Thousands welcome Turkish PM in Istanbul on his return from Davos

Thousands of people gathered in Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport to welcome Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on his return from Davos early on Friday. (UPDATED)

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Self-portrait with marble fountain – and crowd control fence

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Alaiye

Occupations

Before the influence of the Karamanoğlu dynasty, Henry II of Jerusalem

made an unsuccessful attempt to invade the city in 1291. Karamanoğlu

influence which began in 1293 with the capture of the beylik by Mecd’

ad-Din Mahmud (Turkish: Mecdüddin Mahmud). In 1427 the Mamluk Sultan

Al-Ashraf Sayf Addin Barsbay acquired the beylik from the Karamanid

Sultan Damad II İbrahim Bey in exchange of 5,000 gold coins.In 1366 an

attempt to occupy the beylik by Peter I of Cyprus was unsuccessful.

Governance

The beylik existed as an independent principality in some form from

1293 until 1471. The second rule of Alaeddin Keykubad III was centered

there. The Ottoman general Gedik Ahmet Pasha’s victory against Kasım

Bey and the Karamanoğlu also happeded in Alaiye. During this period no

major state existed in Anatolia, following the defeat of the Seljuk

Sultanate of Rûm by the Mongol Empire at the Battle of Köse Dag.

Following minor Christian incursions in the region in 1371, Badr ad-Din

Mahmud Bey, an emir of the Karamanoğlu built a mosque and medrese in

1373-1374 in the city.

Turkish PM storms out of Davos’ Gaza session, slams moderator

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stormed out of an angry debate on the Gaza war with Israel’s President Shimon Peres at the Davos forum on Thursday. (UPDATED)

Turkish delight

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over looking the coastline from the mountains of the Lycian Way

Turkish delight

Turkey says IMF made unacceptable demands, not end of world if no deal

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made “unacceptable demands” during their talks on a new deal. Analysts say that Erdogan’s remarks have created confusion. (UPDATED)

Istanbul – 2008

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Istanbul – 2008

Babacan says no shift in Turk position

ANKARA – Turkey yesterday stood firmly behind the policy it has pursued throughout the Gaza crisis and said it would do the same if Israel relaunched an operation into Hamas controlled Gaza.

Istanbul

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Istanbul

Lahmacun

The Turkish cities of Sanliurfa (also known as Urfa) and Gaziantep

(also known as Antep) are particularly famous for their lahmacun, also

representing the two different Turkish styles of making it. The

Urfa-style lahmacun has onion among its ingredients,while the

Antep-style lahmacun has garlic instead.

Recipe / Ingredients

For 4 servings

    * Flour

    * 75g lamb meat

    * Four thinly chopped onions

    * One tomato

    * One tablespoon of paprika sauce

    * Ten leaves of parsley

    * Salt, black pepper, capsicum

Preparation

Raw minced meat (should be minced by knife instead of machine to get a

better texture), extremely thin chopped onion, chopped tomato, paprika

sauce, chopped parsley, butter, salt, pepper and capsicum are mixed.

Salt, pepper and capsicum are added as the cooker wishes.

Risen bread dough is divided into hickory-nut sized pieces. They are

processed using an oklava, a tool to make dough thinner. Flour is

recommended to be used along with the oklava. After the dough is thin

enough, the previously mentioned mixture (salt, pepper, and capsicum)

is distributed over the dough. It should be cooked in a stone oven for

a richer taste.