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Istanbul: Modernity and Tradition (SEGMENT)

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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Television Around the World: Turkey (FULL VIDEO) 

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

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Industry and Religious Traditions (SEGMENT)

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

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The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors - Episode 3 (FULL VIDEO) 

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

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Berlin's Multicultural Society (SEGMENT)

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

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Discord Among Christians; Course Set to Confront Turks (SEGMENT)

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

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U.S. and Turkey (SEGMENT)

From Title: Turkey's Tigers: Integrating Islam and Corporate Culture

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...

Wide Angle Grade(s): Academic/AP

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Syntagma (Constitution) Square (SEGMENT)

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

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Invaders and Converts (SEGMENT)

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

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Turks Lose Battle, but Ottoman Empire Lasts Another Two Centuries (SEGMENT)

From Title: The Battle of Lepanto

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.

Pathe Media Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP

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Orhan Pamuk: Nobel Prize (SEGMENT)

From Title: Orhan Pamuk

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....

Danish Broadcasting Corporation Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP

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Turkish Traditions (SEGMENT)

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

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Immigrant Cultures in Europe (SEGMENT)

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

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Cyprus Peace Choir (SEGMENT)

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

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Ottomans (SEGMENT)

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

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Orhan Pamuk (SEGMENT)

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

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Internal Cyprus Refugees (SEGMENT)

From Title: Cyprus: Islands and Life

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.

Parthenon Entertainment Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP

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Ottoman Empire (SEGMENT)

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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Growth of Turkish Nationalism (SEGMENT)

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

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Turkish Defeat in the Balkans (SEGMENT)

From Title: The Armenian Genocide—Educator's Edition

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...

Two Cats Productions Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP

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Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul: Museum Secrets (Series 2) (FULL VIDEO) 

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

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Turkey's Tigers: Integrating Islam and Corporate Culture (FULL VIDEO) 

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...

Wide Angle Grade(s): Academic/AP

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Turkey: Istanbul Crossroads (FULL VIDEO) 

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

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The Ottoman Empire (SEGMENT)

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...

Two Cats Productions Grade(s): 9 - 12, Academic/AP

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Being... German: A Language Primer (FULL VIDEO) 

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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