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This map shows the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to its greatest extent in 1683-99, highlighting different periods under rulers such as Mehmed II, Selim I, and Süleyman the Magnificent, and marking key cities, seas, and geographical boundaries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Map showing the gradual dissolution of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1924, with shaded regions indicating the empire's boundaries in 1807 and successive territorial losses through 1924. The map covers southeastern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, labeling modern countries and major cities, and highlights the shrinking territory that became Turkey by 1924.

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Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

Turkish-British author

Orhan Pamuk

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish author

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Ziya Gökalp

Turkish author

Kemal, Namik

Namık Kemal

Turkish author and social reformer

Adıvar, Halide Edib

Halide Edib Adıvar

Turkish author

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Yaşar Kemal

Turkish author

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Aşık Paşa

Turkish author

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Nazım Hikmet

Turkish author

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Mehmed bin Süleyman Fuzuli

Turkish author

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Kemalpaşazâde

Turkish historian

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Taceddin Ahmedi

Turkish author

Kanık, Orhan Veli

Orhan Veli Kanık

Turkish poet

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ʿAlī Shīr Navāʾī

Turkish poet

Nesimi, Seyid Imadeddin

Seyid İmadeddin Nesimi

poet

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İbrahim Şinasi

Turkish author

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Bâkî

Turkish author

mausoleum of Ahmed Yesevi

Ahmed Yesevi

Turkish author

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Tevfik Fikret

Turkish poet

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Nefʾi

Ottoman poet

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Necati Cumalı

Turkish author

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines