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Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage
Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage () is a theatre venue in the Harbiye neighborhood of Şişli district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and operated by its City Theatres (''Şehir Tiyatroları'') division. The theatre is named in honor of the Turkish stage actor and director Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892-1979). The Muhsin Ertuğrul theatre was initially opened in 1964. The old building at the same location was partly demolished to make place for a bigger and modern one. Groundbreaking took place on February 14, 2008. The construction cost 17 million, and the theatre was reopened on January 14, 2010. It is adjacent to Istanbul Congress Center, a multi-level complex, which was built to host the 2009 IMF and World Bank Group Annual Meeting. The old theatre had lowered its stage curtain after a performance of ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' (''Keşanlı Ali’s Epic''), a musical play by the renowned Turkish playwright Haldun Taner (1915-1986). It was al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbiye, Şişli
Harbiye is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Şişli, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,157 (2022). The neighbourhood takes its name from the ''Mekteb-i Harbiye'' ( Ottoman War Academy) that functioned here for many years, albeit with intervals, in the 19th and 20th centuries. Harbiye is separated from Kurtuluş to the west by busy Cumhuriyet Caddesi (Independence Street). To its north are the upmarket neighbourhoods of Nişantaşı and Teşvikiye, while to its east is leafy Maçka. To its south are the heavily built-up Elmadağ and Taksim neighbourhoods. The nearest Metro station to Harbiye is Osmanbey on the M2 line but many buses and dolmuşes plough up and down Cumhuriyet Caddesi. Attractions Harbiye's most important tourist attraction is the Military Museum (Askeri Müzesi) which is housed in the buildings of the old ''Mekteb-i Harbiye'' ( Ottoman War Academy. It contains a fine collection of embroidered Ottoman war tents and paintings by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagop Baronian
Hagop Baronian (; 19 November 1843 – 27 May 1891) was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, playwright, journalist, and educator in the 19th century. His is considered the first satirist in modern Armenian literature. Biography Hagop Baronian was born into a poor Armenian family in Adrianople (Edirne) on 19 November 1843. He attended Armenian primary and secondary schools and then attended a Greek school for a year. He was forced to discontinue his education to find work. He worked first in a chemist's shop and then as a bookkeeper. He moved to Constantinople in 1864, where he first worked at a telegraph office and began his literary and journalistic career. He read extensively and taught himself multiple European languages, particularly French and Italian, which had the most significant influence on the Constantinopolitan literature and theater of the time. Among the authors that he read were Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Jean de La Bruyère. Baronian started h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theatres Completed In 2010
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. It is the oldest form of drama, though live theatre has now been joined by modern recorded forms. Elements of art, such as painted scenery and stagecraft such as lighting are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. Places, normally buildings, where performances regularly take place are also called "theatres" (or "theaters"), as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, "a place for viewing"), itself from θεάομαι (theáomai, "to see", "to watch", "to observe"). Modern Western theatre comes, in large measure, from the theatre of ancient Greece, from which it borrows tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet Daily News
The ''Hürriyet Daily News'', formerly ''Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review'' and ''Turkish Daily News'', is the oldest current English-language daily in Turkey, founded in 1961. The paper was bought by the Doğan Media Group in 2001 and has been under the media group's flagship ''Hürriyet'' from 2006; both papers were sold to Demirören Holding in 2018. Ideology ''Hürriyet Daily News'' has generally taken a secular and liberal or centre-left position on most political issues, in contrast to Turkey's other main English-language daily, the '' Daily Sabah'', which is closely aligned with the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician who is the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as the 25th prime minister of Turkey, prime minister from 2003 to 2014 as part of the Jus .... Another conservative competitor, the Gülen movement-run '' Today's Zam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabah (newspaper)
''Sabah'' is a Turkish daily newspaper, with a circulation of around 330,000 as of 2011. Its name means "morning" in Turkish language, Turkish. The newspaper was founded in İzmir by Dinç Bilgin on 22 April 1985. In 2007, the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seized the newspaper, citing a legal document that had not been disclosed to authorities when ''Sabah'' was sold in 2001. Ownership of the newspaper was given to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey. Some of the newspaper's staffers were fired, and the paper was then sold to the Turkuvaz Media Group belonging to Çalık Holding whose CEO, Berat Albayrak, is the son-in-law of Erdoğan and whose chairman, Ahmet Çalık, has been described as a "close associate" of Erdoğan. The $1.1bn sale aroused substantial controversy in Turkey, not least because it was partially financed by $750m of loans from two state banks, VakıfBank and Halkbank, and was sold for the minimum price, with Çalık Holdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hürriyet
''Hürriyet'' (, ''Liberty'') is a major List of newspapers in Turkey, Turkish newspaper, founded in 1948. it had the highest circulation of any newspaper in Turkey at around 319,000. ''Hürriyet'' combines entertainment with news coverage and has a mainstream, liberal and conservative outlook. ''Hürriyet'' has regional offices in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana, Antalya and Trabzon, as well as a news network comprising 52 offices and 600 reporters in Turkey and abroad, all affiliated with Doğan News Agency, which primarily serves newspapers and television channels that were previously under the management of Doğan Media Group (Doğan Yayın Holding). ''Hürriyet'' is printed in six cities in Turkey and in Frankfurt, Germany. , according to Alexa Internet, Alexa, its website was the tenth most visited in Turkey, the second most visited of a newspaper and the fourth most visited news website. On 21 March 2018, Doğan Yayın Holding, the parent company of ''Hürriyet'', was so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamak, Ankara
Mamak is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, metropolitan district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 321 km2, and its population is 687,535 (2022). It is part of the city of Ankara. Its elevation is . Important public buildings include an infamous military prison which has been the subject of legend; the military electronic surveillance centre; and Ankara's largest rubbish dump. Demographics Composition There are 64 mahalle, neighbourhoods in Mamak District: Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 22 May 2023. * Abidinpaşa * Akdere * Akşemsettin * Altıağaç * Altınevler * Araplar * Aşık Veysel * Bahçeleriçi * Bahçelerüstü * Balkiraz * Başak * Bayındır * Boğaziçi * Bostancık * Büyükkayaş * Çağlayan * Cengizhan * Çiğiltepe * Demirlibahçe * Derbent * Diriliş * Dostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage
Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage () is a theatre venue in Ankara, Turkey. It is owned by Mamak Municipality and operated by the Turkish State Theatres. It is named in honour of the Turkish stage actor and director Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979). The theatre is situated inside the Mamak Cultural Center () on Talatpaşa Boulevard 167 at Dikimevi, Mamak, Ankara. The interior was renovated and the technical infrastructure was modernized by preserving the theatre's historic texture. The auditorium has a total seating capacity of 288, including 50 box seats. The theatre is generally home to performances of municipal actors, choirs and folk dance groups. It hosts also activities of local foundations, associations and schools. It is among the official venues of Turkish State Theatres. Some notable past productions * ''Sevgili Doktor'' ('' The Good Doctor'') by Neil Simon after Anton Chekhov (2016) See also * Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage, a theatre venue in Istanbul * Bahçeşehir Muhsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Başakşehir
Başakşehir is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 107 km2, and its population is 514,900 (2022). It is in the European part of Istanbul. The district is home to İstanbul Başakşehir F.K., a football team competing in the Süper Lig. It also includes Ibn Haldun University and Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospital. Additionally, the district features ''Bahçeşehir'', one of Turkey's early suburban residential development projects. Notable sports venues in the district include Atatürk Olympic Stadium and Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium. BBC World Service, ''BBC News'' has referred to Başakşehir as a primary hub for the Middle class, middle and Upper class, upper-class Conservatism, conservative demographic in Turkey. This description is based on the concept of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, WASP model, emphasizing the district's representation of a particular sociocultural identity and life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahçeşehir Muhsin Ertuğrul Theatre
Bahçeşehir Muhsin Ertuğrul Theatre () is a theatre venue located in Bahçeşehir quarter of Başakşehir district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is owned and operated by Başakşehir Municipality. The theatre is named in honor of the Turkish stage actor and director Muhsin Ertuğrul (1892–1979). The theatre is situated in 2. Kısım neighborhood of Bahçeşehir, a suburban town of Istanbul. The theatre is built on an area of . The theatre's audience hall occupies , and has a total seating capacity of 318, including 70 seats in a second level gallery that serves the theatre balcony. The large stage has a clearance of . The stage is named after Haldun Dormen (born 1928), a Turkish actor and film director, who contributed much to the establishment of this theatre. See also * Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage, a theatre in Harbiye, Istanbul * Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage, a theatre in Mamak, Ankara Mamak is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, metropolitan district of Ankara Province, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
