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Skillbank: Catering - Jointing and Preparation of Turkey (2 Parts) (1992 Video)

Subject

Catering; FE

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28, 27 min., 1997 sale: £45.00 (+VAT +p&p) each

Two videos demonstrating the preparation of turkey, illustrating the correct use of knives and emphasising the quality of the source animal, the need to for correct storage temperatures, and key hygiene and...

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Making of a Kilim, The: Spinning, Dyeing and Weaving in Anatolia (1998 Video)

Producer

Janet Willougby

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

DVD

Shows the making of kilims, which have been woven in Turkey for thousands of years. In the villages of Anatolia the tradition survives, with kilims woven with traditional motifs and patterns by women using...

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'It’s a Young Country’: Turkey and Akbank (2009)

Director

Charles K. Mann; Franco Sacchi

Subject

Social sciences

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 18 minutes), $165.00 [Institutional rate]

Commissioned to make a film for a teaching case at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, filmmaker Charles Mann drew upon seven years as a working economist in Turkey to produce a film that captures the...

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Damming the Euphrates (2005)

Subject

Archaeology; Environmental science

In June 2000, the world media gave extensive coverage to the flooding of the Euphrates River behind a dam in southeast Turkey. As the waters rose, Zeugma, an important Roman city containing high quality...

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Sagalassos: The Forgotten City (2004)

aka: Sagalossos: La Cite Oubliee

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 52 minutes), 24.20 euros

Traces excavations at Sagalassos in Turkey between 1990 and 2001 by the Belgian archaeologist Marc Waelkens. The 3,000-year-old city, in turn Greek, Roman and Byzantine, was destroyed by an earthquake in the...

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Islam: Turkish Style (1990 Video)

aka: Thanks Be to God we Are Secular

Producer

Tariq Ali

Subject

Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

Examines the Turkish experience of Islam. Turkey as a secular society is able to tolerate a broad range of opinion and belief. Explores the cosmopolitan nature of the early Ottoman Empire and its influence...

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Son of the Olive Merchant: In Search of the Armenian Genocide (2012)

Director

Mathieu Zeitindjioglou

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 76 mins.), $24.95

For their honeymoon, Anna and Mathieu travelled to Turkey with their camera to learn about Mathieu’s Armenian heritage and what modern day Turkish people think about the Armenian Genocide that occurred in...

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Glass Beadmaking in Turkey and Ghana (2006)

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

Documentary. This DVD shows two traditional methods of glass beadmaking and shows in detail how beautiful handcrafted beads are produced. In Turkey, glass beads are made in a furnace and the technique is...

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Alexander: The God King (1996 Video)

Director

Christopher Mann

Producer

Christopher Mann

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Archaeologist Dr Tony Spawforth follows in the footsteps of Alexander the Great, from ancient Thebes in Egypt and the half-flooded catacombs under Alexandria, to the mountains of Turkey, to uncover legends...

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Traditional Felt Making in Turkey: Kece, Kepenek, Arakiye, And Sikke (1998 Video)

Producer

Janet Willougby

Subject

Anthropology; Crafts

Distribution

DVD

A record of the craft of felt-making, one of the oldest textile traditions. In Anatolia felt is still produced for the making of sikkes and kepeneks, saddlecloths and rugs and hangings. It is an extaordinary...

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