Alice Waters[1] is a pioneering American chef and food activist, best known for founding Chez Panisse and championing California cuisine, fa...

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education. [Bertrand Russell, paraphrasing Helvétius] Mavi Boncuk | BUDALA:  stup...

Veteran actor, director, educator, and playwright Haldun Dormen passed away at the age of 97 in a hospital in Istanbul where he was receivin...

Scene in Ottoman Mosque. On the rite, Ottomans cleansing themselves before entering the mosque. On the left a religious teacher with his dis...

Mavi Boncuk | Kırmızı : red EN[1] i. (Ar. ḳirmiz > ḳirmizі “kırmızla ilgili”den) 1. Kan rengi, al renk: “Kırmızı ona hiç yakışmaz.” ...

Mavi Boncuk | Koçzadeler[1], Aktarzadeler, Kütükçüzadeler, Müderriszadeler... Necibe Kadın, the granddaughter of Mustafa bin Salih Baba, who...

Mavi Boncuk | HOME This is a platform and network hub for historical studies about the Greek Orthodox communities of late Ottoman Istanbul ...

Click on image for full size map Mavi Boncuk |  The map shows the number of churches and schools in the provinces under the jurisdiction of ...

Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World : The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East This groundbreaking book...