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Taksim

... well known avenues of the city, the distinguished brands of business and entertainment world serves in this area as well. Many exquisite boutiques, music and bookstores, libraries, art galleries, cinemas, ...

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New Turkish Lira law

... Turkish Lira should replace the Turkish Lira as a unit of account in keeping the books and records. A look at the worldwide applications reveals that the countries, which have scrapped zeros from their ...

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Islamic terms 2

... or books as they are called. The texts of the recent Testament were written in Greek. Their content starts with the life and resurrection of Jesus, and continues into the period of transition from secterianism ...

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Strabo

... a lot during his life, especially to Egypt and the Nile area. Strabo wrote his well known "Geographica" (Geography) book which is collected in a set of 17 volumes. In these books he mentioned the history ...

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Orhan Pamuk

... Sons), and then he won another prize in 1983 with the same book at the Orhan Kemal Novel prizes. Many of his later books won also several international prizes all around the world, his novels are classified ...

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The Orient Express

... and dining rooms on par with the Ritz were all pan of the train. It takes on a myth like quality in our current times of 'functional' travel. Woven into the plot of many books, it is remembered today ...

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The Ottoman state and government

... in the West, particularly in world history textbooks. The central function of the ruler or Sultan in Ottoman political theory was to guarantee justice (Adalet in Turkish) in the land. All authority hinges ...

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The Apostle Paul

... through Paul, as even the garments worn via him healed the sick and the demon-possessed. Many believed in Ephesus (Turkish: Efes) and many who practiced magic before brought their books together and burned ...

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Letter to Ephesians

... made public confessions and burned their magical books. The marked reduction of sales of silver temple of Diana excited a general alarm via the silversmiths. The establishment of a large and flourishing ...

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Pergamum

One of the many civilizations of Anatolia (Turkish:Anadolu), they discovered parchment and build a huge library with 200,000 volumes of books Pergamon was a small settlement during the Archaic Period. ...

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The Prophet Muhammed

...  In Islam it's believed that there were a total of 25 Prophets instructed via Allah (God) to warn their community against evil and urge them to follow God. However, only some have been sent holy books ...

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The Holy Koran

... books written via men learned in Islamic sciences, is the choice of most. There are situations where Muslims look up the Koran for guidance, but this will be in cases where they know what to look for, ...

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Islam in Turkey

... books, his prophets and messengers, his fate whether it is bad or fine and finally the believe in the judgment day. Muslims must respect other religions and in no way harm any 1 who is practicing his/her ...

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Bazaars of Istanbul

... that booksellers settled their shops here leaving the Grand Bazaar. Printing and publishing legislation introduced soon after thus enabling the trade to expand in the whole courtyard. Also during this ...

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Museums of Istanbul

... president of the Turkish Republic. The summer house on Heybeli Island was bought via him in 1934 and lately it is rennovated and opened as a museum in 2008. There are personal objects and books of Ismet ...

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Museums of Izmir

... opened to the public in 1941. The museum contains some furniture and rugs used via Ataturk, some of his personal objects, books and writing sets. Ahmet Piristina Museum of Metropolitan History and ...

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Iznik (Nicaea)

... were coerced back into the orthodox fold. The emperor also ordered a search for their books, which were to be confiscated and destroyed. Hiding the works of Arius carried a sever penalty - the death sentence. ...

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Hacibektas and Haci Bektas Veli

... poets were influenced via his doctrines. For example, the great poet Yunus Emre (14th century) expressed in his books Haci Bektas' ideals; another 14th century poet, Said Emre, also mentioned these ideas ...

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Herodotus

... and divided in later years into nine books named after the Muses, incorporated observations made on his travels as well as a record of the political events. Later study has confirmed in many respects the ...

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Turkish writers and poets 3

... importance.   Ibn-i Sina (980 - 1037) The great doctor, scholar and philosopher of the eastern world during the middle Ages. For years, his works were used as text books at western universities. ...

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