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Atatürk's Coffee Cup
And Other Mementos from the Father of the RepublicEmily Neumeier[1] Inscription in Turkish reads, "When Ataürk came to the halkevi (community center) he drank coffee from this cup."AR magazine,...
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A Reckoning with the Past in Present-Day Trieste
contribution by Jeremy F. Walton[1] View of the bar at Caffé San Marco in Trieste. Photo by author. Throughout the globe, cities are discovering that their pasts resonate with increasing potency and...
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Provincially Ottoman
Defining Ottoman-Balkan Architecture at the Mehmet Ali House, Kavala, Greececontribution by Bridget HalsteadThis post is part of our new series Stambouline in the Classroom[1] Sign for "Mohamet Ali...
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Church, Mosque, Museum
The Byzantine Institute and Preserving the Fethiye and Kariye Camii in Istanbulcontribution by Jessica Cebra[1] Fethiye Camii, Istanbul, 1957: South wall of the main vaulted space showing rounded arch...
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Fabric of the Past, Questions for the Future
Restoring the Narmanlı Hancontribution by Emily Neumeier[1] Plaque announcing the street address above the doorway of the Narmanlı Han, 2014. Unless otherwise noted, all photos by the author. [2] The...
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From Kutahya to Al-Quds
The Birth of the Armenian Ceramics Trade in Jerusalemcontribution by Sato Moughalian[1] The Dome of the Rock (detail), c. 1900-1920, showing part of the then lead-covered dome and the patchwork of...
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Keeping out Napoleon
The Fortress-City of Acrecontribution by Annie Greene[1] Old Walls of Acre. Felix Bonfils, 1878. NYPL Digital Collections. [2] Khan al-Umdan, constructed late 18thcentury by Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar....
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Hagia Sophia at Ground Zero
contribution by Benjamin Anderson[1] Design for the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the Ground Zero Site, 2012, Santiago Calatrava Architects & Engineers. [2] Site map, National September 11...
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The Tanzimat and Children on the Periphery
The Mekteb-i İdadi of Baghdadcontribution by Lydia Harrington[1] Mekteb-i İdadi (Preparatory School), Baghdad, view from inner courtyard. Photograph 1880-93. Abdülhamid II Collection, Library of...
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The Lost Mosque of Moscow
contribution by Kateryna Malaia[1] Moscow Congregational Mosque (c. 1904) in the 1990s. Image from Pastvu.com Like any mega city, Moscow has many hidden architectural treasures. Until recently, one of...
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Framing Ottoman Epigraphy
Tracking Down a Black Sea Fortress at the Topkapı Palacecontribution by Emily Neumeier[1] Sultan Abdülhamid's monument (1294 H/1877-78 CE) to Sohum in the second courtyard of the Topkapı Palace, with...
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The Anıtkabirs That Weren't
The Competition to Design Atatürk's Mausoleumguest contribution by James RyanThe winning submission for Anıtkabir from Turkish architects Emin Onat and Orhan Arda. From Arkitekt magazine (1943): “This...
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Ghosts of Lebanese Summers Past
The Sursocks at Sofar and the Making of Modern Lebanonguest contribution by Chris Gratien and Graham Pitts[1] Donna Maria Sursock Residence, 1909. Sofar, Lebanon. Photo by Chris Gratien, 2014.[2]...
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Little Mosques on the Prairie
guest contribution by Michael Połczyński[1] Kruszyniany’s 18th-century wooden mosque, with its characteristic square towers. Kruszyniany, Poland. Photograph by the author.[2] Bohoniki’s mosque, built...
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“A piece of the Orient on the Elbe”
guest contribution by Benjamin Anderson[1] The Yenidze, Dresden (2011). Photo by author.In recent decades, the efforts of Muslim communities in central Europe to build minarets at their places of...
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The Lights of Ahmad
The Al-Anwar Mosque of Acreguest contributor Michael Talbot[1] Entrance portal to the al-Anwar Mosque, Acre. All photos by Michael Talbot. Acre is a picturesque port city on the northern tip of the Bay...
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Another Side to Soma
contribution by Emily NeumeierEmir Hıdır Bey Mosque, 1791-92, Soma. Photograph of the interior from SALT Research.As the rescue operations in Soma extend into a fourth day (with the most recent, and...
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Echoes of the Ottoman Past: The Quiz
Stambouline has teamed up with the Ottoman History Podcast for the first episode of season 4. In this installment, we have have ventured out into the streets of Istanbul in search of sounds that can...
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The Americans in Tangier
Diplomats, soldiers and students at the American Legation in Moroccoguest contribution by Ayla Amon[1] View of the Old Legation building, 2013. Unless noted otherwise, all photos by the author. In a...
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