Bestami S. Bilgic
@bsbilgic
(MA&PhD)-Political History, International Affairs, U.S. Foreign Relations, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Religion Houston, TX
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We scored 5 goals against Juventus today. Osimhen didn't score any of those. However, he was the real hero behind three of them. Osimhen 💪 #Galatasarayislife
A cover page from Sebil (1977), a rather influential Turkish-Islamist journal. Refers to Arabic letters as "Islamic letters". A possible translation of the title phrase is: "A 50-years long hatred: hostility toward Islamic letters".
Btw, Texans suck. Astros swept by the Mariners. Rockets lost FVV to injury. The city of Houston definitely needs one of these to be installed on both the west and east sides of I-10 👇
In 1949, the townsfolk of of McMinnville, OR, sent their "Grand Champion" turkey, as a goodwill ambassador, to Ismet Inonu, the then president of Turkey, for him to celebrate the Thanksgiving with the American people. This is hilarious :))
Mehmet Köksal, son of Yakup, from Meliki, a village in Tarsus, where St. Paul is from by the way, sent a letter, the tone of which is very convivial, to President Truman in 1946 and it made it all the way to its addressee apparently. The letter starts with, "My dear brother Truman," :)
You wanna learn Modern Turkish and/or Ottoman paleography in Istanbul? Check this out 👇
Şehbenderzade, a 2nd Constitutional Era Ottoman-Islamist writer, on freedom of criticism 👇
Speaking of "destiny"; if you haven't seen this 👇, I don't know what to tell you!
“Kutlu Akalın’la” mı?? 😂😂😂 Okurken neden aklıma aşağıdaki karakter geldi acaba?!?!
One of the most fun things in reading Ottoman paleography is trying to decipher what Ottomans called "Frenk" (Frankish) words, like this one 👇 (miting (Tr) --> rally (Eng))
I read this as "Musevileri ve şibh-i Musevileri", but I've never seen a phrase like "şibh-i [a religious community]" before. I'm also tempted to read it as "şu'be-i Musevileri" however the letter ع is missing there, and even if it's a typo, the whole phrase becomes meaningless. #Ottomansky ??
Wow! Really interesting titles are coming out on the Ottoman Empire. 👇
Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce. One of the biggest local rivalries in the world! We won! What makes it even more special is that it was an away game! Good job, lions, good job! ❤️💛❤️💛❤️
A news excerpt from the semi-official Ulus on the Turkish aid to Greece, which was in the throes of starvation during the WWII (Μεγάλος Λιμός). People were literally dropping in the streets of Athens due to lack of basic food items.
Even though the title “reis” (adopted from the Arabic ra’is) is conventionally reserved for nationalist leaders of all ranks in Turkey, Erdogan faithfuls have enthusiastically been using it for their leader since twenty some years ago when he was given the reins of the government in the country.