Istanbul Still Ranks
Mavi Boncuk |Mastercard has released its Global Destination Cities Index, which provides a ranking of the 132 most visited cities around the world.Measured by the number of international overnight...
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Berlinale Panaroma 2017 | Kaygı|Inflame By Ceylan Özgün Özçelik
Berlinale Panaroma[1] 2017 | Kaygı|Inflame By Ceylan Özgün Özçelik[2]Ceylan Özgün Özçelik’s "INFLAME" to have its world premiere at the Berlinale Turkish writer/director Ceylan Özgün Özçelik’s debut...
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Berlinale 2017 | Helle Nächte by Thomas Arslan
Berlinale 2017 | Helle Nächte by Thomas ArslanMavi Boncuk |Main CompetitionHelle Nächte (Bright Nights)Germany / NorwayBy Thomas Arslan (Dealer, Vacation, In the Shadows, Gold)With Georg Friedrich,...
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Rate My County | Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |Agency | Rating | Outlook S&P | BB | Stable Moody's | Ba1 | Stable Fitch | BBB- [1]| Negative DBRS | BB(high) | Negative[1] Some BBB- countries: Hungary (Stable), India (Stable),...
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Article | Turkey covers up
Mavi Boncuk |Dress in a Muslim countryTurkey covers upThe headscarf returns to TurkeyFrom the print edition | InternationalJan 26th 2017, 15:44moreAS OTHER countries move to ban Muslim head coverings,...
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Article | Is Erdogan a Russian Ally or Putin's Puppet?
Just a few months ago, the situation between Russia and Turkey looked frightening enough. Not since 200 years ago had the risk of war between these two great powers been so real.In November 2015,...
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Damak Chocolate | Delight for the Palate
Mavi Boncuk | Delight for the palate by Aylin Öney Tan[1]January/16/2017SOURCE Pistachios and chocolate: These two have an affinity for each other according to the Turkish palate. All Turkish...
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1927 | Nestle
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish production of Nestle began in 1927. Pictured above are the first Turkish factory and employees.The berat of thanks is from Sultan Mehmed the Fifth.[1][1] Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman...
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1903 | Chocolate and Cocoa in the Ottoman Empire
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Last US Ambassadors to Ottoman Turkey
Mavi Boncuk |The Ottoman Empire severed diplomatic relations with the United States on April 20, 1917, after the United States declared war against Germany on April 4, 1917. Normal diplomatic relations...
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Turkish Connection in US | The Oscar S. Straus Memorial
Mavi Boncuk | See: Mavi Boncuk Article on Oscar S. Straus The Oscar S. Straus Memorial in Washington, D.C., commemorates the accomplishments of the first Jew to serve in the cabinet of a U.S....
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Turkish Connection in US | Has any Justices of the Supreme Court been born in...
This is another posting with a little back Story. Kemal Kurtuluş is one of the many devoted followers of Mavi Boncuk postings. Resently he asked a trivia question. Have any Justices been born in...
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1922 | Chambers of Commerce in Turkey
Mavi Boncuk | Monthly Bulletin, Volume 14 New York Chamber of CommerceThe Chamber, 1922 - New York (State)Location of the American Chamber of Commerce for the Levant [1]was in Minerva Han,...
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First Chocolatier of Constantinople
Mavi Boncuk | During 1850ies chocolate and cocoa was unheard of in the Ottoman Empire. By 1901 the port recorded impoerts of 110,556 kilos. At about 1900's Mr. F. Mullatier, a Frencman and a member of...
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Orientalism | Ippolito Caffi (1809 - 1866)
150 years ago during the Battle of Lissa, Ippolito Caffi [1](1809-1866) lost his life on the sinking ship Re d’Italia, on which he had embarked to document the events of the war through his swift and...
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1892 | Meat Extract for Kaiser
Mavi Boncuk | Liebig[1]S367 The Kaiser's Journey to Constantinople Liebig's Beef Extract "The Journey's of Kaiser William" German issue, 1892 "Reception at the Golden Horn" Constantinople...
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Review | The Ottoman Endgame by Sean McMeekin
The Ottoman Endgame by Sean McMeekin review – the breakup of an empire. The first world war was part of a much longer period of conflict in the east – and its consequences are still with us.Mavi...
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Zildjian or Sabian Cymbals
Avedis Zildjian III in front of Zildjian Quincy Factory The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada by Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis...
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