History Archive
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Last train departs from historic station
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsIstanbul’s historical train station Haydarpaşa sent a train eastward last night at 11:30, marking the last time a passenger train will leave the station for a long-distance journey. The railway... -
GENOCIDES BY TURKEY’S ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CRITICS
Posted on January 30, 2012 | 4 CommentsBy Bruce Fein The Government of Turkey has been assailed by several members of the European Union, the European Parliament, and various arms of government in the United states for... -
ATAA Remembers the Victims of the Holocaust
Posted on January 28, 2012 | 1 CommentToday marks the seventh International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly to annually honor the six million Jewish men, women and children that were murdered... -
Evidence of Massacre in Ancient Turkey
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsEvidence of Massacre in Ancient Turkey Determining the social relationships between populations in the past can be difficult. Trading can be inferred from the presence of artifacts like pottery with... -
Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsBy JENNIFER PINKOWSKI ISTANBUL — For 1,600 years, this city — Turkey’s largest — has been built and destroyed, erected and erased, as layer upon layer of life has thrived... -
How Turks eased hunger of our Famine
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsBy Ken Sweeney Entertainment Editor A TURKISH film that tells of how the Ottoman Empire sent food aid to Ireland at the height of the Famine will begin shooting here this July.... -
Drink Coffee? Off With Your Head!
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No Commentsby Adam Cole Most folks who resolved to cut down on coffee this year are driven by the simple desire for self-improvement. But for coffee drinkers in 17th-century Turkey, there... -
Rick Perry Camp Explains Suggestion That Turkey Is Led By ‘Islamic Terrorists’
Posted on January 17, 2012 | 1 CommentPerry: Turkey ruled by ‘Islamic terrorists’? By David Jackson, USA TODAY Updated 2h 50m ago CAPTION By David Goldman, AP We wonder if Turkey will be filing any protests with... -
The Empires Strike Back
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsOPINION Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis French and Ottoman armies at the Battle of Aboukir, 1799, in “Victoires et Conquêtes des Armées Françaises,” around 1860. By SONER CAGAPTAY Published: January 14, 2012... -
Words behind the glass
Posted on December 31, 2011 | 1 CommentOn an edifying visit to the museum of literature tucked away in the garden of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. By Benny Ziffer Tags: Israel Turkey ISTANBUL – The guards... -
Video: Music marks 550 years of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsIt has been dubbed the world’s oldest shopping mall. And to mark 550 years of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, a top Turkish musician has been doing what he does... -
AFP: Film shows how Turkish passports saved Jews
Posted on December 28, 2011 | 3 CommentsBy Fulya Ozerkan (AFP) – 1 day ago ANKARA — Unbeknownst to many, Turkish diplomats on duty around Europe saved hundreds of Jews during World War II by giving them... -
The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No CommentsGoing underground: The massive European network of Stone Age tunnels that weaves from Scotland to Turkey Evidence of tunnels has been found under hundreds of Neolithic settlements That so many... -
Break or save Franco-Turkish relations?
Posted on December 19, 2011 | 1 CommentCONTRIBUTOR MAXIME GAUIN A new bill criminalizing the “denial” of the unsubstantiated “Armenian genocide” claims was introduced in the French National Assembly with the barely implicit support of Mr. Sarkozy.... -
12,000-Year-Old Rock Paintings Found in Xinjiang, China
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsLook at this… ancient colored rock paintings dating back 12,000 years have been found in a cave in the Altai area of China’s Xinjiang region. The paintings found are mainly... -
Video: Kanuni Sultan Süleyman – Suleiman the Magnificent
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsMuhteşem yüzyıl dizisi ile son dönemlerde gündemde olan Kanuni Sultan Süleyman’ın dönemini konu alan belgesel filmin bir bölümünü aşağıda izleyebilirsiniz. Dili ingilizcedir. I. Süleyman veya Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Osmanlı Türkçesi:... -
Doing It the Evliya Celebi Way
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsDoing It the Evliya Celebi Way By ANDREW FINKEL ISTANBUL — Whenever I set out to tour Turkey with my wife, I understand exactly what Diana, Princess of Wales, meant... -
Turkey to restore historical Ottoman mosque in Libya
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey to restore historical Ottoman mosque in Libya Hilmi Ozkazanc, an executive of a construction company, said Turkey was planning to start renovating Murad Agha Mosque in Tajura hamlet, near... -
Ottoman manuscripts recovered at Cairo Airport
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsManuscripts confiscated from American tourist arriving in Cairo from Istanbul Nevine El-Aref , Sunday 27 Nov 2011 a manuscript The archaeological unit at Cairo Airport confiscated a collection of authentic... -
Ottoman Empire reborn on TV
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe Magnificent Century is the most-watched television drama in Turkey. By Mitch Potter Washington Bureau The Turkish producers admit it was more than a gamble. They risked everything to capture...
