Tarih DergisiThe gedikli sarrafs of Istanbul were established in 1691 after extensive consideration and discussion by Ottoman administrators. The gedikli sarrafs, had various important functions at the mint, including the collection of precious metals from markets ...
Metin Ziya Köse
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Intervenţiile traducătorului în textul versiunii arabe din 1705 a „Divanului” lui Dimitrie Cantemir [PDF]
Revista de Istorie și Teorie Literară, 2013 This paper discusses the alterations, additions, and lacunae in the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s Divan, his first printed book (Iaşi, 1698), written as he was living in Istanbul, close to the Sultan’s court, and planning to occupy the throne of ...
Ioana Feodorov
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The Devshirme System and the Levied Children of Bursa in 1603-4
Belleten, 2015 This paper addresses two main questions in regards to the devshirme system: how did the devshirme system function at a local level and how were local politics triggered by the levy; and what were the experiences of the children ...
Gülay Yılmaz
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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Regulation of the Turkish Straits: UNCLOS as an Alternative to the Treaty of Montreux and the 1994 Maritime Traffic Regulations for the Turkish Straits and Marmara Region [PDF]
, 1998 This Note discusses the need for a modern international legal regime that would address navigational and environmental safety in the Turkish Straits in a manner consistent with customary international law of the transit passage through the straits used ...
Pavlyuk, Serge V.
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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Hicab, türban, and democracy: religious freedom versus political protest [PDF]
, 2009 The attire of women, in particular the style of donning of the headscarves to cover the head, neck and the bosoms of women (türban) by pious Sunni women has once again become the center of controversy in Turkish higher education and politics. The amended
Kalaycioglu, M. Ersin
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Scuderoni v. Italy: Domestic Violence as a Systematic Failure of Italy
Trento Student Law ReviewThis article reflects on the phenomenon of domestic violence starting from the analysis of the recent judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) Scuderoni v. Italy, where the victim experienced a violation of the prohibition of ill–treatment
Maria Beatrice Neri
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Toward Transparent Global Governance? Human Rights Due Diligence in the European Union
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Transparency is a key concern in global governance scholarship, yet its contribution to good governance remains deeply ambivalent. Scholars are increasingly questioning the idea of transparency as a silver bullet, emphasizing the need to better understand its potential, pitfalls, and regulatory challenges.
Janne Mende, Richard Georgi
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Legal Study on Cutting of Trees and Bushes in Urban Areas Outside Forests
Forestist, 2013 Turkish legislation on damages to trees and bushes includes separate regulations for trees and bushes in and outside forests. Implementation of the said legislation and regulations in cases of damage to trees and bushes in forests seems to have become ...
Osman Devrim Elvan
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