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At St. Marks’s Basilica in Venice there is a porphyry statue of the Four Tetrarchs looted from Constantinople in 1204, surrounded by marble spolia. There is a white fragment on the bottom right of the purple statue, a piece of which was found in Istanbul in the 20th century!

Don't think thats true but speaking of lost knowledge, the House of Wisdom in Baghdad (its grand library) was brutally destroyed by the Mongols, some accounts say they threw so many books in the river that they formed a bridge that could support a man on horseback and some say the river ran red with blood and black with ink Now that is something to ponder upon

William H. Holt’un Balkan Reconquista’sı (The Balkan Reconquista and Turkey’s Forgotten Refugee Crisis) kitabı, yakında Gökçen Yılmazlı çevirisiyle Ketebe’den çıkıyormuş.

Şanlıurfa’daki bu anıtın en önemli özelliği, "Atatürk" unvanını almadan önce Mustafa Kemal Paşa adına dikilen ilk anıt olmasıdır 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷 Bunun yanı sıra, Mustafa Kemal Paşa'nın adı, ilk defa Şanlıurfa’daki bu anıt önünde yer alan caddeye verilmiştir.

Why Elon Musk is RIGHT to fight South Africa’s racist rules blocking Starlink? Imagine this: Long ago, South Africa had very unfair laws called apartheid. They treated Black people badly and kept them from good jobs and money. When those bad laws ended, the country made new rules (called B-BBEE) to help Black people get a fair share of business. The idea was good – like a big helping hand. But now? For companies like Starlink to sell fast internet, they MUST give away 30% of their business to Black partners. Just because of skin color. Elon Musk was born in South Africa. He left as a teen to chase big dreams. Today, his company SpaceX wants to bring Starlink – super fast satellite internet – to South Africa. But the rules say no unless they give up part of the company. Elon said it right: “Starlink is not allowed because I’m not Black.” SpaceX promised to spend about $30 million (that’s 500 million rand!) to give FREE high-speed internet to 5,000 rural schools. That helps over 2.4 MILLION kids every year learn better, get jobs later, and have a brighter future. Real help for the people who need it most! Starlink already works in about 24 other African countries. Villages there now have internet for school, doctors, and business. South Africa’s villages are missing out because of these racist rules. Elon isn’t asking for special favors. He just wants fair play so Starlink can connect everyone fast. Internet = education, jobs, hope. Why hold back millions of kids over rules that pick by race and color?

Cizderiye (Tzistarakis) Mosque, Athens, Greece Built in 1759 by the Ottoman governor of Athens, Mustafa Agha, desecrated by the newly independent Greek State after 1830s and used as a ballroom, barracks, prison and a storehouse.