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French Decision on Criminalization of Denying the Armenian Genocide
Once again... French Senate rule was busted.Mavi Boncuk |On January 26, 2017, the French Constitutional Council ruled that the criminalization of denying the Armenian genocide is an "unnecessary and...
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Article | Iran's Warming Relations with the PKK Could Destabilize the KRG
Mavi Boncuk |POLICYWATCH 2758Iran's Warming Relations with the PKK Could Destabilize the KRGBilal WahabFebruary 6, 2017 SOURCEBilal Wahab[1] is a Soref Fellow at The Washington Institute.Their emerging...
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Orientalism | Emile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (French, 1841–1907)
Mavi Boncuk |Émile Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (16 October 1841 – 1907) was a French sculptor of the Belle Époque. He worked in bronze. He studied under his father, the painter Auguste Guillemin, and...
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Khosrow and Shirin, an Armenian Princess
A love story for February 14th, Valentine 's Day. Attributed to the early fifteenth century, the Freer Khusraw u Shirin by Nizami is one of the earliest illustrated copies of the text. It is the second...
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Dikran Kelekian (1868–1951)
Mavi Boncuk |Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868–1951), (also known as Dikran Khan Kélékian) was a notable collector and dealer of Islamic art. The son of an Armenian banker from Kayseri, Dikran Kelekian...
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1982 Obituary | Charles Dikran Kelekian
Portrait of Charles Dikran Kelekian, Age Eight Artist:Mary Cassatt (American, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844–1926 Le Mesnil-Théribus, Oise) Date:1908Mavi Boncuk |CHARLRES DIKRAN KELEKIAN, 82, MAJOR...
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1862 | The Turks are Coming...The Turks are Coming...
Carpets from Turkey. Illustration for Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition 1862 (Day & Son, 1863). Chromolithograph Artist English School (19th Century)...
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Suchard | Sultan de Turquie
Mavi Boncuk | Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Educational card, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist European School (19th Century) | chromolithograph
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The Great Exhibition of 1851 | Turkey and Egypt
Mavi Boncuk |The illustrated exhibitor ... comprising sketches ... of the principal exhibits of the Great Exhibition of ... 1851 London, 1851 (Numbers 1-30)View of the Turkish Court, from a photograph...
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2016 | Turkish Films v.s. US Domestic B.O.
Mavi Boncuk | Earlier top 20 for 2016Box Office Mojo RankingTurkey Yearly Box Office of Movies Released in 2016(Turkish Films in BOLD)Rank | Movie Title | Distributor | Gross | Release 1Dag...
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Turkey Tectonics and Pangea
Mavi Boncuk |The earth's continents are constantly moving due to the motions of the tectonic plates. Closely examine the map below, which shows the 15 major tectonic plates.As you can see, some of the...
View ArticleArticle | Why Two New Kurdistans are Better than One
Mavi Boncuk |Why two new Kurdistans are better than oneBy Bilal Wahab For nearly a century now, the question of whether there should be an independent Kurdish state has loomed over the Middle East. The...
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Pangaaltı or Pancaldi
Pangaltı, the fairytale neighborhood of Istanbul, was formerly known as Pancaldi, which is an Italian name. In the late 1800s, many members of the Levantine community that mainly consisted of Latins...
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Article | Trump Needs Political-Military Plan for ISIS
Trump Needs Political-Military Plan for ISIS MARCH 1, 2017 |AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY AND SONER CAGAPTAY SOURCE THE AUTHOR IS JAMES JEFFREYAmbassador James F. Jeffrey is the former U.S Ambassador to...
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Podcast | Early Cinema of the Late Ottoman Period
Mavi Boncuk | Early Cinema of the Late Ottoman Period with Özde Çeliktemel-Thomen hosted by Chris Gratien and Taylan Güngör [1] Download the episodePodcast Feed | iTunes | SoundcloudThe production of...
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