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The Tulip Era Gardens at Ottoman Empire

open access: yesDüzce Üniversitesi Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 2014
The era when the Ottoman have emphasized on the palaces and their gardens, is the “Tulip Era” that Western effect has been felt on Turkish gardens. This era that is a beginning point of declining from both administrative and political point of view, despite its relatively short longevity is considered as important from fine arts and landscaping aspects.
TUNA, Aysun   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

DECEPTIVE SANCTITY: The Geopolitics of Shrines and Concealed Antiquities in Afghanistan

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 82-106, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores a widely circulated legend in Afghanistan in which foreigners are believed to create shrines to conceal buried antiquities. It represents one of several narratives in which locals express mistrust of foreign motivations and geopolitical deception.
SHAMIM HOMAYUN
wiley   +1 more source

Small‐Scale Village Farmers, Farming Imaginaries and Enrichment Value Creation in Ankara, Turkey

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT How are we to understand the continuing importance of small‐scale village farming in a country like Turkey, which is undergoing an expanding process of industrialization and commodification in agriculture? There are two sides to this question: One concerns land use reconfiguration for commercial purposes, contraction of small‐scale farmland ...
Yıldız Atasoy
wiley   +1 more source

Art and urban space in Athens: The spatial composition of a street art paradise

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 493-513, December 2025.
Abstract This paper explores how Athens's urban spaces, shaped by historical processes of rapid growth, unplanned development, and urban decay, have actively fostered a vibrant street art scene and related subversive practices during Greece's economic crisis. Based on ethnographic fieldwork (2015–2019) in central neighbourhoods like Exarchia and Psirri,
Johnny Karanicolas
wiley   +1 more source

Imperial systems and local landscapes of Buldan Yayla in Western Anatolia (Türkiye) during the last 4000 years: An integrated palynological, historical, and archaeological approach

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 40, Issue 7, Page 1285-1304, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates long‐term impacts of empires on local socio‐ecosystems in western Anatolia (modern western Türkiye) over the past four millennia. We focus on Buldan Yayla Lake, located in a small mountain basin north of the Büyük Menderes (Great Meander) River valley.
Sabina Fiołna   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mughal Delhi

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 817-827, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the late Mughal period, a time of dramatic political reconfiguration, to trace the relevance of practices of elite female seclusion, and particularly of the complex space of the imperial harem, to narrations of an empire under strain.
Emma Kalb
wiley   +1 more source

The Past Requires Reconciliation

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3-4, Page 205-221, July–October 2025.
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
wiley   +1 more source

Transylvanian Castle Gardens project wins Europa Nostra prize

open access: yes4D, 2014
This is a Hungarian study of 93 castle gardens in Transylvania. The research has been undertaken by a substantial number of students, teachers and professionals working under Dr.
doaj  

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