Many Polish officers like Michał Czajkowski served in the Ottoman Army. Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz spent the last months of his life in İstanbul and died there. The house where he lived was later transformed into the Adam Mickiewicz Museum. There is also a Polish village in Turkey named Polonezköy (Adampol). It lies on the Anatolian side of İstanbul and was settled in 1842 by Polish veterans of the November Uprising. In the 19th and 20th centuries‚ more Polish settlers arrived. Today‚ there
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seismologists could predict where the next earthquake would happen based on the stress transfer that was produced by the original earthquake. Seismologists have predicted that “an earthquake will happen on the Anatolian fault line around the city of Istanbul‚ and it will be extremely destructive and harmful” (movie). An explanation as to why the Anatolian plate is so active is because it is being
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this mosque is the largest mosque in Dubai. The Blue mosque in Dubai‚ also known as the Al Farooq Umar ibn Al Khattab Mosque‚ draws its inspiration and is structurally based on the famous Blue Mosque of Istanbul (The Largest Mosque in Dubai Opens on July 29). 1450975151447500The Blue Mosque in Istanbul was one of the greatest achievements of the Ottomans in the field of architecture. The Ottomans were a military empire which had high levels of rank divisions. It was built in 1616‚ during the rule of Ahmed
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(Boost Juice Bars Australia‚ Janine’s Success Story) It is important that the menu is clear and in this case translated into the Turkish language. The strong patriotic attitude of Turkish people assumes that they would approve this procedure. As Istanbul and Ankara are also popular cities for tourists it is recommended to have an English version of the menu as well. The following figures show such a tentative draft of a possible menu in a turkish version which include all products and prices. All
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Asian part of modern Turkey‚ across Thrace. It lies across the Aegean Sea to the east of Greece and is usually known by its Greek name Anatolia. Asia Minor juts westward from Asia to within half a mile (800 meters) of Europe at the divided city of Istanbul‚ where two suspension bridges over the strait of Bosphorus link the two continents. Asia Minor is also bordered by the Sea of Marmara on the northwest. The area of the peninsula is about 292‚000 square miles (756‚000 square kilometers). The interior
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Istanbul Presentation: Imperial Mosque Suleymaniye Mosque Exterior: The Suleymaniye Mosque sits on the highest hill of Istanbul. Having the mosque built on the highest hill symbolically represents central power and the strength of the Turkish Empire. Like other imperial mosque in Istanbul‚ the Suleymaniye Mosque is proceeded by a monumental courtyard on the west side. The corners of the courtyard is marked with four minarets. The two minarets on the north end are approximately
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underway. During his reign‚ Suleyman doubled the area of the Ottoman territories that he inherited from his father‚ creating a multi-national‚ multilingual empire. Building on the conquests of his father‚ the Sultan Suleyman established a great city of Istanbul‚ a remarkably efficient military machine‚ a huge empire‚ and an impressive culture. Suleyman himself was instrumental in creating and running a successful empire through the administrative and military forces he established. His military empire
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the great Ottoman architect renowned for the building of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne. Raimondo D’Aronco and Alexander Vallaury were the leading architects of this period in Istanbul. Apart from Vallaury and D’Aronco‚ the other leading architects who made important contributions to the late Ottoman architecture in Istanbul included the architects of the Balyan family‚ William James Smith‚ August Jachmund‚ Mimar Kemaleddin Bey‚ Vedat Tek and Giulio Mongeri. Architects were considered the intellectuals
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Islam in the 1600s: Changes in Wealth and Power All three of the major Islamic kingdoms lost power and influence in the spice trade with the onset of European commerce and naval adventurism. We have already seen that the Ottoman Empire began to exploit its control of the lucrative spice trade routes‚ sometimes refusing to trade with Europe and generally increasing the prices of the goods which were allowed to arrive in Europe. Not surprisingly‚ European ships sailing around Africa hurt Ottoman
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