Word: ottoman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rolls to a halt at Kapikule, where Bulgaria becomes Turkey, and a flood of humanity spills out. Many kneel to kiss the ground. Others weep as they unload furniture, suitcases and sacks stuffed with possessions and pile them on the station platform. Military marches and battle cries of the Ottoman Empire blare from loudspeakers. A man shakes his fist at the distant Bulgarian hills and shouts, "Long live Turkey! This is the happiest day of my life...
...Bulgarian government claims that the country's 1 million ethnic Turks -- one-ninth of the total population -- are descendants of Slavs converted to Islam under the Ottomans, who ruled from the late 14th century to the late 19th century, and it wants them to revert to their origins. But the Turkish minority regards itself as a remnant of the Ottoman Empire. "Our ancestors settled in Bulgaria when it was the empire's Balkan province," explains Huseyin Hafizoglu, 60, a schoolteacher whose home was near Plovdiv. "My family has been there for more than a century. But our country is still...
...That night the Ottoman Government rounded up all the Armenian leaders and intellectuals and began killing them," Alahydoian said...
...watercolors that follows the European kings' portraits shows the influence Western Europe had on this Eurasian art. While a great many of the geometric patterns and bright colors which distinguish Islamic art are still present, it is evident through the number of scenes of daily life that the Ottoman world's contact with Europe had influenced its culture. Although many of the watercolors do accompany religious texts, they show scenes of bridal gowns, gardeners and poets as well as spiritual situations...
...addition to containing engravings, woodcuttings and watercolors, the Sackler also presents Ottoman cloth and china for viewing. Much of the materials are luxury velvets and silks, and they are embroidered with the most intricate of Islamic symbols and patterns. Like the watercolors, the china is brightly colored and ornate, providing an interesting look at some of the more mundane aspects of Ottoman life...