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Assad Bombs the Kurds: Implications for U.S. Strategy in Syria
Mavi Boncuk | POLICYWATCH 2678 Assad Bombs the Kurds: Implications for U.S. Strategy in Syria Barak Barfi | August 23, 2016
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In memoriam | Remembering Sedat Pakay 1945 - 2016
Sedat Pakay Obituary1945 - 2016Sedat Pakay, photographer and filmmaker, died unexpectedly on Saturday, August 20th at his home in Hudson, New York.Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1945, Sedat was a graduate...
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In Memoriam | Vedat Türkali 1919-2016
Mavi Boncuk |Vedat Türkali (b. Samsun May 13, 1919 - 29 Ağustos 2016 Writer, scriptwriter, playwright, poet, film directorVedat Türkali was born in Samsun May 13, 1919 as Abdülkadir Demirkan. He...
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Che by Selçuk Demirel
Mavi Boncuk |Selçuk Demirel was born in Artvin in 1954. He published his illustrations during his high school years in Ankara. While he was studying architecture at the Middle Eastern Technical...
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Book | Stamboul Sketches: Encounters in Old Istanbul
Mavi Boncuk |STAMBOUL SKETCHES Encounters in Old Istanbul By John FreelyPublished by Eland Books, November 2014 ISBN: 978-1780600-56-7 Format: 208pp demi pbThroughout the 1960s, John Freely explored...
View ArticleGreat Surge for Mavi Boncuk | Russia and France
Mavi Boncuk | EntryPageviewsRussia7222United States6229France5799Germany278Turkey206Ukraine108Greece80United Kingdom64Canada53Lebanon48
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Venice Film Festival | Big Big World by Reha Erdem
The 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival started yesterday. Taking place in the Lido Peninsula in Italy, the oldest film festival in the world opened its curtains with musical comedy "La La Land,"...
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2016 Montreal World Film Festival | Award to Seren Yüce
Turkish director Seren Yüce’s film “Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer” (Swaying Waterlily) has won the Best Script Award at the 40th Montreal Film Festival, which ended on Sept. 5. Yüce’s film was one of 11...
View ArticleTIFF 2016 | Clair Obscur by Yesim Ustaoglu
Mavi Boncuk |Clair Obscur |Tereddüt by Yesim Ustaoglu[1]Turkey / Germany / Poland / France105 minutesWorld Premiere2016 | 14A | colour |TurkishDirector: Yesim UstaogluExecutive Producer: Serkan...
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TIFF 2016 | Ember by Zeki Demirkubuz
Mavi Boncuk | Ember | Kor by Zeki Demirkubuz [1]Turkey / Germany 115 minutes | International Premiere 2016 |18A | colour | TurkishDirector: Zeki DemirkubuzProducer: Basak Emre, Ahmet...
View ArticleQS World University Rankings 2016-2017: Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |London, 6th September 2016: The thirteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings, compiled by global higher education think tank QS Quacquarelli Symonds, today confirms Massachusetts...
View ArticleReha Erdem | Venice Interview
Mavi Boncuk | Published on Sep 8, 2016 Reha Erdem, director of Big Big World, speaks with us about his new film, live at FRED Radio Call, from #Venezia73
View ArticleVenice | Trend for Horizons Jury Awards
The Special Orizzonti Jury Prize (for feature-length films)Mavi Boncuk | Three years in a row Venice Film Festival awards Horizons Jury Prize to a Turkish film.2016 Reha Erdem's Big Big World | Koca...
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Word Origin | Bayram, Kut, Mübarek, Kuduz
Bayraminiz Kutlu Olsun. Mavi Boncuk | Bayram: oldTR: [ Kaşgarî, Divan-i Lugati't-Türk, 1073] bayrām: yawma'l-ˁīd [Kurban veya Ramazan bayramı] OTü: [MEd y. 1300] bayramḳa ḥāzır boldılar from oldTr...
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TIFF 2016 | 'Clair Obscur' Toronto Reviews
Mavi Boncuk |'Clair Obscur': Toronto Review11 September, 2016 | By Allan HunterDir/scr: Yesim Ustaoglu. Turkey/France/Germany/Poland, 2016. 105 minsThe contrasting lives of two women provide a stark...
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In Memoriam | Tarık Akan (1949 - 2016)
Akan contracted lung cancer, and was in treatment for over one year. On in the early hours of September 16, 2016, he died at the age of 66 in the intensive care station of a private hospital in...
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Taş Mektep | From Jacques Alléon to Tarik Akan
The building (Taş Okul/Taş Mektep of later years) built for French urbanist and banker Alléon[*] in 1874 as a summer residence (his winter home was in Alyon Sokak in Pera) using brick and roof tiles...
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Ottoman Dept
Mavi Boncuk |THE BARING ARCHIVE |SERIES HC15HC1515.1 1. 1840-57, Constantinople: Jacques Alleon[*] & Co, merchant bankers toBarings1840: Proposal for import of Turkish opium into Egypt1844:...
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Adana Film Festival 2016 | National Competition
COMPETITION TITLES UNVEILED IN 23RD ADANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Selections have been announced for the National Feature Film Competition at the 23rd Adana International Film Festival, an event...
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1926 | Gertrude Bell's Tomb
pictured: Gertrude from a drawing by Sargent.Bell journeyed to the Ottoman Empire and began to work with the archaeologist and New Testament scholar Sir William M. Ramsey. Their excavations in...
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