Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 23hGet ready for the next stage. Most archives research trips to Vietnam end up in France. 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I will give away my copy. It is a bit battered one though. If you want I can send it to you after finish reading it. 110
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I always like Roman brutal realism in art. So different from our age of the image 2433
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Blame the French. They started this by including the river Seine into the Olympics in 2024. We need to surpass it 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026No important action took place at Egypt-Sinai on 12 Oct 1915. So Pte. Amey died like the hero of Erich Maria Remargue's All Quiet on the Western Front 100
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Once upon a time in Afghanistan. Afghan military secondary school cadets c. 1920. Note. The school was founded in Bala Hissar with the help of Turkish military advisors. 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOfl...youtube.com“Binbaşı Abdürrauf’un Harp Günlükleri”, İş Kültür’de!YouTube video by İş Kültür 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This is an interesting lecture, comparing Zionism with Greek Cypriot Enotism by Prof. Varnava www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxlY...youtube.comProfessor Andrekos Varnava on Zionism and Enotism (Greek Cypriot enosis) as Colonialist IdeologiesYouTube video by Andrekos Varnava 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I like reading the 1950s and 60s books. They contain uncut jewels like this one. Source: Will&Aril Durant, The Lessons of History 040
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Today's art gallery shot. Guo Jian, Untitled no. 1 Apparently the artist inspired from Caravaggio. 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"The Ottomans did not want a war with Romania but when the Romanians declared war they were quick to send an expeditionary force to support German, Bulgarian and Austro-Hungarian offensive" For more you can download my chapter from the link below www.researchgate.net/publication/...researchgate.net(PDF) The Ottoman Empire and the War with RomaniaPDF | This is a book chapter about the military activities of an Ottoman army corps during the Romanian campaign of the First World War. The Ottomans... | Find, read and cite all the research you need... 171
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I completely agree with you. Technological determinism at its best 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A real Aussie success story. Getting a tenured academic position by punching all the right tickets whereas more qualified scholars doing menial jobs 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026An Aussie type "unfortunate error" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...abc.net.auWrong landmark spotted on Sydney Marathon medal a week out from eventRunners who finish the Sydney Marathon will receive a medal featuring a football stadium in Germany instead of Moore Park due to an "unfortunate error". 130
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026By the way congrats for your new article. I just downloaded it 110
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Yes for the Mehdists it might be logical but not for modern scholars. Some influential Ottoman leaders and intellectuals saw the Mehdist movement with sympathy 111
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026There is one problem though. The Mahdis had no direct contact with the Ottomans. When they talked about the Ottomans they actually meant the Egyptians under the British control. 100
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026While taking a look at an old hard disc I found this photo taken in Kabul in March 2002. We distributed stationery and other items to a girls' school, making them very happy. These smiling girls managed to get education but their daughters will not. Nothing to say. 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 10/08/2026While scrolling through the pages of Ralamb book of costumes, I came across the picture of Ottoman Robin Hood. But unlike his English counterpart Ottoman Robin opted for advance weapons by replacing bow and arrow with arquebus 071
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This 1/250,000 scale military map (1921) is the last Palestine map that was published by the Ottoman Empire. 050
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 06/08/2026there is need for a glass of red wine to wash them down 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Surprising development in New Zealand, giving a snapshot of domestic sensitivities edition.cnn.com/2026/08/03/a...edition.cnn.comNew Zealand has a new official language — English | CNNLawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages. 010
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The Australian public liked it so much that Kanal 9 shot a short series. www.imdb.com/title/tt0129...imdb.com 000
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Gallipoli Campaign of the FWW is riddled with legends and stories. But this one by Australian soldier A.B. Facey is the most bizarre and funny one, just like an ancient Greek story with disappearing swimmers and a huge sea monster. 064
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 24/07/2026What do you think about this excerpt? Source: Walter Reid, Empire of Sand, 2011 220
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I am afraid that I did not come across anything meaningful in English. There are some contemporary newspaper articles about them. The chief was Vehib Pasha 110
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Do you know that the British Intel in Egypt recruited ex Ottoman generals and staff officers to help Ethiopian army? 120
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026It is always marvellous to put your hand on a hard copy of your book. 3271
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026A tragic photo from Cyprus in January 1962. A Turkish Cypriot girl who had to escape from her village was trying to shepherd animals while carrying the framed marriage photo of her parents. 040
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Because photographer David D. Duncan took a marvellous photo of the Turkish Cavalry which gives the impression of an old painting of bygone age of mounted warfare. Duncan later on put this photo at the cover of his memoirs 090
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026In 1948 the US Government organised a press tour to Turkey in order to show how successful and crucial the US military aid to Turkish Armed Forces. But photo-obsessive Life Magazine editors decided to put Turkish cavalry brigade at the front instead of new US tanks 1/ 150
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026At the end of the FWW there was a big popular interest in the US about Turkey due to discussions about Armenian mandate. Newspapers capitalized on this popularity by publishing interesting and quirky stories about Turkey See one of them below about Sabbatean crypto-Jews (New York Times, 26 Jan 1919) 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I am glad to announce the publication of my edited work. www.routledge.com/Eight-Armies...routledge.comEight Armies on the Gallipoli PeninsulaThe Gallipoli campaign of the First World War seems to have been exhaustively studied by shelves of books and thousands of articles. This edited volume challenges this perception of completion, reveal... 2288
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Anybody remembers this strange but meaningful Soviet arithmetic poster? 020
Mesut Uyar @mesutuyar.bsky.social · 21/06/2026No comment! Source: Burgmann, Wheatley, Radicals: Remembering the Sixties, Newsouth, Sydney, 2021 040