Deconstructing Kemals Language Reform Policy- 1923 1924 Watch in High Quality for Best Viewing! This video provides commentary and analysis to the flawed Kemalist language reform. In spite of all his efforts, Arabic and Persian prevail to this day in the Turkish language, as they were with Ottoman Turkish

Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul, Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη, historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. The city covers 25 districts of the Istanbul province. It is located on the Bosphorus strait, and encompasses the natural harbor known as the Golden Horn, in the northwest of the country. It extends both on the European (Thrace) and on the Asian (Anatolia) side of the Bosphorus, and is thereby the only metropolis in the world which is situated on two continents.

The moon god Misconception and the Lunar Calendar. The Ottoman empire were the first to use the symbol for the Islamic Lunar Calendar. -------- Holy Quran 41.37 ------- Among His Signs are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon. Do not prostrate to the sun and the moon, but prostrate to Allah, Who created them, if it is Him ye wish to serve.

istanbul 1453 --Mini documentary...

Animation of Othman Empire and its principale Music...