September 2009
19 posts
Portraits of the Sultan: A Picture-Series
via pornsoda:
Open question: What insight does the evolution of style in Ottoman court portraiture offer into the evolution of the Empire’s relationship to the West? The Ottoman Empire was established in 1299 and was dissolved with the abolishment of the Sultanate in 1922. In the intervening 623 years, thirty-six sultans reigned, first from Bursa, İznik (Nicaea, as in First and Second Councils...
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Kamil Pasha: Death of the Last Ottoman. →
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Jenny White
Ertugrul Osman (Osman Ertugrul Osmanoglu), the last surviving grandson of Sultan Abdulhamid II, died today at the age of 97, leaving no heirs. Had a republic not been declared in 1923, Mr. Osman, would be sultan. His family alone among Turks is allowed the last name of Osman linking them to the founder of the 600-year-old Ottoman dynasty. He is...
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so what do you think about Turkey’s membership to...
via ussal:
One of the first questions when Europeans ask you when they learn that you are Turkish is `what do you think about Turkey’s membership to the EU? ` Slovaks are not an exception. Interestingly, EU membership is not a hot conversation topic in Turkey. At least, not recently. Most Turks have lost their belief in the EU membership process in the last 5 years. This is mostly due to bad...
The Turk →
via bestofwikipedia:
The Turk was a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century. From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854, it was exhibited by various owners as an automaton, though it was explained in the early 1820s as an elaborate hoax. With a skilled operator, the Turk won most of the games played during its demonstrations around Europe and the Americas for nearly...
29 years after Sept. 12, Turkey still mired in... →
via hazal:
Despite the passing of 29 years since the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) took power in a coup d’état, Turkey has yet to shake the post-coup atmosphere and its negative effects. According to calculations by impartial experts, a total of 650,000 people were detained during the Sept. 12 coup, and files for 1,683,000 people were recorded at police stations. While 98,404 people were tried...
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New York Times: Turkey and Armenia to Establish... →
via inothernews:
September 1, 2009
Turkey and Armenia, whose century of hostilities constitutes one of the world’s most enduring and acrimonious international rivalries, have agreed to establish diplomatic relations, the two countries announced Monday.
In a breakthrough that came after a year of tiny steps across a still-sealed border and furtive bilateral talks in Switzerland, the foreign...
August 2009
24 posts
