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Tag "Turkey"

tag name: Turkey type: Geographic locations
web link: Turkey
variations: Republic of Türkiye
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
related tags: - Europe; Asia Minor; Balkans; Caucasus; West Asia
referring tags: Adana, Turkey; Amasia, Turkey; Ankara, Turkey; Anyabuli, Turkey; Çankaya, Turkey; Culture, Turkish; Diaspora, Turkish; Dilik-Tash, Turkey; Diyar-Bakr, Turkey; Edirne, Turkey; Gallipoli, Turkey; Hasan-Aqa, Turkey; Ilahiyyih, Turkey; Iskenderun, Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey; Kharput, Turkey; Madan-Mis, Turkey; Madan-Nuqrih, Turkey; Mardiin, Turkey; Nisibin, Turkey; Samsun, Turkey; Sinope, Turkey; Sivas, Turkey; Smyrna, Turkey; Tuqat, Turkey

"Turkey" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (46 results; expand)

  1. Stanwood Cobb. Ayesha of the Bosphorus: A Romance of Constantinople (1915). — A novella combining fiction with scenes from the lives of Abdu'l-Baha and the Baha'is in Haifa in th...
  2. Juan Cole. Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September, 1867, The (2004). — On the history of a fateful weekend during which the Babi movement in the nineteenth-century Middle ...
  3. Moojan Momen. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts (1981). — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
  4. John Walbridge. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The (2002). — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history.
  5. Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s (1983-09). — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
  6. Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Prayers for Good Governance (2021 Fall). — Baha’u’llah encouraged Baha’is to pray for their rulers. This essay presents a newly authorize...
  7. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  8. Necati Alkan. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95 (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
  9. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. Chosen Highway, The (1940/1967). — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
  10. Abdu'l-Bahá. Moojan Momen, trans. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan) (1985-12). — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
  11. Alexandra Yerolimpos. Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A (1993). — Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period o...
  12. Stanwood Cobb. Difficulties of the Young Turk Party, The (1912-01). — Reflections on the character and political fortunes of the Young Turks, written shortly before the p...
  13. Necati Alkan. Divide and Rule: The Creation of the Alawi State after World War I (2013-11). — Summary of 20th-century history of the Nusayri/Alawi Shi'i movement in Syria and Turkey. (No mention...
  14. Necati Alkan. Dreams and their Interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion: Some Preliminary Remarks (2007). — Outline of the importance of dreams and their interpretation in the Baha'i Religion; dream interpr...
  15. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
  16. Necati Alkan. Epistle of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad 'the Báb' to Sultan Abdulmecid (2003). — The Bab's Tablet to Sultan Abdulmecid and some notes on early Babis in the Ottoman Empire.
  17. Necati Alkan. 'Eternal enemy of Islam', The: Abdullah Cevdet and the Bahá'í religion (2005). — Cevdet, a member of the Young Turk Committee of Union and Progress, in 1922 published an article on ...
  18. Lil Osborn. Extraordinary Life and Work of Wellesley Tudor Pole, The: Baha'i Seer (2013-07). — On the role of Baha'i beliefs in the life and spiritual quest of Tudor Pole.
  19. Necati Alkan. Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire (2012). — Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitu...
  20. Kent Beveridge. From Adrianople to 'Akká', The Austrian Lloyd (1986-03). — Aiming to identify the Lloyd vessels transporting Baha'u'llah and His companions, investigating vess...
  21. Roshan Danesh. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude (2012). — The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Baha’u’llah speak...
  22. Le Journal de Constantinople (1848-1851). — Collection of 818 files, unsorted. They contain an unknown number of references to the Bab and his m...
  23. Aqa Husayn Ashchi. Ahang Rabbani, trans. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh (2007-03). — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
  24. Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  25. Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
  26. Bahá'u'lláh. Kay Lynn Morton, trans. Mathnaví-yi Mubárak (2024). — Provisional translation of a mathnavi (poem) written in Constantinople in 1863 following His initial...
  27. Bahá'u'lláh. Frank Lewis, trans. Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak (1999). — Provisional translation
  28. Necati Alkan. Medhat Pasha (2012). — Bio of the 19th century Ottoman statesman, who served both as governor and grand vizier. Brief excer...
  29. Necati Alkan. Nazif, Suleyman (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  30. Necati Alkan. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith (2004-06-15). — Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha had contact with many of the reformers and modernist ideas in Turkey in ...
  31. Necati Alkan. Ottoman Reform Movements and the Bahá'í Faith, 1860s-1920s (2004). — The relationship between the Young Ottoman and Young Turk reform movements and the Baha'is from the ...
  32. Frank Lewis (published as Franklin Lewis). Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak' (1999). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
  33. Stanwood Cobb. Real Turk, The (1914). — Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall ...
  34. United States Department of State. Ralph D. Wagner, comp. References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (1991-2001). — Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...
  35. Christopher Buck. Religious Minority Rights (2008). — Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and h...
  36. Adib Taherzadeh. Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 2: Adrianople, 1863-1868 (1977). — Link to formatted book (offsite).
  37. Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí (1980). — Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follo...
  38. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Surah of God (1992-10). — Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation"(1866) and historical events in Baha'u'llah's househ...
  39. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) (1998).
  40. Juan Cole, trans, Alison Marshall, ed. Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl (1863/1868?). — The Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl is a short story, which reads like a fairy tale, about the...
  41. Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet to Ashraf (2016). — Guidance to three men who later became martyrs, news to share about Baha'u'llah, and comments on the...
  42. Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablets concerning the Divine Test (2000). — Baha'u'llah's writings about the divine test between Baha'u'llah and Mirza Yahya at the Sultan Selim...
  43. Zia M. Bagdadi. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries (1930). — Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (A...
  44. Geoffrey Nash. What is Bahá'í Orientalism? (2021). — Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual otheri...
  45. Necati Alkan. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The (2011). — Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Baha on his political ...
  46. Abdu'l-Bahá. مجموعه الواح و مناجاتهای ترکی حضرت عبدالبهاء طهران ١٢٧ بدیع: Collected Azeri Turkish Tablets and Prayers of `Abdu'l-Bahá (1970-71 (127 B.E.)). — مجموعه الواح و مناجاتهای ترکی حضرت عبدالبهاء - مؤسّسه ...

2.   from the Chronology (96 results; expand)

  1. 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128; Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Pal...
  2. 1844-03-21 — Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire ...
  3. 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
  4. 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
  5. 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
  6. 1845-06-28 — Prince Dolgorukov was appointed Russian ambassador to Tihran. He was previously first secretary of t...
  7. 1846-12-00 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Babi Dispensa...
  8. 1861-06-25 — Death of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid and accession of Sultan 'Abdu'l-'Aziz to the Ottoman throne. He ruled ...
  9. 1862-05-10 — The Persian ambassador requested that the Ottomans move the Baha'u'llah farther from Persia....
  10. 1863-01-00 — The governor of Baghdad, Namiq Pasha, received the first of 'five successive commands' from 'Ali Pas...
  11. 1863-03-26 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Holy Mariner on the fifth day of Naw-Rúz. The Tablet was rev...
  12. 1863-03-27 — Baha'u'llah met the deputy governor in a mosque opposite the Government House where the Farman which...
  13. 1863-04-26 — Mirza Yahya fled Baghdad, travelling to Mosul in disguise. [BKG158; RB252–5] Mirza Yahya had, s...
  14. 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
  15. 1863-08-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party departed from Samsún by steamer for Istanbul. [BKG196; GPB157] They to...
  16. 1863-08-16 — Baha'u'llah and His party arrived at Constantinople at noon. He was received with great honour by a ...
  17. 1863-08-17 — Baha'u'llah in Constantinople "spot that art situate on the shores of the two seas" [K...
  18. 1863-08-30 — Death of Sadhijiyyih, 18-month-old daughter of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i-'Ulya. Her body was buried in ...
  19. 1863-08-31 — Baha'u'llah was resident in the House of Shamsi Big near the mosque of Khirqiu-i-Sharifh. During thi...
  20. 1863-09-17 — Because the Shamsi Big residence was too small Baha'u'llah and His family were moved to the house of...
  21. 1863-11-31 — Prelude to the exile from Constantinople: It was during Baha'u'llah's stay in Constantinople that t...
  22. 1863-12-01 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Constantinople for Adrianople. Carriages, wagons and pack animal...
  23. 1863-12-12 — Baha'u'llah in Adrianople Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Adrianople (the "remote pr...
  24. 1863-12-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party spent three nights in the Khan-i-'Arab caravanserai. [BKG218] ...
  25. 1863-12-15 — Baha'u'llah and His family stayed for one week at a house in the Muradiyyih quarter of the city, in ...
  26. 1863-12-22 — Baha'u'llah and His family spent about six to ten months in another house in the Muradiyyih quarter ...
  27. 1864-00-00 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic trad
  28. 1864-04-01 — Sulayman Pasha, a Súfi, succeeded Muhammad Pashay-i-Qibrisi as Governor of Adrianople. Both were ad...
  29. 1864-08-15 — Birth of Mirza Diya'u'llah, the third son of Baha'u'llah and Mahdi-'Ulya. [BKG222]...
  30. 1864-09-01 — Baha'u'llah and His family moved to the house of Amru'llah (The Cause of God) located to the north o...
  31. 1864-12-00 — At some point near the end of His life the Bab had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qal...
  32. 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
  33. 1864-12-01 — Death of Governor Sulayman Pasha of Adrianople. He was succeeded by 'Árif Pasha, who was not well-d...
  34. 1864-12-02 — In their efforts to discredit Baha'u'llah and His companions, the followers of Azal made complaints ...
  35. 1864-12-03 — Mirza Yahya began his attempts on Baha'u'llah's life about one year after the arrival of the exiles....
  36. 1864-12-31 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Persian Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad-i-Farsi) sometime between 1864 and 18...
  37. 1865-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad) for Ahmad, a believer from Yazd. [RB2...
  38. 1865-12-31 — Prior to and during the crisis that was to follow, Baha'u'llah began revealing Tablets at a prodigio...
  39. 1866-03-01 — The Most Great Separation Mirza Yahya's behaviour could no longer be tolerated or concealed. Bah...
  40. 1866-03-02 — Khurshid Pasha took up the governorship of Adrianople. [BBR487; BKG233]...
  41. 1866-03-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Baha in honour of Khatún Jan, a believer and close friend of Tahiri...
  42. 1866-03-10 — Baha'u'llah and His family withdrew from the house of Amru'llah, the residence shared with the exile...
  43. 1867-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Badi'u'llah, fourth son of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i'Ulya in Adrianople. [BKG247]...
  44. 1867-03-00 — Baha'u'llah moved back to the now empty house of Amru'llah. [GPB168] He stayed for about three m...
  45. 1867-06-00 — Baha'u'llah rented the house of 'Izzat Áqa where He and His family lived until their departure from...
  46. 1867-08-00 — Baha'u'llah refused to draw the allowance granted Him by the Ottoman government. [RB2:327] Mirza...
  47. 1867-09-02 — "The Most Great Idol" was cast out of the community. Mirza Yahya's henceman, Siyyid Muhammad, con
  48. 1867-09-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Badi', the Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting), the first Tabl...
  49. 1867-09-04 — Thinking that He will not accept, Mirza Yahya, prodded on by Mir Muhammad, challenged Baha'u'llah to...
  50. 1867-09-05 — In this period the extent of the Faith was enlarged with expansion in the Caucasus, the establishmen...
  51. 1867-12-15 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Súriy-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings). [BKG245; GPB171–2; RB2:301-336; BW19p58...
  52. 1868-04-00 — Seven Baha'is in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mand...
  53. 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
  54. 1868-08-00 — One morning without warning Baha'u'llah's house was surrounded by soldiers. The inhabitants were rou...
  55. 1868-08-12 — Baha'u'llah, His family and companions, escorted by a Turkish captain and a number of soldiers, set ...
  56. 1868-08-15 — The Baha'is imprisoned in Constantinople arrived in Gallipoli to be exiled with Baha'u'llah's party....
  57. 1868-08-16 — They arrived in Gallipoli on the fifth day. [BKG260] GPB180 says it was a four-day journey. CH62...
  58. 1868-08-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Gallipoli on an Austrian-Lloyd steamer. [BKG263; GPB182; RB2:411...
  59. 1868-08-22 — Soon after sunrise the ship arrived at Smyrna. [BKG264] It stays for two days and left at night. ...
  60. 1868-08-23 — The steamer left Smyrna at night for Alexandria, which she reached on the morning two days later. [B...
  61. 1876-05-30 — Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz was deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]...
  62. 1876-06-04 — `Abdu'l-`Aziz either committed suicide or was assassinated. [BBD2; BBR485; GPB225] Accession of M...
  63. 1876-08-31 — Deposition of Murad V followed by the accession of `Abdu'l-Hamid II to the Sultanate of the Ottoman ...
  64. 1877-00-00 — As a result of the war between Russia and Turkey some 11 million people were freed from the Turkish ...
  65. 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [...
  66. 1901-04-00 — The Iranian ambassador to the Ottoman government at Istanbul, `Ala'u'l-Mulk, filed a report with the...
  67. 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
  68. 1904-00-05 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
  69. 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in...
  70. 1908-07-23 — The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Pas...
  71. 1908-07-24 — In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid as he returned from the mosque on Friday...
  72. 1909-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486] Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and rei...
  73. 1911-09-29 — The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empi...
  74. 1911-10-21 — News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of t...
  75. 1913-06-13 — The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with the territorial gai...
  76. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr
  77. 1928-10-00 — A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Baha'is began in Turkey. [BBR474] Several Baha'is were ...
  78. 1928-12-13 — The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Baha'is of Turkey was brought before a crim...
  79. 1928-12-13 — The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities...
  80. 1932-11-00 — A number of Baha'is were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
  81. 1932-12-02 — By this time there were 15 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
  82. 1933-02-06 — By this date there were about 50 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317]...
  83. 1933-03-31 — The 50 Baha'is imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475]...
  84. 1954-00-00 — The purchase of the House of Baha'u'llah in Istanbul was concluded. [SS38]...
  85. 1954-12-16 — Shoghi Effendi announced the death of Avarih in Iran, "CONDEMNED POSTERITY MOST SHAMELESS, VICIOUS, ...
  86. 1959-03-01 — A number of Baha'is, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC30...
  87. 1959-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey was formed. For the letter of the Custodians to the nat...
  88. 1961-01-17 — Following the arrest of Baha'is in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish c...
  89. 1961-07-15 — The Turkish court declared the Baha'i Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the l...
  90. 1987-04-21 — The National Convention of Turkey was held for the first time with the official permission of the Tu...
  91. 1990-05-18 — The first of seven European women's conferences sponsored by the Continental Board of Counsellors wa...
  92. 1992-04-04 — The first Children's Festival and Family Conference of Turkey was held in Cankaya, Ankara. [BINS269:...
  93. 1996-06-03 — The Baha'i International Community and 150 Baha'is from many countries participated in the Second Un...
  94. 2003-04-27 — Baha'is from the north and south of Cyprus met when they were permitted to cross the demarcation lin...
  95. 2009-02-14 — Regional Conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey. [BWNS698]...
  96. 2016-05-23 — The first World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The summit, organized by the Unite...
 
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