1. He didn’t pass his driving test. He wishes he _____ it. A) have passed B) had passed C) will pass D) pass 2.I have to work about 80 hours a week‚ so I’m very busy. But if I_____ any spare time‚ I _____ a sport like golf. A) will have / will take up B) had / will take up C) will have / had D) had / would take up 4. He ______ in the library every night for the last two months. A) would be studying B) will have studied C) has been studied D) has been studying 5.A: Would
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“A ruined land on the edge of a precipice …bloody battles with various enemies … years of struggle and then‚ respected at home and abroad‚ a new country‚ a new society‚ a new state‚ and to achieve these‚ ceaseless reforms – this is‚ in a word‚ the Turkish Revolution.” Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 1. Introduction Mustafa Kemal Ataturk‚ the commander of the Turkish War of Independence‚ is still considered by many Turks as their national hero and a great leader. Even after 75 years since his death‚ Ataturk’s
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and Bulgaria to the west‚ Russia‚ Ukraine‚ and Romania to the north and northwest‚ Georgia‚ Armenia‚ Azerbaijan‚ and Iran to the east‚ and Syria and Iraq to the south” (“Turkey”). Turkey has a population of 81‚619‚392 with its largest city being Istanbul with eleven million people. Their government is Republican Parliamentary Democracy and have a president and prime
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1502 Leonardo da Vinci did a simple drawing of a graceful bridge with a single span of 720-foot span (approximately 240-meters.) Da Vinci designed the bridge as part of a civil engineering project for Sultan Bajazet II of Constantinople (Istanbul.) The bridge was to span the Golden Horn‚ an inlet at the mouth of the Bosphorus River in what is now Turkey. The Bridge was never built. Leonardo’s "Golden Horn" Bridge is a perfect "pressed-bow." Leonardo surmised correctly that the
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Mustafa Kemal: Muslim Modernity Mustafa Kemal (March 12‚ 1881 - November 10‚ 1938)‚ was a Turkish nationalist and political leader who was instrumental in the fall of the Ottoman sultanate and in the creation of modern Turkey‚ was also the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. Kemal devoted his life to freeing Turkey from foreign domination. Under his benevolent dictatorship as president of the republic‚ he instituted lasting reforms that earned him the
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It was an eye opening experience for me to participate in study tour with new friends from USA cohort as we spent four days explored Turkey together. Through this study tour‚ we were able to meet with and pick the minds of great individuals in Turkey. I am especially grateful for having the opportunity to experience Turkish hospitality‚ culture‚ government‚ education‚ business‚ arts‚ media‚ history‚ religion and their people first hand. This is something that I cannot find in “Lonely Planet” travel
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Jonathan Z. Mougharbel Professor Maddock History 312 – TuTh 10:30-11:50 19 March 2013 The East to West Revolution – Settlement of the Colonies People often say things about how the United States‚ with its revolutionary political and economic system‚ must have been around for a long time in order to achieve the world standing it holds today. This isn’t the case though. In fact‚ when compared to great civilizations like the Roman Empire which lasted almost 12 centuries‚ many would say that the
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regional importance. Among the many earliest inhabitants of this land were: the Hittites‚ the Greeks‚ the Persians‚ the Romans‚ as well as many others. The Roman Emperor Constantine the Great changed the name of the city of Byzantium (modern day Istanbul) to Constantinople and made it his new Eastern Roman capital. This movement caused a massive social and economic schism‚ and the great Roman Empire became two separate halves. Constantinople‚ shortly thereafter‚ became the center of Eastern Orthodox
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Suleiman the First‚ was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire‚ who first came to a leadership position as a prince at the age of 17 as a governor. Suleiman was well known throughout Europe and the Ottoman empire as “Suleiman the Magnificent” as well as “Suleiman the Lawgiver” for all the accomplishments he achieved as sultan. In Ottoman Empire‚ all people are considered slaves beneath the sultan‚ not in a derogative way as one nowadays would think but in a cultural and religious aspect. Lybyer (1913)
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Television is a powerful medium. However‚ Turkish viewers ignore Dutch television and point their dishes to receive TV-stations from their home country. The commercial Turkish stations are more popular than the state broadcast TRT INT‚ receivable through cable. Do these stations actually interfere with integration or are the Dutch stations not making enough efforts to attract Turkish viewer ship? TRT INT is the international TV-station of the Turkish state-owned broadcasting system TRT. It broadcasts
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