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Living in Istanbul, An Interview with Stephane Pecquet
Misafir Yerliler, Local Guests, was a TV program by TRT that Istanbulians from different countries and jobs were interviewed about their life in Istanbul. In this episode Stephane Pecquet, a musician is telling us about his life in Istanbul...
Poet of Istanbul, Orhan Veli
Orhan Veli Kanik (1914-1950) was a Turkish poet, also known as the poet of Istanbul who started Garip movement in Turkish poetry together with Oktay Rifat and Melih Cevdet. Garip movement symbolized a break with the conventional style of...
Santa Claus, St Nicholas, Aya Nikola, Noel Baba
Did you know Santa Claus or St. Nicholas (Noel Baba in Turkish) was from Turkey?
St. Nicholas was born in 245 A.D. in Patara near Fethiye ( known variously as St. Nicholas, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Pere Noel ) and died in 363 A.D....
Ibrahim Muteferrika, First Muslim to run a printing press
Ibrahim Müteferrika (1674 – 1745) was a Transylvanian-born Ottoman polymath: a publisher, printer, courtier, diplomat, man of letters, astronomer, historian, historiographer, Islamic scholar and theologian, sociologist and the first Muslim...
Hurrem Sultan, Roxelana, Stongest Women of the Empire
For the past few months the whole country is shaken by a historical TV series called Muhtesem Yuzyil, Magnificent Century, which is about the relationship of Sultan Solomon the Magnificent with his wife Hurrem Sultan as well as the life...
Ara Güler, King of Turkish Photography
Ara Güler (1928) is a world-wide famous photographer of İstanbul. Ara Güler, known as one of the masters of photography in Turkey and the world, was born on August 16, 1928 in İstanbul. When he was at high school he started off taking...
Afife Jale, First Muslim Actress on Stage
Afife Jale (1902 – 1941) is the first Muslim actress in Turkish theatre.
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Fatih Sultan Mehmet, Mehmet II the Conquerer
Mehmet II (1432–1481) or Fatih Sultan Mehmet was the 7th Ottoman Sultan who is best known as the conquerer of Constantinople in 1453 when he was 21 years old. After conquering the city, he was called Fatih (Conquerer) as well as Ceaser...
Oguz Aral, Avanak Avni and Girgir
Oguz Aral (1936 – 2004) was a famous cartoonist who founded the cartoon magazine Girgir (meanin fun or echo sound of drilling) with his brother Tekin Aral and created many well-known characters such as Avanak Avni (Avni the Gullible),Utanmaz...
Timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Below is the timeline of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic (1881 Salonika – 1938 Istanbul).
1881 He was born in Salonika.
1888 He lost his father.
1896 – 1899 He attended Manastir Military School.
1902 He...