Sultan Abdülhamid II
(1842, 1876-1909, 1918) In 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell filed the first patent to use the telephone as a practical instrument in the USA, and the German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms...
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(1830, 1861-1876) When Abraham Lincoln (1809, 1861-1865), became the 16th president of the USA in the spring of 1861, on the other side of the Atlantic, a new leader came to the world diplomatic...
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(1823, 1839-1861) Sultan Abdülmecid is remembered for the Dolmabahçe Palace, the pearl of the Bosphorus, but his achievements during the 38 years of his colorful life includes many wars, construction...
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(1785, 1808-1839) Turkish Rondo (or Turkish March), one of the most recognized classical music pieces, was created in 1780 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The famous composer was inspired by...
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(1590, 1603-1617) What would you do, if you had only 27 years to live? If you never thought about it, the story of Sultan Ahmed, the creator of the signature religious complex of the Blue Mosque of...
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(1432, 1444-1446, 1451-1481) Dracula was afraid of only one person: Mehmed II. Dracula (or son of dragon) was the legendary vampire character of the novel, created by author Bram Stoker in 1897. In...
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