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In Memoriam | Fikret Hakan (1934-2017)
Well known and respecter actor Fikret Hakan passed away at 2 a.m. on July 11, 2017 at a hospital in Istanbul after being diagnosed with lung cancer.Mavi Boncuk |Fikret Hakan (23 April 1934 – 11 July...
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Word origin | Kep, şapka
Mavi Boncuk |Kep: Cap EN. [1]şapka:[2] hat EN[3].fromAR şabaka(t) شبكة 1. balık ağı, her türlü ağ, 2. bir tür başlık Aramaic śibkā סֽבְכָא 1. ağ, 2. bir tür başlık Hebrew śəbākah סְבְכה a.a....
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Cabinet Shuffle in Turkey
A major cabinet reshuffle took place after the unannounced meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım at the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara Wednesday....
View ArticleArticle | Turkey Can Ally with Syria’s Kurds Someday
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey Can Ally with Syria’s Kurds Someday SOURCEDr. David Pollock of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy analyzes Turkish policy vis-à-vis Syrian Kurds by highlighting the...
View ArticleŞânizade Ataullah Efendi (1771-1826)
Mavi Boncuk |Geç dönem modern Osmanlı tıbbının kurucu siması: Şânizade Ataullah EfendiŞânizade Ataullah EfendiTürk alimi, tabibi, tarihçisi. 1771’de İstanbul’da doğdu, 1826’da Tire’de vefat etti....
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In Memoriam | Sezer Sezin (1929-2017)
I shared National Film Competition Jury duties with Sezer Sezin at the Istanbul Film Festival (12-27 April 2003). Meeting my idol from the 60's was a dream come true for me. Tunç Başaran (Jury...
View ArticleForum | Turkey and the Failed Coup One Year Later
Mavi Boncuk |Turkey and the Failed Coup One Year LaterFeaturing Omer Taspinar, Soner Cagaptay, and James F. JeffreyPolicyWatch 2835July 20, 2017Omer TaspinarOmer Taspinar is a professor of national...
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Laïcité | TEVHİDİ TEDRİSAT KANUNU | TEKKE VE ZAVİYELER (TURKISH POSTING)
"The Sheep of Ankara, shows its hand last." Political cartoon by Sedat Simavi, in Istanbul magazine Güleryüz on October 1922. In the Background: Ankara, In the Foreground: Istanbul Abolition of...
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Les Désenchantées
Mavi Boncuk |Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains by Pierre Loti.Les Désenchantées par Pierre Loti. READ (in French)IN HTML o in PDFA la chère et vénérée et angoissante mémoire de...
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Story of "Kâtibim" Song | Üsküdar'a gider iken
Reşat Ekrem Koçu;”Bu türkü, bir güzel katibi övmekten ziyade, genç ve güzel katibi tenzil manası taşıyor. Ve bir kız tarafından söylenmiş olmaktan ziyade bir İstanbul külhanisinin karihasına...
View ArticleIMF on Turkey | World Economic Outlook Update, July 2017
IMFWorld Economic Outlook Update, July 2017 SOURCEMavi Boncuk |In Emerging and Developing Europe, growth is projected to pick up in 2017, primarily driven by a higher growth forecast for Turkey, where...
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Ergüven's "Kings" TIFF Bound
(Pictured Deniz Gamze Erguven)The Orchard has acquired (Cannes 2017) all North American rights to drama Kings, which is set against the backdrop of the 1992 L.A. riots and stars Halle Berry and Daniel...
View ArticleColonial Hearts and Minds | Partant pour la Syrie
It is interesting to note that Syria was later to become a League of Nations Mandate under French administration following World War I. Colonial Hearts and Minds | Partant pour la Syrie Mavi Boncuk...
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EU Watch | MAM Finds a HERO
The Turk looks for a true hero while the Bogeyman (foreign interests) and Mr. Ikitelli (Press barons) wear HERO t shirts.Mavi Boncuk |Turkish police have over the last week detained at least 15 people...
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Profile | Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Mavi Boncuk |Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978) is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut film Mustang.Ergüven was born in Ankara, Turkey but moved to France in the 1980s. She grew...
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Antalya Goes Downey for the 54th Edition
(Pictured Mike Downey, left, with Antalya mayor Menderes Turel, Zeynep Atakan and Mirsad Purivatra.)Mavi Boncuk |Turkey’s Antalya Film Festival, whose next edition runs Oct. 21-27, is upping its...
View Article600 MP's Allocated by the High Council of Elections
Mavi Boncuk |BASED ON 600 MP’S(GAINS IN BOLD 48 SEATS)PROVINCE | NEW |...
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Lozan |Treaty of Lausanne, October, 1912
Mavi Boncuk |Sealed and signed by İsmet Paşa, Dr. Rıza Nur and Hasan Bey (Hasan Saka). | The Treaty of Lausanne (French: Traité de Lausanne) was a peace treaty signed in Palais de Rumine, Lausanne,...
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Körfez | The Gulf by Emre Yeksan
The Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week on Monday unveiled its lineup of eight international first works, all of them world premieresTurkish cinema has another no show at another major festival. There...
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