Arab Letters Cumhuriyet, 24 January 1940 While Yakup Kadri was saying “You brought us a wording”, Yahya Kemal, then with humor repeated for others, told, “The most beautiful work of Ismail Safa (the father of Peyami) is Peyami.” Peyami Safa was telling how gained a pivotal role in Republican Turkey’s literature in that reportage to Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı in 1940. …
Our Fear of Foreign Words! Tasvir-i Efkâr, 15 February 1941 Note: This translation is a work of mine and so the responsibility of all probable mistakes are also mine. If you realize any mistake, please inform me. Enjoy reading… Assume that cardboard (mukavva) is black on one side and white on the other. The man who sees just one side of this …
Have you ever had an opportunity to analyze your images in your life-span? If you answer “no”, this small but substantial work will help you to understand images that cover our life completely better. This work consists of a composition which unites the lecture notes of HIST 210 and some articles within a different shape. Our life is being deeply …
Why did I choose this topic? In 1943, General Mustafa Muğlalı ordered to eliminate 33 peasants in Van because their activities were considered to be treason. They were wandering at the border of Turkey and Iran when they arrested. Eventually, without any judgment, they were executed right away in Van. Muğlalı, later, was arrested and judged because of this decision. …
This paper is written for HIST 241 (The History of Early Modern Europe) class for Prof. Peter Robert Campbell. He wrote a wide range of articles about the Early Modern French History. He also published a variety of books like Louis XIV (1661-1715) in 1993 and Power and Politics in Old Regime France (1720-1745) in 1996. He currently gives lectures on …
I wrote this assignment for HIST 221 (History of Medieval Turko-Persian Societies) but I changed its order a bit in order to understand what the article aims. Enjoy reading! Genghis Khan is one of the prominent leaders in world history in terms of his influences on the course of history. He established and enlarged his Mongol Empire for 21 …
I wrote this small inquiry for TK 221 (Turkish) course this year. Even though I am not a literature student, literary works are necessary for understanding the mentality of the analyzed era by historians. There are many important points in the study of literary texts. It can easily be said that one of these points is a space analysis in …
I prepared this assignment for HIST 102 (Historical Method and Thought II) course. NTV Tarih (History) is beneficial for understanding the general panorama of popular historical magazines in Turkey. I extracted some points that are directly related to the course itself. NTV Tarih (NTV History) was one of the leading history magazines in Turkey for nearly five years. NTV Tarih, …
This paper is a research paper for ENGL 112 (Academic Writing II). I owe a great deal to Dr. Greta Uehling from the University of Michigan for this research. Her works provided me an amazing ground for my thesis. The best part of this research is that when I sent an email to thank her, she answered with an impressive …
This article is prepared for ENGL 111.03 class again. However, I changed some minor details. Enjoy reading! The transition between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic Age is one of the essential transformations in the history of the world that modified human beings’ lifestyle such as the invention of agriculture or the emergence of social stratification. From the beginning of 20th …
