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MODERN ARAMAIC (ASSYRIAN/SYRIAC) DICTIONARY & PHRASEBOOK
: Modern Aramaic-English/English-Modern Aramaic
[Nicholas Awde, Nineb Limassu & Nicholas Al-Jeloo]
The enormous success of Mel Gibson's film 'The Passion of Christ' has revived interest in the Aramaic language. It is now recognised throughout the world as the language spoken by Christ and the Apostles. Contrary to popular belief, however, it is very much a 'living' language spoken today by the Assyrian peoples in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. It is also heard in Assyrian émigré communities of the US, Europe and Australia. Modern Aramaic or Assyrian is made up of a number of dialects. The two major ones are Swadaya (Eastern) and Turoyo (Western). This unique dictionary and phrasebook incorporates both dialects in a way that illustrates the differences and gives the reader a complete understanding of both. The dialects are presented in an easy-to-read romanised form that will help the reader to be understood.
{
304pp,
95x190mm,
March 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
0781810876:9780781810876
, Hippocrene Books
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TURKISH-ENGLISH / ENGLISH-TURKISH DICTIONARY & PHRASEBOOK
[Charles Gates]
Travel to Turkey, a popular destination due to its fascinating history, rich culture and natural beauty! This two-way dictionary and phrasehook is the ideal language guide for visitors, offering extensive vocabulary and phrases for travel-related and day-to-day situations. The dictionary contains 2500 total entries; the 20-chapter phrasebook presents such topics as greetings, food and drink, accommodation, and much more. A guide to pronunciation, a basic grammar, and practical cultural information are also included.
{
228pp,
95x190mm,
November 2001;
PB,
£7.99,
0781809045:9780781809047
, Hippocrene Books
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ISTANBUL
: Aegean Coast * Central Anatolia
Turkey's cultural and business centre stands with one foot in Europe, the other in Asia. Glittering palaces and monumental mosques, crooked wooden houses and twisting narrow lanes, sweeping boulevards lined with gleaming glass and steel -- the sights, sounds and smells of this bewildering, captivating city weave a pattern as intricate as a Turkish carpet. This Way Instanbul also explores the wooded shores of the Bosphorus and around the Sea of Marmara, and the resorts and sites of the Aegean coast.
{
72pp,
100x145mm,
December 2003;
PB,
£3.99,
2884520503:9782884520508
, JPM Publications
} |
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TREASURES & PLEASURES OF TURKEY
: Best of the Best in Travel & Shopping
[Ron Krannich PhD & Caryl Krannich PhD]
Explore the wealth of travel shopping adventures in Istanbul, Bursa, Ankara, Cappadocia, Antalya, Mamaris, Bodrum, Kusadasi, Cesme, and Izmir. Includes shopping strategies and bargaining tips as well as advice on avoiding problems, selecting quality products, and shipping purchases home with care. Also identifies the best shops, restaurants, accommodation, sightseeing, and entertainment.
{
254pp,
130x210mm,
November 2002;
PB,
£11.50,
157023180X:9781570231803
, Impact Publications
} |
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GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS
: Images & Reflections
[Jostein Børtnes & Tomas Hägg (eds)]
Gregory of Nazianzus (ca330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores both his theology -- which earned him the honorary title 'the Theologian' -- and his general importance as an independent thinker, prolific writer, orator, and poet. Gregory has often been in the shadow of the other Cappadocians, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa. This book demonstrates his central position in the formation of a hellenised Christian culture as well as his topicality today. More than any other ancient personality, save perhaps for Cicero and Augustine, Gregory recreates his inner life in his writings, and allows us to participate directly in the exciting intellectual and emotional climate of late antiquity. The reader is offered illuminating discussions of Gregory’s exposition of the Trinity, his doctrine of deification, his theory of mental images, and his view of the ideal human self. Other contributions take his funeral orations, letters, and autobiographical poetry as points of departure for the study of family relations, gender attitudes, educational ideals, and literary accomplishments. In addition, light is shed on Gregory’s seldom-studied poetical œuvre and his impact on Byzantine theology and literature. The contributors are international specialists in patristics, church history, philosophy, Classical and Byzantine studies, and literary rhetoric.
{
350pp,
165x245mm,
January 2006;
HB,
£40.00,
8763503867:9788763503860
, Museum Tusculanum Press
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ISLAMIC CERAMICS
[James Allan]
A survey of Islamic ceramics from 9th century lustreware, 16 and 17th century blue and white to 17th century 'Gombroon Ware'. The pieces are mainly from Turkey or Iran, formerly in the collections of Sir Alan Barlow or Gerald Reitlinger.
{
80pp,
October 1991;
HB,
£11.95,
1854440225:9781854440228
, Ashmolean Museum
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 7
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Pottery
[John Lund, Vinnie Norskov & Leif Erik Vaage]
This volume is a study of selected ceramic finds from the Maussolleion site and the first major publication on Karian pottery since 1965. From a body of 120,000 items, the authors have emphasised in situ contexts related to the construction of the Maussolleion, and representative items from the large body of Hellenistic material.
{
331pp,
February 2003;
HB,
£26.50,
8788415171:9788788415179
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 2
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Written Sources & their Archaeological Background
[Kristian Jeppesen]
Composition is so vast that no single book -- let alone a slender volume like this one -- can cover it exhaustively. The principles and views presented here are representative of a variety of approaches to visual design: some are concerned exclusively with form; others with the psychology of form; and still others with ideological properties thought to be inherent in particular choices of visual pattern.
{
224pp,
March 1986;
HB,
£22.95,
8772880422:9788772880426
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 4
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Quadrangle
[Kristian Jeppesen]
Under the auspices of the British Museum, C.T. Newton started excavations in 1857 on the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the sepulchral monument to the Carian ruler, Maussollos. Sensational finds were made of sculptures in round and reliefs, but less attention was paid to the architectural remains of the superstructure, and afterwards it was made clear that supplementary investigations on the site would be needed, if a more complete and reliable reconstruction of the building was to be hoped for than that suggested by Newton and his collaborators. This volume describes the foundations of the Mausolleion laid within the large, rectangular cutting in the bedrock and named "the quadrangle" by Newton. In addition to architectural evidence of basic importance, its re-excavation by the Danish expedition in the years 1970-77 brought to light remains of Maussollos' tomb chamber and its treasures, among these the ornaments of gold plate and beads of semi-precious stones published in the present volume. The illustrations include a plan of the re-excavated foundations; elevations of cross-sections describing the principal features of the excavated area; excavation photos; and a plot plan of the principle levels.
{
182pp,
October 2000;
HB,
£22.95,
8788415031:9788788415032
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 5
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- The Superstructure -- A Comparative Analysis of the Architectural, Sculptural & Literary Evidence
[Kristian Jeppesen]
Raised to honour Maussolos, a Persian satrap of the 4th century BCE, the Maussolleion in Halikarnassos was renowned throughout the ancient world as one of its Seven Wonders. Pliny the Elder provided a useful description of it several centuries later, but another fourteen passed before the invention of moveable type made his observations available to a wider public. In Volume 5, Jeppesen tries to reconcile Pliny's account of the superstructure with recent archaeological finds. The passage in Pliny's Natural History has been corrupted by untold generations of copyists, and reconstructions have focused on producing a grammatically acceptable text, with little regard for consistency and sense. Jeppesen compares variant readings from the 58 known manuscripts and proposes a model that tallies with the new archaeological evidence. The volume concludes with a survey of the architectural fragments held by the British Museum and the Maussolleion Museum in Bodrum.
{
240pp,
February 2003;
HB,
£22.95,
8788415155:9788788415155
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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MAUSSOLLEION AT HALIKARNASSOS, VOLUME 6
: Reports of the Danish Archaeological Expedition to Bodrum -- Subterranean Pre-Maussolan Structures on the Site of the Maussolleion
[Jan Zahle]
This volume details Jan Zahle's investigations of subterranean structures close to the Maussolleion. Successive spoilations -- including Newton's -- have greatly muddled the archaeological record, and the Danish excavations uncovered evidence of another complication: plans for the site appear to have changed during construction, so what was originally intended as a modest extension of the existing structures evolves into a huge tomb on an immense terrace. Zahle's thorough sifting of evidence resolves many contradictions, though uncertainties still remain.
{
295pp,
December 2002;
HB,
£26.50,
8788415163:9788788415162
, Aarhus University Press
} |
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RULERS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
: The Sultans of the Osman Gazi Dynasty
[Svetlozara Kostove]
This illustrated volume presents the portraits of the thirty-six rulers of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman I Gazi to Mehmet VI. The tale of their lives and of the major events during their rule follows the development of a small border principality into a powerful empire spreading over three continents, incorporating in its heyday an immense territory and a wide variety of peoples, to pass through its long and painful disintegration and come to its inevitable collapse in the early 20th century. What kind of people were the sultans? What did they look like? How did they act as statesmen and in their private life? What were their merits and vices? How did they become all-powerful lords or mere toys in the hands of their advisors? The unbiased tale of the life of these persons who bore the burden of power is effectively the history of the Ottoman Empire -- pathetic and proud, cruel and genuine, with its ups and downs, entwining the fate of many peoples and nations and leaving an indelible if ambiguous mark in the annals of humankind.
{
120pp,
235x330mm,
December 2004;
HB,
£25.00,
9544743294:9789544743291
, Kibea Publishing Company
} |
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SALMAKIS INSCRIPTION & HELLENISTIC HALIKARNASSOS
[Signe Isager & Poul Pedersen]
In 1995 the Turkish authorities made an important discovery on the Salmakis Promontory west of the entrance to the harbour of Bodrum -- ancient Halikarnassos. Remains of walls and mosaic floors dating to Hellenistic and Roman times were found, and on one of the walls there was a well-preserved Greek inscription, now known as The Salmakis Inscription. The inscription was found to be a previously unknown Hellenistic poem in which Aphrodite reveals what Halikarnassos has to be proud of. Her poetic account includes famous authors born in Halikarnassos. The text leaves no doubt that the location of the inscription was the famous Salmakis Fountain inseparably connected to the name of Hermaphroditos. The unparalleled inscription aroused great interest and discussion when published. An international symposium was held at the Castle of St Peter in Bodrum, where specialists representing numismatics, ancient history, literature, philology, religion, epigraphy and archaeology offered their views on the inscription and its implications for our understanding of the Hellenistic world. This book contains the contributions to that symposium. Apart from studies directly concerning the Salmakis inscription there are other articles on Hellenistic Halikarnassos, partly based on already well known evidence partly on new material.
{
237pp,
215x280mm,
January 2004;
HB,
£23.30,
8778388236:9788778388230
, University Press of Southern Denmark
} |
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DERVISH & COMMANDER
: Turkey's Identity Question 1983-2004
[Mim Kemal ÖKE]
In an age of so-called Conflict of Civilisations, Turkey’s endeavours in becoming a neo-liberal country, would not only liberate itself from the restrictive parameters of a national security state, which it was during the Cold War ; but it would also pose a model to the Islamic world torn with Al Qaeda terror as an exemplary edifice of how a pro-western moderately Muslim country could survive both as a secular and democratic state. This book is concerned with Turkey’s identity crisis in the post-modern era. Caught between the security considerations which were dictated by the country’s geo-strategic location, Turkey, since the1980s has been struggling to join the European Union as a means of integrating itself into the world of freedoms, human rights and pluralist democracy. This book adopts a thematic approach to Turkey’s struggle in becoming part of Global Society.
{
186pp,
180x260mm,
September 2005;
HB,
£76.99,
1594542694:9781594542695
, Nova Science Publishers
} |
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KEMALISTS
: Islamic Revival & the Fate of Secular Turkey
[Muammer Kaylan]
A sprawling land with a fascinating, diverse, and ancient heritage, Turkey is literally at the crossroads of East and West. Sitting astride the Bosporus, which bridges Asia and Europe, modern Turkey maintains a precarious balancing act between Western secularism and orthodox Islamic revival. Now as Turkey prepares to enter the European Union, it is more important than ever for Westerners to acquire an understanding of the history and politics that have shaped this key nation of the Near East. Journalist Muammer Kaylan has spent a long, distinguished career writing about the politics and current events of modern Turkey. Part memoir and part history, his life story spans the beginning of the secular Republic of Turkey, created by Kemal Atatürk's sweeping reforms of the 1920s and 1930s, to the combustible uncertainties of the present day. Designed mainly for Western readers unfamiliar with Turkey's history, Kaylan's narrative discusses the origin of the Turks, how they were converted to Islam, the rise and fall of the Ottoman Empire, the legacy left by that collapsed empire, and the founding of the modern secular Republic of Turkey by Kemal Atatürk. Atatürk overturned many centuries of Islamic tradition and imposed wide-ranging secular reforms on the nation's politics, culture, and social customs. But today with the rise of fundamentalist Islam, Turkey's modern secular state is threatened by pressure from within and without to re-establish the old theocratic state ruled by Islamic law. What this portends for a secular Turkey in the future remains to be seen, but Kaylan underscores the possible wide-ranging effects on the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and even Europe. Cautiously optimistic, he concludes that, despite the reassertion of traditional Islamic values, a secular and democratic Turkey can still play a vital and constructive role in this crucial and volatile region of the world.
{
450pp,
April 2005;
HB,
£18.99,
1591022827:9781591022824
, Prometheus Books
} |
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POLITICS OF PERMANENT CRISIS
: Class, Ideology & State in Turkey
[N Balkan & S Savran]
{
258pp,
155x230mm,
January 2002;
HB,
£59.50,
159033129X:9781590331293
, Nova Science Publishers
} |
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TRUTH WILL SET US FREE
: Armenians & Turks Reconciled
[George Jerjian]
This is a powerful combination of a touching family story, a compelling legal argument and a visionary olive branch solution to one of history's most intractable dilemmas. This book is a catalyst to ignite dialogue between Armenians and Turks. "Reconciliation can only take place when truth and truce are declared. What has happened cannot be undone, but we need not be prisoners of the past. The truth will set us -- Armenians and Turks -- free." The book shows that while the truth is not negotiable, the terms of reconciliation are. For nearly a hundred years the truth has been held hostage. In the final analysis, if Turks and Armenians cannot resolve this between themselves, no one else can. Now the truth may be rescued. Turks and Armenians need a new vision; a new vision to demolish the wall; a new vision for a new century.
{
104pp,
110x175mm,
September 2003;
PB,
£10.00,
0954459903:9780954459901
, GJ Communications
} |
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TURKEY IN THE NEW CENTURY
[Ismail Cem]
This book has a particularity: It consists of Ismail Cem's articles, letters and speeches which were originally produced by the author in English or French, published by international press or addressed to foreign audiences. The only exception is an introductory chapter, 'A New Approach to Foreign Policy' that was added to this edition. The first edition was published in December 2000. 'I thought that my views as presented to a foreign audience might make an interesting entity', says Cem, 'that's how this book came about'.
{
228pp,
150x230mm,
July 2001;
PB,
£20.00,
975970305X:9789759703059
, Rustem
} |
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TURKISH CHALLENGE
: Turkey, Europe & the World Towards the 21st Century
[Onur Oymen]
This book explains Turkey's strength and potential in the fields of defence, economy, population and natural resources as well as the great achievements she has accomplished since the establishment of the Republic. The author compares Turkey with other countries, especially those in Europe, and determines her relative position in these fields. He looks into the progress and current standing of turkey in the areas of democracy and human rights. He makes a comparative analysis of the structure of the Turkish democracy founded by Ataturk and that in other countries. He demonstrates that most of the criticism levelled against Turkey is based on inadequate information and exaggerated. Using Western sources, he proves that turkey is more advanced than all the countries included in the enlargement process of the EU and explains the error and injustice of the decision made at the EU's Luxembourg Summit of 1997 that failed to recognise Turkey as a candidate for full membership.
{
413pp,
155x225mm,
December 2000;
PB,
£20.00,
9759703009:9789759703004
, Rustem
} |
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TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD
[Masuh Uslu]
Turkey's proximity to the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean (the trouble spots of the new world order) and the new dangers facing her in the first place before other states of the world, especially the West, has made her a front line country of NATO as compared to her position as a flank state of the West during the Cold War and has put her in the very epicentre of the new international environment. With the outbreak of regional conflicts Turkey's position as an island of stability in the centre of a volatile region, as a barrier against the outbreak and spread of these local wars and as a promoter of regional co-operation has gained more importance. The new developments have also helped Turkey to gain a weight in regional and world politics as a regional power with an increased physical and strategic strength. The disintegration of the Soviet Union has terminated the major security threat for Turkey and weakened her regional enemies such as Syria, Iran and Iraq and thus her foreign and security policies have been relieved of certain constraints. On the other hand, the factors such as the revival of Turkey's cultural, linguistic and historical ties with "the vast land mass of Eurasia" extending from the Balkans to the Caucasus has broadened the scope of Turkish foreign policies and opened up new areas for Turkish economic and political activities. This new book analyses the character and direction of Turkish foreign policy in the critical period of the post-Cold War era up to the present. It first gives its framework by focusing on shifts in threat perceptions and the country's strategic importance and on other relevant changes in actors, perceptions and factors of Turkish foreign policy together with new domestic realities and capabilities of Turkey. After a detailed study of issues concerning the Turkish security and defence with the aim of finding the guarantee or partnership better suited to Turkish interests, the book analyses the main connections of Turkish foreign policy (Western, Eastern, Middle Eastern and Balkan) separately.
{
144pp,
180x260mm,
September 2003;
HB,
£79.99,
1590337425:9781590337424
, Nova Science Publishers
} |
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TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 1947 & 2003
: The History of a Distinctive Alliance
[Nasuh Uslu]
{
364pp,
180x260mm,
October 2003;
HB,
£45.99,
1590338324:9781590338322
, Nova Science Publishers
} |
