Posts Tagged ‘Turkish Republic’
Displacement of Historical Artifacts: Altar of Zeus
September 27th, 2009 by lifeproof
Pergamonmuseum in Berlin, Germany hosts a great deal of ancient history. But, does that history belong to Berlin? Not at all. As I have said that I had friends over New York to visit Turkey. A group of them has been to Pergamon [in today's Turkish: Bergama] and the region around there visiting both the [...]
Tags: American Museum of Natural History, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, Babylon, Bergama, Berlin, Carl Humann, German Empire, Germany, Greek Mythology, Ishtar Gate, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Market Gate of Miletus, New York, New York City, Ottoman Empire, Pergamon, Pergamon Altar, Pergamonmuseum, Turkey, Turkish, Turkish Republic, wonders of the world, Zeus Altar
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The Kurdish Solution
August 28th, 2009 by lifeproof
Turkey, the country, has left everything aside and is debating and arguing on if and how the Kurdish minority problem may be solved for a month or so. The Kurdish problem has been a long standing problem, which has also been an issue in the last terms of the Ottoman Empire. It has been ignored [...]
Tags: Europe, European Union, Kurdish initiative, Kurdish solution, Kurdistan, Nabucco, Nabucco pipeline, natural gas, oil, Ottoman Empire, Russia, the Middle East, Turkey, Turkish Republic
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PoliTickles