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Word Origins | Arena, Stadyum
Turkish President wants the word "arena" removed from sports facilities.Mavi Boncuk | Arena: Arena[1] EN from FR arène 1. kumluk, kumsal, 2. stadyumun kumluk zemini from L. arena/harena.arena "kumluk"...
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Avars in the Middle
Mavi Boncuk | East Roman Empire, 6th century CE, showing the territories of the Avars, Goths, Franks, Lombards, Saxons, Thuringians, Slavs.
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Topkapı to Undergo Most Extensive Renovation to Date
Mavi Boncuk | Turkey's Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı has said that the ongoing restoration and renovation projects at the Topkapı Palace Museum will be the most extensive in the palace's...
View ArticleArticle | Did Trump Give Erdogan License to Kill PKK Militants Inside Iraq?
Mavi Boncuk |EXPERT COMMENTARYDid Trump Give Erdogan License to Kill PKK Militants Inside Iraq?MAY 24, 2017 | SONER CAGAPTAYSoner Cagaptay is the Beyer Family fellow and director of the Turkish...
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2016 | Turkish EVOO
The European Union (EU) is the largest producer (accounting almost three quarters) and consumer (accounting two thirds) of the olive oil in the world. Olive growing is a feature of sociocultural life...
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In Memoriam | Karel Dibbets (1947-2017)
Mavi Boncuk |Film and the First World War (Film Culture in Transition) Paperback February, 1995by Karel Dibbets[1] (Editor), Bert Hogenkamp (Editor)PaperbackThe years between 1914 and 1918 form a...
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Article | Rojava's Future: Four Models Explained
Claimed territory of Rojava ( Turkish supported control in orange) not currently under control and the de facto territory controlled by the pre-dominantly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (in...
View ArticleHungarian and Turkish
Mavi Boncuk | A lot of old Turkish words in Hungarian are difficult to spot because they are from the Csuvash branch of Turkish languages, for instance r corresponds to Ottoman Turkish z: tenger "sea"...
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Book | Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth...
Mavi Boncuk | Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries George P. Majeska[1] Dumbarton...
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Profile | Ernest Mamboury (1878 - 1953)
Mavi Boncuk |Ernest Mamboury [1](1 April 1878 - 23 September 1953) was a Swiss scholar renowned for his works on the historic structures in Turkish cities, particularly on Byzantine art and...
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Book | Byzantine Magic by Henry Maguire
Mavi Boncuk |Book | Byzantine MagicHenry Maguire[1]Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Byzantine StudiesBYZANTINE STUDIES, BYZANTINE HISTORYISBN: 978-0-88402-340-1, Paperback, 2009, Buy hereISBN:...
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EU Watch | Katar or not Katar...That is the Problem
Mavi Boncuk |EU Watch | Katar or not Katar...That is the Problem
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Turkish Cinema Catalogs | 2011-2017
Mavi Boncuk |Turkish Cinema Newsletter is now part of Mavi Boncuk.SEARCH Mavi Boncuk for 'Film' and 'Turkish Cinema' for the latest articles.Festivals and companies 2017Short Films Catalogue...
View ArticleThe World’s Top 20 Airlines 2017
Mavi Boncuk |Qatar Airways has been named the best airline in the world for 2017 by the leading consumer-aviation website Skytrax.The Doha, Qatar-based airline was presented with the award on Tuesday...
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Échelle de Top-Hana by Flandin Eugène
Mavi Boncuk |Eugène Flandin[1]. L’Orient par Eugène Flandin, Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853. SOURCE [1] Jean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin (1809-1889) was a French Orientalist painter, pupil of...
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4th of July | "Cahiller."
Prof. Ilber Ortayli would say "Cahiller."Year after year Turkish American organizations use just one stamp out of this 1939 series in their 4th of July messages.US Declaration of Independence is 1776....
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In Memoriam | Galip Tekin (1958-2017)
Galip Tekin found dead in his house in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul 6 July 2017Mavi Boncuk |Galip Tekin (born 20 April 1958) is a Turkish comic book artist, cartoonist and screenwriter. He is known for his...
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Word Origin | Hak, Hukuk, Adalet
Hak, Hukuk, Adalet seems like three different words and can be translated as right, law and justice. However they all mean the same. Take Law, Old English lagu, from Old Norse lag ‘something laid down...
View ArticleArticle | How Erdoganism Is Killing Turkish Democracy
Mavi Boncuk |How Erdoganism Is Killing Turkish DemocracyThe End of Political OppositionBy Soner Cagaptay and Oya Rose AktasTurkey was undeniably transformed by last July’s failed coup. President Recep...
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