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Tufan Özdemir1 day ago

Why Was Prince Mustafa Executed?

In our previous articles, we discussed the death of Suleiman the Magnificent’s favorite son, Prince Mehmed. We explored whether his…
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2 days ago

In the Shadow of Desert Storm: The 1991 Gulf War
15 June 2025

World War II
14 June 2025

Founders of Turkish Literature: Gokturks and Karakhanids

On Living

Tufan Özdemir7 December 2022

Is Sapiens The End of Our Species?

There is only one human species today. Homo sapiens. But when we look over the human history, we come across many species of humans. Moreover, among them, there are those who are stronger than modern humans, “homo sapiens“. So how did we, the relatively “weak” ones, survive while other species went extinct? Will we go extinct like the others? Species or Genus? We have all seen in biology lessons that living things are divided into…
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Mete Esencan21 August 2021

One of the Biggest Problems of the Modern World: Not Keeping Up With Life

Perhaps one of the most important problems of the modern world is not being able to keep up with the pace of life. We all complain about not having time for something. This river of life flows so endlessly that we complain about not being able to create even a time to breathe. We are drowning more and more every day. Sometimes we take action and start rowing in order to play this river game…
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The Poet of Conscience and Society: Tevfik Fikret

Why Was Prince Mustafa Executed?

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In the Shadow of Desert Storm: The 1991 Gulf War