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Hatırla Sevgili
''Hatırla Sevgili'' (''Remember, Darling'') was a popular but controversial Turkish TV series. The series started on October 27, 2006 on the Turkish TV channel ATV, aired on Friday evenings at 22:15 hrs local time. After 68 episodes, the final one was aired on June 6, 2008. It has the spin-off series '' Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?''. Plot The series goes over 3 periods in Turkish political history, 1959-1962, 1966-1972, and 1977-1980. The series tells the story of the love between Yasemin and Ahmet, two young people from opposing families, and the relationship between their relatives and friends in the political era starting at the end of the 1950s in Turkey. In the background, historical events are depicted, beginning with Prime Minister Adnan Menderes' 1959 plane crash survival followed by the 1960 military coup, the Yassıada trials, the executions and other important incidents that generated the radical political polarization of Turkish society afterwards. Yasemin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şebnem Çitak
Şebnem also spelled as Shabnam is a Turkish language, Turkish name (from ) meaning dew. It is very popular in Iran, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Notable people with the name include: *Simge Şebnem Aköz (born 1999), Turkish volleyball player *Şebnem Bozoklu (born 1979), Turkish actress *Şebnem Dönmez (born 1974), Turkish actress and television host *Şebnem Ferah (born 1972), Turkish singer and songwriter *Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, American economist *Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu (born 1983),Turkish women's basketball player *Şebnem Korur Fincancı (born 1959), Turkish professor and medic *Şebnem Paker (born 1977), Turkish guitarist and singer *Jennifer Şebnem Schaefer (born 1984), Turkish-German model, actress and television presenter *Şebnem Sönmez (born 1968), Turkish actress *Şebnem Taşkan (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer See also *Shabnam (other), variant spelling of the name [Baidu] |
Yassıada Trials
The Yassıada Trials were a series of criminal cases in Turkey brought by the military regime against politicians of the formerly ruling Democrat Party. Following the coup which removed the Democrats from power on May 27, 1960, the military junta known as the National Unity Committee (MBK) established a special court to try the politicians who had been removed. These trials were held in the prison of Yassıada (later renamed "''Island of Democracy and Freedom''"). The trials began on 14 October 1960 and ended on 15 September 1961. They resulted in the execution of the former prime minister Adnan Menderes and two of his ministers. Background Former President Celal Bayar, former Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and others arrested after the coup were imprisoned in Yassıada in the Sea of Marmara. A law passed on June 12, 1960, established a Supreme Court of Justice to try the prisoners. A High Investigation Board was also established to investigate the culpability of the defendants an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hüseyin İnan
People's Liberation Army of Turkey (, abbreviated THKO) was an armed underground far-left movement in Turkey. It was founded at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey in 1968 by Hüseyin İnan, Yusuf Aslan, Şirin Cemgil, Deniz Gezmiş, Taylan Özgür and Cihan Alptekin. Goals THKO was of the opinion that it had become impossible to carry on the struggle for independence and democracy within the legal framework and depending on peaceful methods of struggle in Turkey. The organization struggled for what they called a "National Democratic Revolution". One of the main goals was to rid Turkey of all things American. The main theses of THKO were: #Revolution with the goal of a completely independent and truly democratic Turkey would be realised through a struggle based in rural areas and force policy under the command of national front understanding #People's war should be carried out on the basis of the alliance of the proletariat, peasantry and petty bourgeoisie #The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necip Fazıl
Necip is a Turkish given name for males. People named Necip include: * Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983), Turkish poet, novelist, playwright and philosopher * Necip Hablemitoğlu (1954–2002), Turkish historian and Kemalist intellectual * Necip Uysal (born 1991), Turkish footballer See also *Najib Najib or Najeeb () is an Arabic male given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Najib ad-Dawlah Yousafzai (1707/08-1770), Afghan warrior who fought in the Third Battle of Panipat * Najibullah Ahmadzai (1947-1996), Afghan com ..., Arabic version {{given name Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan
Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan (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 Justice and Development Party (Turkey), Justice and Development Party (AKP), which he co-founded in 2001. He also served as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998. Coming from an Islamist background and promoting socially conservative policies, Turkey has experienced increasing authoritarianism, democratic backsliding and suppression of dissent under ErdoÄŸan's rule. ErdoÄŸan was born in BeyoÄŸlu, Istanbul, and studied at the Marmara University, Aksaray Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, before working as a consultant and senior manager in the private sector. Becoming active in local politics, he was elected Welfare Party's BeyoÄŸlu district chair in 1984 and Istanbul chair in 1985. Following the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election, 1994 lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deniz GezmiÅŸ
Deniz Gezmiş (, 27 February 1947 – 6 May 1972) was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, student leader, and political activist in Turkey in the late 1960s. He was one of the founding members of the People's Liberation Army of Turkey (THKO). He was born to an inspector of primary education and syndicalist Cemil Gezmiş and a primary school teacher Mukaddes Gezmiş. He was educated in various Turkish cities. He spent most of his childhood in Sivas, where his father grew up. He graduated from high school in Istanbul where he first encountered left wing ideas. Gezmiş and companions are considered by some as "Turkey's Che Guevara and compañeros". Political life Gezmiş reported that '' Yön'' magazine had very significant effects on his adoption of socialism. After joining the Workers Party of Turkey (), he studied law at Istanbul University in 1966. In the summer of 1968, he and around 15 other students founded the Revolutionary Student Union (). He also founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yassıada
Yassıada ( Turkish: Flat Island), officially renamed Democracy and Freedom Island ( Turkish: Demokrasi ve Özgürlükler Adası) in 2013, is one of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul. In Byzantine times, it was known as Plati (). It should not be confused with Yassi Ada, a different island in the Aegean Sea. The island, which has an area of , is officially a neighbourhood of Adalar ( Turkish: Islands) district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. History The Byzantines first used Plati as a place to send prominent figures into exile. One such person was the Armenian Patriarch (Catholicos) Narses who was sent here before being imprisoned at Prinkipos in the 4th century AD. The island was still being use for political prisoners into the 11th century and the remains of four underground prison cells from this period can still be seen. The Byzantine Emperor Theofilos built the Platea Monastery on the island and Patriarch Ignatios, who was exi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berin Menderes
Fatma Berrin Menderes (1905 – April 22, 1994) was the wife of Adnan Menderes, the ninth prime minister of Turkey. Life In 1905, Evliyazade Hacı Mehmet Efendis daughter Evliyazade Naciye Hanım and Yemişçibaşı İzzet Beys youngest child came to the world in İzmir. Berrin Menderes married Adnan Menderes in 1928. In 1931, her husband was elected as a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the only political party at the time. After this, their children Yüksel (1930–1972), Mutlu (1937–1978) and Aydın (1946–2011) came to the world in Ankara. Her husband Adnan Menderes became prime minister after the Democratic Party (DP) came to power in 1950. Adnan Menderes, who served as prime minister for 10 years, was arrested on May 27, 1960, when the DP was removed from power. He was executed on 17 September 1961 in İmralı Island. Berrin Menderes lost her eldest son, Yüksel Menderes, in 1972. After her older sister Güzin Dülger died in 1975 and her middle son Mutlu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Army
The Turkish Land Forces () is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for Army, land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Significant campaigns since the foundation of the army include suppression of rebellions in Southeastern Anatolia region, Southeast Anatolia and Eastern Anatolia region, East Anatolia from the 1920s to the present day, combat in the Korean War, the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the current Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war, as well as its NATO alliance against the USSR during the Cold War. The army holds the preeminent place within the armed forces. It is customary for the List of Chiefs of the Turkish General Staff, Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces to have been the List of commanders of the Turkish Land Forces, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces prior to his appointment as Turkey's senior ranking officer. Alongside the other two a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lale Mansur
Lale Mansur (née Yurdatapan; born 1956) is a Turkish actress. She has appeared in more than twenty films since 1988. Selected filmography References External links * 1956 births Living people Turkish former Sunni Muslims Turkish agnostics Turkish film actresses Best Actress Golden Orange Award winners {{Turkey-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1960)
The Democrat Party (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Demokrat Parti'', DP for short) was a centre-right political party in Turkey, and the country's third legal opposition party, after the Liberal Republican Party (Turkey), Liberal Republican Party (Serbest Cumhuriyet Fırkası) established by Ali Fethi Okyar in 1930, and the National Development Party (Turkey), National Development Party (Milli Kalkınma Partisi) established by Nuri Demirağ in 1945. Founded and led by Celâl Bayar and Adnan Menderes, it was the first of the opposition parties to rise to power, de-seating the Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) during the national elections of 1950 and ending Turkey's One-party period of the Republic of Turkey, one party era. The party ″facilitated the resurgence of Islam, especially at the popular level, in Turkey″. History The events and outcome of World War II played a large role in the emergence of the Democrat Party. A condemnation of fascism coincided with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engin Åženkan
Engin is a Turkish given name and a surname. In Turkish, Engin means ''vast'' or ''open sea''. People Given name * Engin Akyürek (born 1981), Turkish actor * Engin Alan (born 1945), Turkish general * Engin Altay (born 1963), Turkish politician * Engin Ardıç (1952–2023), Turkish writer and journalist * Engin Arık (1948–2007), Turkish particle physicist * Engin Atsür (born 1984), Turkish basketball player * Engin Baytar (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Engin Bekdemir (born 1992), Turkish footballer * Engin Çeber (1979–2008), Turkish human rights activist * Engin Altan Düzyatan (born 1979), Turkish actor * Engin Fırat (born 1970), Turkish football manager * Engin Günaydın (born 1972), Turkish actor and comedian * Engin Güngör (born 1986), Turkish footballer * Engin İpekoğlu (born 1961), Turkish footballer * Engin Noyan (born 1953), Turkish musician * Engin Oeztuerk (born 1973), German–Turkish musician * Engin Öztonga (born 1978), Turkish footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
