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The definitive biography of Ahmet Ertegun—founder of Atlantic Records, the man behind stars from Ray Charles to the Rolling Stones. Brilliant, cultured, brash, and irreverent, Ahmet Ertegun was a legend in the music world. Blessed with great taste and sharp business acumen, he founded Atlantic Records and brought rock ’n’ roll into the mainstream. He quickly became as renowned for his incredible sense of style and nonstop A-list social life as for his pioneering work in the studio. Ertegun discovered, signed, or recorded many of the greatest musical artists of all time, among them Ruth Brown; Ray Charles; Bobby Darin; Sonny and Cher; Eric Clapton; Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Led Zeppelin; and the Rolling Stones. Ertegun lived grandly but was never happier than when he found himself in some down-and-out joint listening to music late at night. As colorful and compelling as its subject, The Last Sultan is the fascinating story of a man who always lived by his own rules.
For decades, a small set of major world languages have formed the basis of the vast majority of linguistic theory. However, minoritized languages can also provide fascinating contributions to our understanding of the human language faculty. This pioneering book explores the transformative effect minoritized languages have on mainstream linguistic theory, which, with their typically unusual syntactic, morphological and phonological properties, challenge and question frameworks that were developed largely to account for more widely-studied languages. The chapters address the four main pillars of linguistic theory – syntax, semantics, phonology, and morphology – and provide plenty of case studies to show how minoritized language can disrupt assumptions, and lead to modifications of the theory itself. It is illustrated with examples from a range of languages, and is written in an engaging and accessible style, making it essential reading for both students and researchers of theoretical syntax, phonology and morphology, and language policy and politics.
Reproduction of the original: Told in the Coffee House by Cyrus Adler, Allan Ramsay
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This book explains the growth of secular law in a Middle East nation, revealing it to be the product of elite competition over control of the state, a competition the secular elites won in Turkey when Ataturk set up the new Republic. The author demonstrates the great extent to which secularism dominates the discourse of Turkish conflict resolution by the mid-1960s. Her work exemplifies the uses of empirical field research set within a historical context.
Collection of Turkish Coffee House tales, giving an insight in the very peculiar Turkish philosophy with its characteristic customs, habits and methods of thought. Originally published in 1898.
"The book begins with a substantial section explaining the cultural heritage inherited starting from the antique era; Turkish music in the eyes of Europeans since the Renaissance; the effects of Turkish music on that of Europe and the effects of European music on traditional Turkish music; harmonization technique of Turkish music modes; eminent Turkish composers and their output; opera and ballet; orchestras, conductors, chamber music, prominent soloists, choruses, military music, traditional music, musical education, musicologists and critics; international music festivals, foundations and societies."--Publisher's description
A behind-the-scenes look at war crimes in Yugoslavia
Combined edition of four documentary books on the repression and violation of human rights in Turkey after the March 12, 1971 military coup, edited in the name of Democratic Resistance of Turkey and sent to all European institutions and human rights organisation: File On Turkey, Man Hunts in Turkey, Turkey on Torture and Resistance posters.