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From Title: Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul is a glorious past clashing with a hectic present. A Danish journalist interviews Turkish people in Istanbul to discover their feelings about Orhan Pamuk, a Nobel laureate...
Danish Broadcasting Corporation Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
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The Turkish people spend an average of five hours per day in front of a TV. Along with the Italians, they're Europe's greatest television fanatics. Turkey's 16 national channels ar...
Point du Jour International Grade(s): 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Academic/AP
From Title: Turkey's Tigers: Integrating Islam and Corporate Culture
Turkish people aim for the highest standards of living while maintaining their religion and traditions. Tekbir opens a store in Kayseri in 1995 and creates growing clientele of wea...
Wide Angle Grade(s): Academic/AP
From Series: The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors
Inspired by the French and American Revolutions, the multiethnic Ottoman domain began fracturing into nationalistic territories that eventually were all but dissolved by the Europe...
BBC Worldwide Learning Grade(s): 9 - 12
From Title: Berlin: A City in Search of Itself
A Turkish radio personality discusses the mixture of cultures. Young Turks have become more confident and are bilingual.
Electric Sky Grade(s): 9 - 12
From Title: The Battle of Lepanto
En route to attack the Turks, Spanish and Venetian sailors quarrel. Passions run high as the fleets approach one another. Turks debate strategy.
Pathe Media Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
Salih Memecan, political cartoonist, comments on the secular and conservative nature of Turkey's society. Historically, Turks and Americans like one another, but Bush's brand of de...
From Title: Athens and Side Trips
Today, people pour out of the city's busiest subway station into the café-filled square. Greece gained its independence from the Ottoman Turks in the early 1800s choosing Athens as...
Rick Steves Europe Grade(s): 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Academic/AP
From Title: Crescent and Cross: Rise of Islam and Age of Crusades
Muslim territories suffer invasions by the Turks and Mongols, who then convert to Islam. The Turks conquer Constantinople, renaming it Istanbul, and oversee its cultural expansion.
Linguae Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
Though Lepanto had no immediate impact on the balance of power in the Mediterranean, it represents a major battle in the clash between Islam and Christianity.
In 2006, Orhan Pamuk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. In Turkey, however, he is vilified for criticizing the Turks for the mass killing of one million Armenians in 1915....
From Title: Turkey: Bosphorus
Thracian Turkish wrestlers gather to fight one another in celebration of their traditions. A traditional wrestling coach and follower of Islam, discusses the religious and cultural...
ARTE France Grade(s): 9 - 12
From Title: Identities: Culture and Nationality in Europe Today
Turkish immigrants in Germany compare their culture with German culture. Turkish workers and students share their experiences as Turks and as Muslims in Europe. Some immigrants say...
Wilson R. Ruiz Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
From Title: Cyprus: Islands and Life
Greeks and Turks rehearse together in Nicosia's UN buffer zone before performing in a Greek village—using music to appeal for harmony and reconciliation on the divided island.
Parthenon Entertainment Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
From Title: The Ottoman Empire
The 600 year empire spans the period from the Crusades to the Turks' WWI demise. Their original focus is one of conquest and expansion throughout Turkey the near East.
Eagle Rock Entertainment Grade(s): 9 - 12
From Title: My Name Is Red: Invitation to World Literature
Pamuk was born in 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey. His books have been translated into 56 different languages. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Annenberg Learner Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
In 1974, thousands of Greeks fled the northern territory while Turks fled the south. Many believed it would be a temporary conflict—but 2,000 civilians are still missing.
From Title: The Ancient to the Modern World: Civilizations and Ideas
The Turks seized control of the Silk Road, Mongol Empire, and Byzantine Empire; they ruled for 600 years. After Osman I conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul, he did not...
ClickView Pty Limited Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
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From Title: The Armenian Genocide—Educator's Edition
In 1913, a radical nationalist wing of the Young Turks gain full control of the Ottoman government with a violent takeover. The new ruling order reforms education in order to produ...
Two Cats Productions Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
In 1908, the Young Turks come to power in the Ottoman Empire. Nearly 75% of the Ottoman Empire is lost in the First and Second Balkan Wars. Fearing they would lose everything, the...
From Series: Museum Secrets (Series 2)
Once the palace of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science, and weaponry. In this episode, at the foot o...
BBC Worldwide Learning Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
For years, Turkey has been run by a stridently secular business and political elite, while its devout Muslim citizens have been pushed to the political and economic fringes. But no...
From Series: Music Voyager
Music Voyager is checking out the sights and sounds of Istanbul, The City of the World’s Desire. Creative pop star, Nil Karaibrahimgil, takes us to her favorite trendy boutique, tr...
The Television Syndication Company Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP
From Title: Armenians: A Story of Survival
For nearly 500 years the Armenians were ruled by the Muslim Ottoman's who allowed them to live in partial freedom under the millet system. This came to an end when the Ottoman Empi...
Did you know that in some parts of Germany, children have to take a test and earn a license in order to ride a bicycle? It’s a challenge, but it’s also a great way to introduce the...
Digital Rights Group Limited Grade(s): 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Academic/AP
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