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Secrets of WWI battlefield uncovered
Posted on November 8, 2011 | 1 CommentArchaeological survey is one of the most extensive historic war site to date By Wynne Parry An ongoing archaeological survey of a World War I site in Turkey has so... -
Turkey in the Balkans: The good old days?
Posted on November 4, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey in the Balkans The good old days? Talk of an Ottoman revival in the region seems exaggerated Nov 5th 2011 | BELGRADE AND SARAJEVO | from the print edition... -
Levantine businessman boasts world’s most extensive Ottoman postcard collection
Posted on October 30, 2011 | No Comments30 October 2011, Sunday / FATİH VURAL , İSTANBUL Orlando Carlo Calumeno When we suggested coming by his home to view his collection in greater detail, Orlando Carlo Calumeno said:... -
THE KURDISH TRIBES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Posted on October 22, 2011 | 1 CommentTHE KURDISH TRIBES OF THE OTTOMANEMPIRE BY MARK SYKES PREFACE THE materials collected in the ensuing pages are the results of about 7,500 miles of riding and innumerable conversations with... -
Ottoman army enjoyed fresh food on front line
Posted on October 18, 2011 | 1 CommentBridie Smith The Sphinx at Gallipoli . . . the second fieldwork survey yielded new findings about life during the campaign. Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library, New A SIMPLE Ottoman kitchen... -
Robert Fisk: Great War secrets of the Ottoman Arabs
Posted on October 15, 2011 | No CommentsForgotten soldiers. We all know about Gallipoli; hopelessly conceived mess, dreamed up by Churchill to move the Great War from the glued trenches of France to a fast-moving invasion of... -
Istanbul’s Haliç Shipyard celebrates its 556 years
Posted on October 13, 2011 | No CommentsISTANBUL – Anatolia News Agency Istanbul’s historic Haliç Shipyard, where the maintenance and renovation of ships owned by city lines and private institutions are carried out, is now 556 years... -
The Ottoman empire’s secular history undermines sharia claims
Posted on October 8, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Ottoman empire’s secular history undermines sharia claims A new paper shows 18th- and 19th-century Ottoman rulers decriminalised homosexuality and promoted women’s education Tehmina Kazi guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 October 2011... -
Sarkozy tells Turkey to ‘revisit’ Armenia killings
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Turkey on Thursday to “revisit” its history regarding the 1915 massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which France views as a genocide but Turkey... -
An Ottoman cosmography
Posted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe brown leather binding looks unremarkable enough, but within the Library’s rare books collection there is a volume, which once opened up, demonstrates a key turning point in the development... -
Turkish P.M. Erdogan: We Cannot Deny Our Ottoman Past
Posted on September 30, 2011 | No CommentsPosted by Ishaan Tharoor Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm Our interview with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published earlier this week on Global Spin, dwelled mostly on... -
Turkey: The New Ottoman Empire?
Posted on September 6, 2011 | No CommentsBy Aron Lamm EpochTimes Staff NEWS ANALYSIS Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a press conference to discuss how to boost aid to the countries worst affected on the... -
Ataturk’s vision for Turkey slowly diminishing
Posted on August 27, 2011 | No CommentsBy Austin Bay Even for a television talk show, it was an extraordinary claim. During his January 1, 2000, end-of-the-millennium broadcast, “McLaughlin Group” host John McLaughlin declared that his award... -
Ottoman Troops – Israeli history
Posted on July 21, 2011 | 1 CommentBy LENNY BEN-DAVID 07/21/2011 12:43 JPost special feature: A Library of Congress collection of photographs that document Israel before the creation of the state. The Library of Congress has recently... -
Turkish Illusion Prone To Collapse
Posted on July 2, 2011 | 1 CommentPARTNERS | BEIRUT (LEBANON) | 21 JUNE 2011 Editorial: Turkish illusion prone to collapse Neo-Ottomanism is the promotional cover chosen by the Justice and Development party to address the Arabs. By... -
David Randall: The reluctant king and the bathhouse queen
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsNews has come of two royals rather more exotic than our own. One is perhaps the world’s most unlikely reigning monarch, a man trapped by genetic accident in a palace... -
Turks mark 558th anniversary of Constantinople”s conquest by Mohammad
Posted on May 31, 2011 | 1 CommentTurks mark 558th anniversary of Constantinople”s conquest by Mohammad Religion 5/29/2011 11:59:00 PM By Taha Oudah (with photos) ISTANBUL, May 29 (KUNA) — Turks marked Sunday at an atmosphere... -
V&A acquires UK’s first Ottoman jade tankard
Posted on April 19, 2011 | No CommentsGem-studded treasure bought from private collection in Turkey will join oriental treasures in Jameel gallery * guardian.co.uk, Monday 18 April 2011 18.15 BST V&A’s Ottoman tankard The V&A said the... -
Television drama enhances Turkey’s popularity in Arab world
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No Commentsby Cinar Kiper ISTANBUL, April 9 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s television drama industry has played a pivotal role in enhancing the country’s popularity in the Arab world. “Five years ago the... -
This Spring won’t breed any more Turkeys
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe Times (UK), 5 April 2011, p. 1-19 Norman Stone * A slow, draconian process of modernisation and a hostile attitude to Islam is no model for the Arab world...
