Rise Of An Empire
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Günümüzün Pablo Escobar'ı... FBI ajanı onunla tanışınca şoke oldu!
Sıradan görünüşlü, sessiz, sakin tavırlı bir adam, nasıl dünyanın en büyük metamfetamin operasyonlarından birinin arkasındaki beyin haline geldi? İşte karşınızda günümüzün Pablo Escobar'ı diye nitelendirilen, El Chapo'yla karşılaştırılan Tse Chi Lop'un film gibi hikayesi…
#Tse Chi Lop
300: BİR İMPARATORLUĞUN YÜKSELİŞİ
Noam Murro’nun yönettiği ve Lena Headey, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Sullivan Stapleton’un oynadığı 300: Bir İmparatorluğun Yükselişi (300: Rise of an Empire), 07 Mart 2014’de Warner Bros. dağıtımıyla Warner Bros. tarafından vizyona çıkarıldı.Hikâye Yunan general Temistoklis’i Perslilerin istilâcı güçleriyle karşı karşıya getiriyor. Ölümlüyken tanrıya dönüşen Xerxes’in hükümdarlığındaki Perslilerin başında Pers donanmasının intikam peşindeki komutanı Artemisia bulunmaktadır. Sayıca çok üstün Pers armadasını yenmesinin tek yolunun tüm Yunanistan’ı birleştirmek olduğunu bilen Temistoklis, nihayetinde savaşın gidişatını değiştirecek taarruza liderlik eder.
#300 Spartalı
Remembering an Ottoman grand vizier who was far ahead of his times
ISTANBUL - Grand Vizier Ali Paşa is known to have called Ahmet Vefik Paşa a 'living library' and someone who would have made a good grand vizier under Sultan Süleyman. Ahmet Vefik Paşa is remembered more for his interest and contribution to the arts than his work as a politician and sultan’s grand vizier
The battle for Turkey’s soul: Elites vs. the West
Turkey is an elite project; historically, large elite groups, i.e., mega elites constituting sizeable portions of the society, have led Turkey toward their own societal values and foreign policy choices. This was the case during the Ottoman Empire, the Republican era, and, today, with the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
Identities forged on battleground
ISTANBUL - While April 25 will see thousands of Australians and New Zealanders once more descend on Gallipoli to be present at this year’s Anzac Day ceremony, the real memory of this horrific campaign lies forever silently entrenched along the ridges and shores of this significant peninsula.
A Japanese architect awed by Istanbul’s style
ISTANBUL -The ecology-minded Japanese architect Kengo Kuma was in town last week, where he told colleagues and architecture students about his latest designs at a conference at Istanbul’s Building Information Center. Since he was a student, he has been an admirer of old Turkish architecture
Wine sector thrives in Islamic Morocco
MEKNES, Morocco - On paper, wine is 'haram,' or forbidden to Muslims, but Morocco has become one of the largest winemakers in the Muslim world, with the equivalent of 35 million bottles produced last year. Wine brings the state millions in sales tax, even though Islam appears to be on the rise politically
History of insurance in the Ottoman Empire
ISTANBUL - The history of insurance in the Ottoman Empire is on display for the first time in an exhibition featuring documents from the collection of David M Kohen, an insurance agent in the late 1800s. The exhibition can be seen at the Ottoman Bank Museum in Istanbul’s Karaköy
