Tag: Turkey
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Unidroit
Unidroit Unidroit in International Trade Meaning of Unidroit, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The Institute for the Unification of Private Law is an international governmental organization headquartered in Rome whose tasks are to study needs and […]
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Anthopoulos Costaki
Anthopoulos Costaki Anthopoulos Costaki (1835-1902), Turkish pasha, was born in 1835. He became a professor at the Turkish naval college; then entered the legal branch of the Turkish service, rising to the post of procureur impérial at the court of cassation. He was governor-general of Crete; and in 1895 was appointed Ottoman ambassador in London,…
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Anthopoulos Costaki
Anthopoulos Costaki Anthopoulos Costaki (1835-1902), Turkish pasha, was born in 1835. He became a professor at the Turkish naval college; then entered the legal branch of the Turkish service, rising to the post of procureur impérial at the court of cassation. He was governor-general of Crete; and in 1895 was appointed Ottoman ambassador in London,…
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Janissaries
Janissaries History Janissaries (corrupted from Turkish yeni chéri, new troops), an organized military force constituting until 1826 the standing army of the Ottoman empire. At the outset of her history, Turkey possessed no standing army. All Moslems capable of bearing arms served as a kind of volunteer yeomanry known as akinjis; they were summoned by…
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Janissaries
Janissaries History Janissaries (corrupted from Turkish yeni chéri, new troops), an organized military force constituting until 1826 the standing army of the Ottoman empire. At the outset of her history, Turkey possessed no standing army. All Moslems capable of bearing arms served as a kind of volunteer yeomanry known as akinjis; they were summoned by…