogan’s Purge Is a Sectarian War
Search Luttwak inside Mavi Boncuk for earlier postings.Mavi Boncuk | FP ARGUMENT Erdogan’s Purge Is a Sectarian War The alliance between Erdogan and Gulen came apart because it's impossible to...
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Serbia Day
Mavi Boncuk | Serbia Day June 25 June 1916 Anniversary of the Battle of Kossovo. La Journée Serbe / Artist: Charles Fouquery[1]/ Origin: France - 1916 / 32 x 45 in (81 x 114 cm)[1] Charles Dominique...
View ArticleWord Origins | A Rose by any Other Name
Mavi Boncuk |A Rose by any Other NameAttar: attar[1] attar of rose[2][ Codex Cumanicus, 1303] speciarius [baharatçı, eczacı] Persian and TR atar[ Filippo Argenti, Regola del Parlare Turco, 1533] actár...
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