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Tag Archives: Muslim
Reviews of Fetih 1453
We highlighted this new movie a few weeks ago and it caused a reasonable amount of debate in the comments section which was probably inevitable. To add to this we now have some artictic reviews which may continue the discussion! … Continue reading
Posted in Radio & TV Programmes, The Fall of Constantinople 1453
Tagged Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople, Fetih 1453, Istanbul, Mehmet, Muslim, Ottomans, Sultan, Turkey, Turks
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Turkey: epic movie highlights Ottoman conquest
This is bound to cause more controversy! From The Boston Globe Turkey is on a roll these days, uplifted by economic growth and regional diplomacy. Now comes a film to boost the feel-good mood, an epic about the 15th century … Continue reading
Posted in Video
Tagged Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul, medieval history, Mehmet, Muslim, Ottomans, Sultan, Turkey, Turks
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From Byzantine Constantinople to Ottoman Konstantiniyye: Creation of a Cosmopolitan Capital and Visual Culture under Sultan Mehmed II
An article from Harvard University by Gulru Necipoglu Introduction: The conquest of Constantinople engendered Mehmed II’s lifelong ambition to revive the ruinous city’s ancient status as the prosperous capital of a world empire. This essay interprets the sultan’s negotiation of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Istanbul, The Fall of Constantinople 1453
Tagged Byzantine, Byzantium, history, Istanbul, medieval history, Mehmet, Muslim, Turks
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Bettany Hughes – The Day Jesus Died
I had no plans to post today, nor to add more about Bettany so soon, but this programme first shown on Good Friday shows how good she is as a historian and documentary maker. Given a full one hour slot … Continue reading
Nineteenth Annual Runciman Lecture – Byzantine Architecture reconfigured in early Islamic Syria
Professor Robert Hillenbrand The Great Hall at Kings’ College, London was packed again this year as over 250 people enjoyed the lecture by Professor Robert Hillenbrand. The subject matter of “Byzantine Architecture reconfigured in early Islamic Syria” did not at … Continue reading
Why ‘Istanbul’?
Few cities in the world compare with İstanbul, so rich in culture and history. What other reason need one give for living here? “But is it safe?” friends at home occasionally ask. “And isn’t the real name Constantinople?” This question … Continue reading
The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge and Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips
Malise Ruthven admires two books that ask how modern conflicts have come to be clothed in the language of medieval holy wars The historian Marc Bloch, who died a martyr’s death when shot by the Nazis, observed that “once … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Books
Tagged Alexius Comnenus, Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantinople, Crusades, Fourth Crusade, Muslim, religion, Saladin, Turks
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New Book: The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
By Edward Luttwak (Belknap/Harvard, 498 pages, $35) In A.D. 395, Roman Emperor Theodosius I split his realm between his two sons, giving the Western empire—with Rome at its heart—to Honorius, and the eastern half—Byzantium—to his brother, Arkadios. Honorius seemed to … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Books
Tagged Byzantine, Byzantium, Constantine, Constantinople, Edward Luttwak, Emperor, Huns, Istanbul, Mehmet, Muslim, Turkey, Turks
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Are Minarets the ‘Bayonets of Islam’?
Recent events in Switzerland have sparked a big debate. Here is just one I found online… In a public gathering in 1998, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the ruling Islamist party and current Prime Minister of Turkey, recited: “The mosques are our … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary & Politics
Tagged islam, minarets, mosque, Muslim, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, referendum, Switzerland, Turkey, Turks
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Will Turkey’s EU membership dream come true?
This is one of the big issues that faces Europe over the next decade; how to deal with Turkey. Is it part of Europe or is President Sarkozy right when he says he will not “tell French schoolchildren that the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary & Politics
Tagged Angela Merkel, Ataturk, Byzantine, Byzantium, European Union, Gordon Brown, Istanbul, Muslim, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sarkozy, Suleiman, Turkey, Turks
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Lifting the Veil on the Debate over Veils – from the Huffington Post
I was surfing looking for some interesting angles on Byzantium and found this piece about the controversy over the veil which includes a discussion on its origin in the Byzantine Empire. Given that this debate is one that affects many … Continue reading
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Tagged burqa, Byzantine, Byzantium, Huffington Post, Muslim, Turkey, veil
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The Importance of Turkey
This week Turkey was in the news as President Obama chose to make his first state visit to the secular republic which is the inheritor of the Ottoman Empire. It was significant, as despite his many visits to countries in Europe following the G20 meeting, Turkey was chosen by Obama for the full pomp and circumstance, and significance that goes with it of a state visit. Continue reading
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Tagged Byzantine, Constantinople, EU, G20, Istanbul, Muslim, Obama, Turkey, Turks
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Appear on 60 Minutes Segment on Orthodox Christianity
CBS News Anchor Bob Simon of the program 60 Minutes, discusses Orthodox Christianity with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Halki Orthodox Theological Seminary. New York, NY – His All Holiness Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 300 million … Continue reading →