“Our Profound Loss”: Halil İnalcık’s Memories of Talât Sait Halman

“Our Profound Loss”: Halil İnalcık’s Memories of Talât Sait Halman

February 2, 2015

There are those great men who shape their age in cultural and governmental life, whose great and unique personalities bring a different aspect to things that have been done and thought. Talât Halman was

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Lord of the Genres

Lord of the Genres

February 2, 2015

Steve Ramsey and Graeme English are two extremely talented musicians, and they are highly underrated. They started their musical journey in the late 70s and are still pursuing their careers. Among the genres they

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Children of the Depths

Children of the Depths

February 2, 2015

…What music they make! There is an unspoken link between niche specialization and animal weirdness. A generalist predator, for example, is usually something that has sharp claws or a nasty bite, something that either

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The Word Shaker

The Word Shaker

February 2, 2015

Welcome back, dear Bilkenters! I’m pretty sure that starting school again isn’t the most positive aspect of your life right now, but I hope you had a nice and redeeming break nevertheless. I honestly

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Faces on Campus

Faces on Campus

February 2, 2015

By Ayesha Bilal (PSYC/II) Name: Derya Nina Kutlu (IR/III) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “Up” b) Book: “Inferno” by Dan Brown c) Song: “Bloodstream” by Ed Sheeran Can you describe yourself in three

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Kadebostany Concert Review and a Brief Look at Turkey’s Concert  Culture

Kadebostany Concert Review and a Brief Look at Turkey’s Concert Culture

December 30, 2014

As I promised in earlier columns, this week I present to you the one and only Kadebostany. I was introduced to this band only a few months ago, and they have been one of

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The Pillars of Venice

The Pillars of Venice

December 30, 2014

What were we talking about? Oh, right: Italy. Now that we’ve basically covered four of the five cities my travel group visited, I’m going to move on to Venice. As you may have read

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The Purge: Anarchy

The Purge: Anarchy

December 30, 2014

There are some movies that attract me with their content—they may have a very “unknown” cast, they may be relatively low budget, but somehow the theme is enough to make you want to watch

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