The Spread of Turkish Language and the Black Sea Dialects with Bernt Brendemoen
79. Pontic Greek and Trabzon TurkishDialects are formed by complex historical processes that involve cultural exchange, migration, and organic transformation. Thus, the study of dialects can provide...
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80. How Did the Turkey Get Its Name?Why does a familiar bird and favorite Thanksgiving day meal have the same name as the country of Turkey? What is the name for the turkey in other languages? Is...
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Lost and Found: Art, Diplomacy, and the Journey of an Ottoman Painting
81. The Art of Diplomacy.Osman Hamdi Bey is recognized today as the foremost artist of the late-Ottoman period. Yet, in his time, it was his unique access to the ancient past as the head of...
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Zanzibar: Imperial Visions and Ottoman Connections with Jeffery Dyer
82. A Different Kind of EmpireZanzibar, Street sceneMatson Photo Service, 1936Zanzibar and the Swahili coast of East Africa sat at the interface of the Ottoman world, the Indian Ocean, and the rich...
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Hello Anatolia: Interview with Filmmaker Valantis Stamelos
Smyrna c.1900 (Lazaretto - LOC)http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/89715616/After centuries of living side by side with other communities in the Ottoman Empire, most of the Greeks and Orthodox Christians...
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Palestinianism and Zionism in the Ottoman Empire // Louis Fishman
84. Ottoman Brothers and RivalsMap of late-Ottoman JerusalemWhile it is common knowledge that Zionist settlement in Palestine began during the Ottoman era, conventional historiography has...
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Christmas and Diplomacy in the Ottoman Empire During WWI
85. History and the HolidaysChristmas Day in Ottoman BethlehemAmerican Colony, c1900-1920 (LOC)World War I disrupted all aspects of life in Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Within the context of a...
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Indian POWs in the Ottoman Empire during World War I // Vedica Kant
86. Social History of WarDuring World War I, over 600,000 troops from South Asia were part of the British army's invasion of Ottoman Iraq. Thousands were taken prisoner in this campaign and became...
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2012: Year in Review
by Chris Gratienwith Selim Kuru and Oscar Aguirre-MandujanoOttoman Summer School in Cünda, Turkey, July 2012Emrah Safa Gürkan and I started Ottoman History Podcast in the Spring of 2011, but 2012 was...
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Diplomat bir Şehzade'nin portresi: II. Selim // Güneş Işıksel
87. A Prince and a DiplomatGenelde hükümdar merkezli bir siyasi tarih anlayışı geliştiren Osmanlı tarihyazımı ironik bir şekilde bu hükümdarlar üzerine kapsamlı biyografiler üretememiştir. Bu...
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Malaria: Global Themes and Ottoman Connections // Chris Gratien & Sam Dolbee
88. Disease in Ottoman HistoryThis three-part series provides an introduction to the historical study of malaria with special emphasis on the place of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East in the...
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I. Selim imgesi ve 17. yüzyılda Osmanlı şehirlilerinin tarih algısı / Tülün...
89. Past Conceptions of the PastGünümüzde tarihin nasıl algılandığı, yeniden üretildiği, sembolize ve politize edildiği tartışılırken, geçmiş toplumların kendi geçmişlerini nasıl algıladıkları...
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Producing Pera: A Levantine Family and the Remaking of Istanbul
90. Generations and Urban TransformationsDuring the nineteenth century, the urban space of Istanbul was transformed by actors consciously involved in reshaping the face of Ottoman and high society...
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Translating Pamuk // Bernt Brendemoen
91. Turkish Literature in Translationfrom Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence, IstanbulSource: Hürriyet Daily NewsOrhan Pamuk is easily the most well-known Turkish novelist outside of Turkey, and his...
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Geography, Knowledge, and Mapping Ottoman History / Nick Danforth & Timur...
92. The Afternoon MapDetail of Istanbul Tourist Map, 1940sMaps are as useful as they are problematic. They not only represent spaces in a particular way but also shape the way people interact with...
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Tedirgin Anadolu // Taylan Akyıldırım
93. Celali İsyanları ve Anadolu'da Büyük KaçgunOttoman SipahisGermany, 16th CenturyOsmanlı tarihçileri uzun bir zamandır 17. yüzyılın krizlerle dolu ilk yarısında klasik Osmanlı kurumlarının...
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Salonica in the Age of Ports / Sotiris Dimitriadis
94. Mediterranean CitiesSalonica, 1913Albert Kahn CollectionFollowing the First World War, Eastern Mediterranean port cities lost much of their cosmopolitan character with the rise of nationalism....
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Ottoman Qur'an Printing / Brett Wilson
95. Religion and the Rise of Printing in the Ottoman EmpirePrinting in Ottoman Turkish first emerged during the eighteenth century. Yet, even when print had arrived in full force by the middle of the...
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Transportation and Public Space in Ottoman Istanbul / James Ryan
96. Tramways in Ottoman IstanbulThe spread of public transportation in the form of boats and trams in late Ottoman Istanbul changed the lived geography of the city and created new public spaces of...
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19. yüzyıl Türk Edebiyatı'nda Müzik / Melda Üner
97. Ottoman Writers and European Classical MusicAdvertisement for operaperformance at Naum Theatre inPera, Istanbul (1833)Osmanlı toplumunun yaşamının hızla değiştiği bir dönem olan 19. yüzyılda...
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