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 Islamic Art varies substantially from Western Art primarily due to the restrictions in Koran on the depictation of the human form. Rather than being representational of the profane world, the perfection of Ottoman Art lies in the pure balance of color, line and rhythm in geometric patterns and designs... More |
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 Worldwide admired 16th century Iznik Tiles are made on a very clean white base with hard backs and under glazed decorations with a unique technique. 70-80 percent of an Iznik tile is composed of quartz and quartzite. Its beauty arises from the harmonious composition of three successive quartz layers and a paste-slip-glaze combination which is extremely difficult to make...
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 The tradition of the Turkish bath extends far back to a time before Turks had reached Anatolia. When the Turks arrived in Anatolia, they brought a bathing tradition with them, and were confronted with another, that of Romans and Byzantines, with certain local variants. The traditions merged, and with the addition of the Moslem concern for cleanliness and its concomitant respect for the uses of water, there arose an entirely new concept, “ The Turkish Bath. ” In time it became an institution, with its system of ineradicable customs. ...
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 These are the names of two folk heroes of Turkish Shadow-Puppet Theater. The language they use, the way they look at life and the classes they represent are never the same... More |
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 In the Ottoman Empire, military bands were essential elements of the shock troop tactics of the Janissary soldiers. During the battles, the "mehter" would create a tremendous din with mounted timpani... More |
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 Turks had the tradition of illustrating manuscripts during the cultural periods before Islamic belief. The large quantities of stone engravings, textiles, ceramics and works of art made of metal, wood, leather survived to the present day from that time. The oldest examples of Turkish pictures for walls are from the 6th, 7th and 8th centuries... More |
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 Cinema had been introduced to Turkey a few months after the demonstration of Lumiere Brothers in 28 December 1895. The first film was shot by Fuat Özkinay in 1914, in the year which the Ottoman Empire had participated in the World War One (The Collapse of the Russian Monument in Ayastefanos), the first organization to produce a film was the Central Army Cinema Department leaded by Sigmund Weinberg and Fuat Özkinay.
The film production started from here with the shooting of documentaries
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 Each Turkish clan constituted their own epic poems in order to spread their national characteristics at their oral tradition. Turkish Literature developed in Central Asia under the effect of Islam Civilization. The group of the Eastern Turkish Literature Group is composed of Karahanli Literature, Harizm - Altinordu Literature and Çagatay Literature. The Western Turkish is sampled with the Azerbaijani Literature... More |
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 Before Islam, the head of the religious ritual was called “saman”, “kam” or “baksı” and he was enchanting the audience with a piece of iron producing periodic sounds. The drum was an important tool in these rituals... More |
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 Turks knew about puppet plays before settling in Anatolia. After their settlement, they have developed plays from the remnants of the fertility blessing rituals which are considered to be the major source of the world theatre and these plays are still played in villages. Meddah, puppet, fake wars, shadow play, juggler and "ortaoyunu" are the principal play types... More |
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