In the fourteenth century‚ in modern-day Turkey‚ there was an empire called the Ottoman Empire. They were a small army in the beginning of their journey. They wanted to rid of the very strong empire known as the Byzantine Empire. The first leader that the Ottomans had was Osman. He was the creator and founder of the Ottomans. In the beginning of their war‚ they were stronger than most any other armies because they had a powerful short bow that other armies did not have. In the 1300’s they had captured
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Understanding Competitiveness: The Case Of The Turkish White Goods Industry‚ European Applied Business Research Conference‚ Italy‚ Venice. Undersecretariat of Treasury (2001)‚ Reform Programme for the Improvement of the Investment Environment in Turkey (unofficial translation)‚ Ankara.
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Religious holidays in Turkey There are two religious holidays or feasts‚ the first is Seker Bayrami (3 days) which comes immediately after 30 days of fasting in the Ramadan and the second is Kurban Bayrami (4 days) which follows 70 days after Seker Bayrami. In Turkish‚ Bayram is "feast" or "holiday"‚ seker is "sweets" and kurban is a "sacrifice". The dates of religious holidays come 10 days earlier each year because of the difference between the Lunar Year (354 days) and the Solar Year (365 days)
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Socio-cultural impacts of tourism in Turkey [pic] Date: 23 January 2009 Table of Content Page: Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 1.What are socio- cultural impacts in general?...........................3 2.What is the tourism development in Turkey (Mediterranean area)?………………………………………………………………... 3.What are the impacts for the Mediterranean area?.................. Conclusion…………………………………………………………. Introduction This report deals with the problem statement
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attract men. Since ages Western world has dominated the fashion of lingerie and still they are the masters of lingerie. Turkey‚ with both its geographical and historical position‚ is the closest Islamic country to the West. It is because of this closeness‚ there is an ongoing interaction between two different cultural heritages. Especially after the establishment of the Turkey republic this interaction gained a pace and gave its name to many aspects of Turkish life style by manipulating deeply. Fashion
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NEWSPAPERS In The Voice of My Father‚ the family secret is revealed as Mehmet finds newspaper articles in the basement about Maraş massacre entitled “Massacre in the Name of Islam” and “War for Allah” along with the pictures of dead bodies. Base kept newspapers although she did not tell Mehmet what happened during Maraş massacre. The newspaper as a public communication medium both informs us about the official background of the story and locates us into a social context. Moreover‚ the personal memories
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Does accent affect one’s role in the society? Support your ideas with examples from real life. Have you ever told where you were coming from by a complete stranger right after you spoke? Well‚ despite the way we look or behave our ‘’accent’’ is the most indicative fact that gives us away. When people speak‚ everyone speaks with an accent. Accent is one of the signs to reflect a person’s background. Especially when we listen to someone speaking with a different accent‚ people can immediately recognize
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Throughout the history‚ there have always been foreign influences on every culture. When it comes to the Turkish culture‚ having a wide geographic area‚ being located between Europe and Asia‚ playing a role as a host to hundreds of cultures are determiner factors for Turkish culture to be influenced by foreign cultures. In today’s world interaction between cultures happens more easily and quickly because of the mass media‚ guest workers living in foreign countries‚ TV series‚ literature‚ and music
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Recently‚ in my country have established lots of universities. Until this time in Turkey have about 80 universities. However‚ right now there are about 120 universities. But‚ some of them small universities other parts are big ones. I think big university better than the small university where are advantages and disadvantages. The big university has many advantages. For instance‚ the biggest university of Turkey is East Middle Technical University. There are lots of departments which especially
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Those who lived were murdered by gunfire and the time to exterminate the Armenians had finally arrived. The dictatorial triumvirate of the Young Turks gave the order to eradicated the Armenian population‚ and the message was sent to all governors in Turkey. After the message was sent there were many arrests of Armenian men across the country by Turkish soldiers‚ volunteers‚ and police agents. The men taken to the edges of their towns and shot dead or were stabbed to death by local Turks and Kurds. Yet
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