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(0)Ridvan Akbay
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Why are you writing this story? There are lessons to be learned from the interactions of a sultan and his children, particularly, the sultan's interaction with his eldest son. Plus, it is still a relevant story even after 500 years have passed, and important lessons can be filtered out from the interaction between a father and his son. Surely, this relationship between Sultan Suleiman and his eldest son Prince Mustafa was not learned in schools of...
2) A New Dawn
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The Call to Prayer had recited in Arabic for over 800 years in these lands. In 1932, the authoritarian Turkish government wanting to secularize and modernize the country changed the call from Arabic to Turkish. The change was not well received inside the country.After 18 years of constant protest and outcry from the people, the Turkish government backtracked. In the late spring of 1950, the call was going to be recited for the first time in Arabic...
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In the year 1453, the massive army of the Ottoman Empire was camped outside the protective walls of Constantinople; the inevitable and predestined was about to begin - WAR. The invading empire had gone through rapid expansion all around the grand capital city, on both continents of Europe and Asia. However, the majestic capital city remained a constant source of irritation and frustration, since it was impenetrable. Although the Byzantine Empire lost...