interest me, that mysterious feel to a book gives it this type of ‘sex appeal’ that makes the book a part of your life and you have to go on until it is over. 2. Setting- The setting of the book is of course on a train that was headed to Stamboul (Istanbul) to London but after the murder of a man the train gets stuck onto a snowdrift. 3. Who are the main characters? Though there alot of characters involved…
Evilya Çelebi was a Turk born in the city of Istanbul in 1611. He began travelling in 1640 and continued to travel for 50 years, where he stopped in Cairo. Çelebi wrote 10 volumes on his travels. These volumes primarily included both descriptions of the Ottoman territories and its surrounding areas. Çelebi also included his narration of the events. Çelebi’s family had close ties to the Ottoman court and he received an education in both Islamic and Ottoman science and art. Çelebi loved to make…
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Alusio’s photo essay Hungry Planet: What the World Eats conveys through the image of the Celik family of Istanbul that they closely rely on fresh foods to create their meals. Menzel and D’Alusio carefully arranged the items in the photo, mainly the bread, greens and vegetables, in order to show how they are the main part of the Celik family’s diet. Reinforced through the caption, the Celik’s favourite food of Melahat’s puffed pastries shows how their most desired meal is…
campaign in Gallipoli four years previously and are presumed dead. After his wife Eliza commits suicide out of grief, Joshua resolves to bring his sons' bodies home and bury them with their mother. Joshua travels to Turkey and stays in a hotel in Istanbul run by war-widowed Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), but is unable to travel to Gallipoli by road. Learning the purpose of his journey, Ayshe tells him to bribe a local fisherman to travel to Gallipoli by boat. When he arrives, Joshua learns that ANZACs…
SOLUTIONS FOR IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR OF TOKI TOKI (State Housing Administration) is the biggest governmental construction company in Turkey. Toki meets 5-10% of housing needs of Turkey, has been built 634,359 houses, 978 schools, 14 universities, 986 sport complexes additionally 2,000 financially significant projects. Toki has been made 5.297 tenders and all these tenders worth 67.2 billion TL. In 2002, Toki’s process has been changed radically; the number of constructed houses…
their ports. Constantinople was located in modern day Istanbul. In order to protect the city there was a wall surrounding the city and withheld numerous…
Vikings begin their attacks on England. 800 - The Oseberg Viking longship is buried about this time. 840 - Viking settlers found the city of Dublin in Ireland. 844 - A Viking raid on Seville is repulsed. 860 - Rus Vikings attack Constantinople (Istanbul). 862 - Novgorod in Russia is founded by the Rus Viking, Ulrich. 866 - Danish Vikings establish a kingdom in York, England. 871 - Alfred the Great becomes king of Wessex; the Danish advance is halted in England. 872 - Harald I gains…
years consisted of me trying to learn English, meeting new people, and learning new things everyday. After 9 years of seeing no family such as: my aunts, uncles, and cousins made it harder everyday. My parents decided that it was a good idea to go to Istanbul and see our family there. I can’t describe how excited I was. Going to see them was the best gift ever. Picking Turkey as the country to see our family seemed like a good idea, until I realized I was the only one who spoke the Turkish…
Persia (Iran ) , Headquartered in Safavid Empire , was likely a descendant of the Persian Kurdish Safavid from 1501 1736 Members of the ruling dynasties rains / rained most of the bark of southwest Asia and Safaviyya - injection Shiite dominated the unique order of Islam . In fact , it is converted to Shia Islam in Iran in the Shiite Safavid Empire established diplomatic relations forced the Sunni , Shah Ismail was one of three founders . In height , as well as the Safavid dynasty in Iran now ,…
features of characters, also course of the events. As known that, in Epic of Gilgamesh, events take place in Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia is a Greek term and this means between two rivers). When we looked at the today's conditions, the best locations may be Istanbul, Cappadocia and Çatalhöyük. Cappadocia, which is a historical region and has been in Nevşehir, Aksaray and Niğde in Turkey, can be choosen as locations because in the ancient time events of Epic of Gilgamesh take place in Uruk.…