* 1925 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist, Prime Minister of Turkey ( d. 2006 )

* Sadri Maksudi Arsal, prominent Tatar and Turkish statesman, scholar and thinker.

The term has been described by Frenchman Félix Buffière in 1980 and Pakistani scholar Tariq Rahman, who argued that " ephebophilia " should be used in preference to " homosexuality " when describing the aesthetic and erotic interest of adult men in adolescent boys in classical Persian, Turkish or Urdu literature.

* Mensur Akgün, Turkish scholar

* Maximus Planudes ( Turkish scholar and theologian )

After Harrow Amery went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he performed well: he gained a First at in classical moderations in 1894 ; in literae humaniores in 1896 ; he was proxime accessit ( runner-up ) to the Craven scholar in 1894 and Ouseley scholar in Turkish in 1896, also winning a half-blue in cross-country running.

* İsmail Beşikçi, Turkish scholar

A mufti (, &# x200a ;, Turkish: müftü ) is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law ( Sharia and fiqh ).

Turkish scholar Abdülbaki Gölpinarli sees even the Kizilbash of the 16th century-a radical Shī ‘ a movement in Persia which helped the Safavid dynasty establish this branch of Islam as the dominant religion of Iran-as " spiritual descendants of the Khurramites " and, hence, of the Mazdakites.

In the Islamic world, the atlas was partially translated by the Turkish scholar Katip Çelebi.

* Mahmud al-Kashgari, Turkish scholar

Shibli was a versatile scholar in Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Turkish and Urdu.

Following a 1984 campaign by Turkish scholar Nusret Sancaklı denouncing the use of this name for brothels, the new name " soapland " was the winning entry in a nationwide contest to rename them.

See also Benjamin Schatzma's " Journal d ' un interné, Volume II ", the works of historian and university scholar Esther Benbassa, and the article by Claude Wainstain on Necdet Kent, another " Turkish Schindler ", whose biography seems also legendary.

Kâmran İnan ( Hizan, Bitlis, 1929 ), a well known Turkish politician, diplomat, and scholar was from Bitlis.

His father, Sadreddin Yuksel, an Islamic scholar, taught Arabic at a Turkish university.

German Swiss scholar Hans-Lukas Kieser writes that the documents related to fifteen Turkish ministers published by V. Dadrian show best the ministers ' conception of their responsibility in the " abuses " committed against Ottoman Armenians.

In this context, Turkish scholar Abdülbaki Gölpinarli sees the Kizilbash as " spiritual descendants of the Khurramites ".

According to Turkish scholar Abdülbaki Gölpinarli, the Qizilbash (" Red-Heads ") of the 16th century-a religious and political movement in Azerbaijan that helped to establish the Safavid dynasty-were " spiritual descendants of the Khurramites ".

The ecoregion has forests of Turkish Pine ( Pinus brutia ), oak forests and woodlands, and maquis shrubland of Turkish Pine and evergreen sclerophyllous trees and shrubs, including Olive ( Olea europaea ), Strawberry Tree ( Arbutus unedo ), Arbutus andrachne, Kermes Oak ( Quercus coccifera ), and Bay Laurel ( Laurus nobilis ).

The consequent blockade along both the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders has devastated the economy, because of Armenia's dependence on outside supplies of energy and most raw materials.

The city has one professional football club, Bursaspor competing in the top-tier of Turkish football.

The strategic importance of the Bosphorus remains high, and control over it has been an objective of a number of hostilities in modern history, notably the Russo – Turkish War, 1877 – 1878, as well as of the attack of the Allied Powers on the Dardanelles during the 1915 Battle of Gallipoli in the course of World War I.

Since 1974, the internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus has controlled the south two thirds, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus the northern one-third.

In 1983, the Turkish Cypriots declared an independent " Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ", which has never been recognized by any country except Turkey and Pakistan.

On 15 November 1983 the Turkish Cypriot North declared independence and the formation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC ), which has been recognized only by Turkey.

Moreover, the small economy has seen some downfalls because the Turkish lira is legal tender.

Unlike Standard Turkish ( but like Cypriot Turkish ), Crimean Tatar also has the letter Ñ.

Unlike Turkish, Gagauz also has the letters Ä, Ê Ș and Ț. Ș and Ț are derived from the Romanian alphabet for the same sounds.

Under the " independent tribunal " requirement, the Court has ruled that military judges in Turkish state security courts are incompatible with Article 6.

Its binding is Turkish, and appears to be original ; but the paper has an Italian watermark, which has been dated between 1588 and 1620.

The lost Spanish manuscript claimed to have been written in Istanbul, and the surviving Italian manuscript has several Turkish features ; so, whether the language of origin was Spanish or Italian, Istanbul is regarded by most students as the place of origin of the present text.

Garlic was long frowned upon for causing halitosis, so has never played a large role in traditional German cuisine, but has risen in popularity in recent decades due to the influence of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, and Turkish cuisines.

In Turkish however, it is a glyph, because that language has two distinct versions of the letter " i ", with and without a dot.

( Note: The Turkish word " ocak " has the double meaning of home and fireplace, like the Spanish " hogar ".

It has been successful enough to prompt talk of a Turkish model, " an example of a modern, moderate Muslim state that works.

Known as " Ofioussa " ( having snakes ) and " Pityoussa " ( having pine trees ) in antiquity, during the medieval age the island was ruled by a number of external powers and has also been known as Scio ( Genoese ), Chio ( Italian ) and Sakız ( صاقيز — Ottoman Turkish ).

The city has strong Turkish and Balkan communities.

In 1573, for instance, a Venetian visitor to the Ottoman Empire observed that many of the Turkish natives of Constantinople regularly drink a " certain black water made with opium " that makes them feel good, but to which they become so addicted that if they try to go without they will " quickly die.

A few days before the start of Operation Zitadelle, the Turkish government sent a military delegation under General Cemil Cahit Toydemir to Belgorod and observed the exercises of the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion and its equipment.

Lewis D. Eigen and others have, however, observed that the conditions were aimed by the Turkish secular state at Muslim radicals, who, they believe, would preach hate and terror if allowed to control their own religious seminaries ; the Christians were caught in the " crossfire.

At that time it was buried up to half its height, and traces of this can be observed in the interior, where Turkish inscriptions may be found on the walls.

Secularisation of the second generation has nonetheless been observed, mostly amongst young citizens of Iranian and Turkish background with respectively half and a third of these groups not belonging to any religious affiliation.

A US consul dispatch leaked by WikiLeaks and penned by an official from the consulate in Istanbul observed that the entire affair " exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society.

For instance, in the Sezer stress pattern in Turkish observed in placenames, the main stress occurs as an iamb ( i. e. penultimate stress ) one syllable to the left of the final syllable: ( L ' L ) σ.

In the early 19th century, when Debar rebelled against the Turkish Sultan, the French traveller, publicist, and scientist Ami Bue observed that Debar had 64 shops and 4, 200 residents.

Turkish historian Osman Nuri observed, " The mere mention of the word ' reform ' irritated him Hamid, inciting his criminal instincts.

The inferential mood is used in some languages such as Turkish to convey information about events, which were not directly observed or were inferred by the speaker.

The inspiration for this style of music came during a US State Department sponsored tour of Eurasia and Brubeck observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9 / 8 time, a rare meter for Western music.

The album was intended as an experiment using musical styles Brubeck discovered abroad while on a United States Department of State sponsored tour of Eurasia, such as when he observed in Turkey a group of street musicians performing a traditional Turkish folk song that was played in 9 / 8 time, a rare meter for Western music.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fireplace in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.