Piri Reis Map: Explained and Elaborated
Piri Reis left a unique world map containing lots of knowledge about America. You can find the map’s deep meanings from mythical creatures to Colombus here.
Women Empresses of Constantinople from a Byzantine Historian
The Byzantine Empire has an interesting history in terms of witnessing several women emperors on the throne. Historian Psellos saw and narrated two of them when the empire was in a turbulent situation.
Crushing Enemies in a Mighty Empire or Perceiving the “Other” from a Young Pharaoh’s Box
A young pharaoh leaves a hidden treasure that combined ornaments and grandeur with propaganda…
The United States in the 80’s (II): Cultural and Technological Transformations
This is the second part of my presentation for our HIST 310 course. McDonald’s, Levi’s, Jackson, Gates, Jobs, and Turkey are all here.
The United States in the 80’s (I): Ronald Reagan and His Foreign Policy
This is the text of my presentation that I demonstrated for our HIST 310 (History of the America) course. Numbers indicate PowerPoint slide numbers in order
The investigation of two battles in the Hundred Years War by understanding the military culture and socio-political language of the Medieval Age
On the whole, Campaigns of Crécy and Agincourt in the Hundred Years’ War can be considered as crucial milestones in terms of political, military, and cultural aspects.
The Novel of A Hesitation: Selections from Peyami Safa (V)
Small note: I wrote this short book analysis for our high school magazine in 2015 -this could not be published, anyway- and now happy to share with you in English. I highly suggest you to read the book! Enjoy literature! Hesitations that travel around the curves of our brains can tremendously disturb us. We are all aware that …
The Unification of Goryeo (Koryo) in the Medieval Age
For the first part: The Cost of Being Divided and United: Three Kingdoms’ Period in Korea Introduction The Unification of Goryeo (or Koryo) is one of the considerable events in making Korean history in the tenth century. After Unified Silla lost its power due to social and economic reasons, previous Korean Kingdoms re-emerged. The revival of Baekje and Goguryeo triggered …
The Meanings of Crime and Cleaning in the Late Ottoman World: A Brief Investigation of the Imperial Ottoman Penal Code (1858)
The Ottoman Empire’s project of implementing reforms was a significant transformation after facing internal and external hardships in the nineteenth century. Particularly, the Edict of Gülhane in 1839 brought about new reforms called the Tanzimat. The Edict promised to secure justice, honor, and property and to promulgate regulations and laws in a variety of areas. The establishment of a …
“The Muslim Bonaparte” is Rising: The Building of Albania and Ioannina by A Skilled Landlord
The role of Ioannina (Yanya) as the heart of life in Albania In this summary, I attempted to investigate the book “The Muslim Bonaparte: Diplomacy & Orientalism in Ali Pasha’s Greece (Princeton, 1999)” by Katherine Elizabeth Fleming who greatly examined Ali Pasha and his surroundings. I emphasized two chapters of this valuable work in probing the role of the geographic, …