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Solar Angles for Istanbul | Gölge etme başka ihsan istemez
During our years at the Architectural Division of Fine Arts School DGSA (Now Mimar Sinan University) We did not walk to school shoe-less in snow for hours. Yet we lacked tools to do a good job as...
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1912 | Bulgarian Aviation During Balkan War
In 1911, the Kingdom of Italy invaded the Tripolitania Vilayet (modern day Libya) of the Ottoman Empire, using aircraft for reconnaissance and bombing missions for the first time in aviation history...
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In Memoriam | Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016)
Zsa Zsa Gabor died of a heart attack at her home in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, on December 18, 2016, aged 99.She had been on life support for the previous five years. She has written memoirs "One Lifetime...
View ArticleRecommended | The Pasha and the Gypsy
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1948 | Sir Percy Loraine on Atatürk
Mavi Boncuk |Speaking on the BBC in 1948, ten years after Atatürk’s death, Sir Percy Loraine[1], British Ambassador to Turkey from 1934-1939, delivered the following assessment:"He was not a convenient...
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Turkey Ranks 57th as an Expat Location in 2016
Mavi Boncuk | For the country ranking, survey participants were asked to rate 43 different aspects of life abroad on a scale of one to seven. The rating process emphasized the respondents’ personal...
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Article | Istanbul Attack: Turkey Must End Blame Game And Look For Solutions
8 cameras for 1 mourner.Mavi Boncuk |Istanbul Attack: Turkey Must End Blame Game And Look For SolutionsBy Soner CagaptaySOURCECNN January 1, 2017Soner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family Fellow and director...
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Berlinale 2017 | Gizem Bayiksel for TEDDY Jury
Mavi Boncuk |This Year Gizem Bayiksel (Turkey), Sachiko Imai (Japan), Hassan Kamoga (Uganda), Saadat Munir (Denmark), Marjo Pipinen (Finland) Carl Spence (USA) und Martin Wolkner (Germany) will be part...
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2016 | Turkish Box Office
Mavi Boncuk |Rank/ Name / Dist. / Release Date / B.O. / Tickets1Dağ 2Mars.04.11.1633.272.187TL2.974.4732Kardeşim BenimMars.15.01.1623.132.614TL2.070.6923Dedemin...
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Word Origin | Yalan, Atmasyon, Palavra, Asparagas, Uyduruk
Mavi Boncuk |Yalan: lie EN[1] oldTR: [ Kaşgarî, Divan-i Lugati't-Türk, 1073]yalġan: al-ḳaḏib. yalġan söz, yalġan kişi (...) yala [[iftira, töhmet]], yalaçı [[iftiracı]], ol aŋar oġrı yaladı [[onu...
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Article | U.S. military aid to Syria’s leftist Kurdish militia
U.S. military aid is fueling big ambitions for Syria’s leftist Kurdish militia SOURCELiz Sly is the Post’s Beirut bureau chief. She has spent more than 15 years covering the Middle East, including the...
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Last heir to former Ottoman Empire, Prince Bayezid Osman dies at age 92
Prince Bayezid Osman has never married and has no children. On 23 September 2009 with the death of Ertuğrul Osman, he succeeded to the head of the House of Osman. The Osmanoğlu family refers to the...
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Recommended | Istanbul Urban Database of Maps
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Article | The Battle For Al-Bab Is Bringing U.S.-Turkish Tensions To A Head
Mavi Boncuk | The Battle For Al-Bab Is Bringing U.S.-Turkish Tensions To A Head By Fabrice Balanche Policy Alert January 9, 2017 SOURCEHelping Erdogan take the city could greatly decrease the civilian...
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Article | The final nail in the coffin of Turkey’s soft power
TOLGA TANIS (Dogan Groups Hurriyet Daily Washington based Correspondent) replaced with CANSU ÇAMLIBEL[1]Mavi Boncuk |January/06/2017The final nail in the coffin of Turkey’s soft powerThe monstrous...
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New Heir | Dündar Abdülkerim al-i Osman
Mavi Boncuk |Prince Dündar Abdülkerim al-i Osman (b. 30 December 1930, Damascus, Syria marriage: Yüsra Hanımefendi )The new heir to the throne of the scattered Ottoman dynasty, which once ruled the...
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