In this study "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions" presented by UNESCO in 2005 is examined with a critical point of view focusing on some of the contradictory statements in ...

Armenians who had used terrorism in order to gain their independence since the second half of the 19th century continued this policy during the World War I and also after the war. When they began terrorism activities again ...

Seyyid All Sultan, commonly known as Kizildeli Sultan, was a dervish/ghazi warrior, who, during the early years of the Ottoman principality, played an important role in the Turkification and Islamization of Rumeli (Thrace). ...

In this study, the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in the post-USSR era is analyzed. Influenced by its historical roots, the foreign policy of Russian Federation, has also been a subject worth to be analyzed due ...

The aim of this study is to examine the socio-economic reasons of why double-entry bookkeping method was started to be used by Ottoman Empire and other Turkish countries about four centuries later. During the examination, ...

Islam encourages people to earn halal - or lawful-and sets certain rules on spending. In Quran spending in the way of Allah is praised (57: 7) and besides this, eating, drinking and spending extravagantly is forbidden (6: ...

Al-Birgiwi is considered one of the most notable scholars in a series of disputes occurred between sufis and ulema in the 16th century of Ottoman Empire. His views about innovation (bid. at), esoteric Sufism and tariqats ...