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Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu - Season 2 - Episode 8

Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Season 2 – Episode 8

Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Season 2 – Episode 8 The hit Turkish drama show from TRT, Ertugrul Ghazi, is now available in Urdu. ٹی آر ٹی کا ہٹ ترک ڈرامہ شو، ایرٹگرول غازی، اب اردو میں دستیاب ہے۔   Also, Read These articles: Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – EPISODE 1 – Season 2 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 2 – Season 2 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Season 2 – Episode 3 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Season 2 – Episode 4 Ertugrul…

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I know the Byzantine Empire was Greek, as in the rulers/nobility were Greek and spike Greek. So why did they call themselves Romans? This is something I’m always confused about, especially because as a Pontic Greek from Turkey, we call ourselves Rum, which comes from Roman. Even though we are Greek.

No wonder you are confused about that, we all are. I’ve not found yet an entirely satisfying answer to that. But from my little knowledge and my experience as a Greek living in Greece, I think I can reach some conclusions that are generally safe. I’m gonna explain this in two sections and, again, this is based on my personal understanding of the situation. I might be wrong. Also, this is long because, hey, it´s me, I can´t help it.

1. Why did the Byzantines call themselves Romans?

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, coming into existence after a division which did not happen with a revolt or a war or some other violent change. The Roman Empire would often be divided and ruled by more than one emperors because it was apparently too challenging a task for one person and because of how vastly different the West and the East were. Not only that, but the East was growing powerful and the West couldn’t keep up with it.

Emperor Constantine the Great played the most crucial part in this - maybe it was his Greek descent or maybe he was ahead of his time and could see there was no hope for the western part. He moved the capital to Constantinople and focused almost entirely on strengthening the East, and left the West to its fate. A few decades after his reign, the empire got divided forever.  And in about a little more than a century, the Western Roman Empire was but a memory.

On the contrary, the Eastern Roman Empire lasted another 1000 years. This is why, in terms of influence and power, the Byzantine Empire is the true successor of the Roman Empire. I think the name was kept as a token of its origin, its power and glory. Besides, the Byzantine Empire was largely Greek but multi-national too. There were Illyrians, Armenians, Slavs too, and they too had positions of power and they could all ascend to the throne. Something that was true of the Roman Empire even before its division. 

So, I think Roman served as an umbrella term and described citizenship, not ethnicity, not at the time. Most historical evidence, most knowledge we have of famous Roman and Byzantine people is clear about their descent, so apparently it was clear to the Byzantines what each man’s origin was. Just like we know Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor but he was half-Greek, half-Illyrian. Just like everyone born in the USA, they all say they are American but if you ask them for more detail, they’ll say they are Native or of Irish, Spanish, Italian, Nigerian, Thai descent and so on.

And why Roman Empire and not Hellenic Empire once again? Well, first, exactly because it was multi-national. I think power in the Roman Empire was most accessible than in the Hellenic Empire, where mostly Greeks gathered the power. And, second, because simply the Roman was closer in terms of time and more familiar to the Byzantine Greeks. Let’s not forget, people back then didn’t have our science and technology - they couldn’t easily get as familiar with periods way back in time like we do nowadays.

And one more reason: at its late age, the Roman Empire was a synonym to Christianity. The Hellenic Empire meant paganism and Byzantine Greeks loathed this as much as they loathed Satan (and the Pope). 

So, long story short, for these four reasons: imperial power, multi-national character, religion and comparative familiarity with the culture, the Byzantine Empire retained the Roman title.

2. Why did the early Modern Greeks call themselves Rum / Romioi / Romans?

I ‘ve read that at its late period, when the Byzantine Empire lost its eastern lands to the Seljuk Turks and was left mostly with the Greek lands, the Byzantines would then often replace the name “Romans” with the name “Hellenes”. So, even back then, people were fairly aware of their descent and background. Culturally and lingually, the Empire was always Greek but now it was also becoming by name so. This does not mean that the title “Roman” had lost its official character though.

So, when the Ottoman Turks came and annexed the empire, they knew they conquered the Roman empire. And because its population was largely Greek, it’s the Greeks whom they called Roman, or “Rum” in Turkish. And I don’t think the Greeks were in a place where they could dictate to be called Hellenes now that the empire had fallen. Frankly, I don’t think they even cared at that point. Like, at all.

Romans / Rum was the name the Turks had found when they first encountered the Greeks and this became their common name in the Ottoman Empire. As subjects, the Greeks took that name and lived with it. The Greek variant of Roman Ρωμαίος (Roméos) became Ρωμιός (Romiós) so it changed both in writing and sound. This makes me think that Romios derived from Rum, as a double lexical borrowing, and at this point it had changed meaning entirely. It didn’t address the Roman citizenship anymore, it certainly did not have any glorious connotations either. It simply meant Greek (subject of the Ottoman empire).

The names Greek and Hellene never disappeared, thanks to the Western Europeans and the Greek Orthodox Church respectively. The New Testament is written in Greek and there are references to Hellenes in it. So Greeks knew these two were also names for them but they didn’t feel much connection to them at the time. There’s a reason the Ottoman rule is considered the Greek Dark ages. All education Greek peasants received was their language and their religion. Forget about heritage and history and all that jazz. They were disconnected from these. The Greek language and Christian religion was where they entirely based their sense of different identity from the Turks. The connection to the ancient cultural heritage was maintained by rich and educated Greeks that had fled in Europe and a few privileged ones who still lived here.

The last century before the Greek Revolution sees an awakening, a rise of the Greek sense of identity, now more familiar and more reconciled with its past. The wealthy intellectuals had to do a lot with that and here’s one rare bright example where the wealthy and the religious actually helped significantly, if not decidedly. (The latter.) In all historical evidence we have, the Revolutionaries, the intellectuals, the war chiefs and the captains all use Romiós, Greek and Hellene interchangeably. So, we can be certain that early Modern Greeks  meant Greek by the name Romios.

So, long story short: It had changed meaning throughout the ages, simple as that.

In Greece, the name Romios can technically still be used, although very rarely. Before and shortly after the Independence, the region of Central Greece was called Rúmeli. The name has been famously used even in the 20th Century by poet Yannis Ritsos (Την Ρωμιοσύνη μην την κλαις / Tin Romiosíni min tin kles / Do not weep for Hellenism) and then set to music by Mikis Theodorakis.

Its use rapidly gets weaker here because the more we grow distant from the Ottoman past and the more knowledge we gather about the Byzantine Empire and the Romans before it, the more alienated we feel towards it.

But as a Pontic Greek living in Turkey, with the Turkish language, you are still close and familiar with it. It just means Greek. And we don’t have negative feelings towards it here, we just don’t choose to use it I suppose.

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On this day (4 December, 1131 CE / 4/5 Muharram 526 AH), the famous Persian mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and poet, Abu’l Fath Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyam or more simply known as Omar Khayyam, passed away in Nishapur, modern-day Iran at the age of 83.

After the Seljuk dynasty had expanded into Karakhanid domains (parts of Central Asia) in the 11th century (CE) under Sultan Malik-Shah I (son of Sultan Alp Arslan), Omar Khayyam entered into the service of the Seljuks.

He was personally invited by the Seljuk Vizier Nizam al-Mulk to meet Sultan Malik-Shah I and was thereafter requested to set up an observatory in the Seljuk capital of Isfahan (modern-day Iran).

It is said that in this very observatory, Omar Khayyam calculated the length of the solar year to be 365.242199 days; modern science has determined he was off by just 0.74 seconds.

He is also currently being depicted in the new Turkish TV series on the Great Seljuks titled "Uyaniş: Büyük Selçuklu" or "Awakening: The Great Seljuks".

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Who is Esila Umut? Esila Umut is a Turkish actress born in 2001 in Izmir. Sevdam Alabora had a small role in the series. Later, he became famous by playing in the TV series Little Tefek Murders. Star TV in 2021 and takes part in the very popular Akrep series. He appeared in the TV series Payitaht Abdulhamid in 2019 and Awakening: Great Seljuk in 2020. He also appeared in the movies named…

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Sūrah Maryam [Mary]:(19:96).Part2

God Almighty says, following the verse under discussion: 

“We make it (this Qur’ān) in your tongue easy (to recite and understand) so that you may thereby give glad tidings to the God-revering, pious ones, and warn thereby a people given to contention” (Maryam 19:97).

The verse mentions “a mysterious easiness” as a favor of God. When the matter is considered within the framework of the entire context of this verse, the Qur’ān actually refers to some work which is very difficult to perform: indeed, giving glad tidings on behalf of God’s cause is difficult, and so is warning against the possible consequences of misguidance. Conquering hearts is the hardest of all. 

Moreover, if the conditions that affect the fulfillment of services are inappropriate and the numbers of the qualified persons are few, then it becomes extremely difficult to achieve any purpose. Indeed, to start mobilizing people and the means one has available is too difficult considering especially the fact that setting something stationary in motion or activating something passive requires great effort and energy. 

For example, when an airplane is taking off, the sole aim is the take-off, and everything is concentrated on the action of take-off. Likewise, while a vehicle is being turned on, the lights, radio, and music players are turned off in order to conserve energy. But once the plane has taken off and the vehicle has been turned on, everything goes back to its normal condition, and they almost move by themselves. Similarly, serving God’s cause, regardless of how we approach it, comes with many difficulties in its initial steps. However, once things begin to go well, what we can call “a productive circle” appears. 

We observe this process all over the world, concerning which the following verse can also be considered: 

“Those who strive hard for Our sake, We will most certainly guide them to Our ways. Most assuredly, God is with those devoted to doing good, aware that God is seeing them” (‘Ankabūt 29:69).

Truly, the services done in God’s cause and the peoples or communities that have been honored with God’s nearness and company due to their service over the course of history have been facilitated by God. If we observe history from this perspective, we can see innumerable examples of this. The Prophet’s Companions, the Umayyads, the Abbasids, the Seljuks, the Ottomans, and today’s heroes of the second, promising awakening are only a few, most visible examples.

It is also possible to look at the issue from the following point of view. 

Almighty God says in Sūratu’l-Layl: 

“Then, as for him who gives (out of his wealth for God’s good pleasure), and keeps from disobedience to Him in reverence for Him and piety, and affirms the best (in creed, action, and the reward to be given), We will make easy for him the path to the state of ease (salvation after an easy reckoning)” (92:5–7).

According to these verses, giving for God’s sake, keeping from disobedience to God in reverence for Him and in piety (at-taqwā), and affirming all that is good in creed, word, and action—all of which are among good, righteous deeds—lead people to finding any responsibility easy. 

Consider what the volunteers do all over the world! They work incessantly, emigrate from their homeland to foreign lands, frequently encounter financial shortcomings, and strive in improper conditions even without aiming at any spiritual pleasures, but they do all these lovingly and willingly and without deeming any of them difficult. All of the good, righteous deeds they do have become an inseparable part of their nature and lives. This means that God’s favor of making difficulties easy comes to them in this way. 

May our souls be sacrificed for Him Who favors us so greatly!

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Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu - Episode 8 - Season 1

Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 8 – Season 1

Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 8 – Season 1 The hit Turkish drama show from TRT, Ertugrul Ghazi, is now available in Urdu. ٹی آر ٹی کا ہٹ ترک ڈرامہ شو، ایرٹگرول غازی، اب اردو میں دستیاب ہے۔   Also, Read These articles: Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – EPISODE 1 – Season 1 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 2 – Season 1 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 3 – Season 1 Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu – Episode 4 – Season 1 Ertugrul…

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He sees a prayer bead and becomes a master of woodcarving… From being a grocery boy to becoming woodcarving master…

Master Hayati, who has started with a prayer beads with geometrical figures, continues his efforts to develop woodcarving and engraving, he says that he deals with this job until mornings after he has closed the grocery store in the evenings. He improves on his handicraft thanks to his interest, determination, patience and handicraft.

The past of woodcarving bases on Anatolian Seljuks… In the Ottoman Empire, it takes its rightful place. Firstly, figures have been pictured on trees, and then people engraved stones and marble… It is such an art, which sometimes beautifies the walls of a mosque and sometimes gives life to a wooden door, to a knife or to a patera with engraved figures…  Woods, marbles, steel and stone grounds will be finely engraved in the hands of the woodcarving master… Sometimes a woodcarving master patiently engraves prayer beads… Hayati Ünsal is one of the people, who set his heart on this art… He is one of the masters of modern-day, who has improved himself… Prayer beads, which he saw in the grocery store of this father, drove him to this art. He becomes 48; he neither gives up on his grocery store nor on his art… He is now a master, who sells his works online… He is also known as Master Hayati…

He is born in the village of Calici of Dogansar District in Sivas in 1971. In 1795 his family moves to Sivas for the education of their children. The father starts up a grocery store in the center of the city. Hayati becomes the apprentice of his father… He both goes to school and works at the grocery store… Prayer beads, which he saw in his father’s hands, drove him to this art. The figures on little beads awaken his interest. He wonders how such a tiny piece can be engraved… He teaches himself woodcarving without taking any education. By setting his heart on it, patiently and with love… He engraves every material… Whether wood, or steel, or stone, or bone… Master Hayati, who sells his works online to the worlds tells the story of his childhood and the engraved prayer beads of his father, which impressed him very much:

“My father Bekir was very keen on prayer beads. In his free time, he dealt with prayer beads in the grocery store. I lined up the prayer beads of my father. While dealing with my father’s prayer beads, the figures on it awakened my interest. While talking to clients, who came to the grocery store, I started to examine the inlaid prayer beads in their hands. One day one of our clients, who came to the grocery store, brought a jet prayer beads inlaid with silver. The prayer beads awakened my interest very much. The thought of “I can do this” arose at that time. Afterward, one of our clients, who knew my interest in prayer beads, brought me a carved prayer bead, which he had found in the cemetery, which is used by priests. I decided to carve these prayer beads. I transformed the geometrical figures on it into floriated patterns. This is how I started carving.”

Master Hayati says that he has never taken carving education. He says “I did not have a master. In those years there was no artist in Sivas, who could teach this art, so I started carving and engraving with my limited opportunities.”

“I Do It With Passion” Master Hayati explains his passion for this job with the following sentences: “I set my heart on this job. My biggest motivation is this. I work on handicrafts in my free time, because I have handicraft. Every evening I deal with these works after closing the grocery store until the morning. The demand has increased for a spoon, a bone comb, Sivas knife, water jug and crockery day by day. I cannot catch up with new demands. My job requires lots of patience because it is a handicraft. I lose track of time while performing. I am very happy about investing my time in carving and engraving.”

Engravings Of Floriated Pattens Master Hayati, who usually uses floriated patterns for his engravings, says “I also use Ottoman motives, but it is hard to reflect three-dimensional vitality. I usually prefer lively floriated patterns instead of Ottoman motives. Some of the motives are created by myself. Sometimes I use historical artifacts. Sometimes my customers determine the motives. There are people who demand the motives of Twin Minarets and Leaned Bridge, which are the cultural values of Sivas.”

Woodcarving With The Whole Family Hayati Usta made also his children love the woodcarving. He has got three children. He says that he works together with his son and his daughters in the evenings. and especially his daughters have an interest in this job.

Orders From Germany and America Master Hayati has started receiving orders from Turkey and from abroad soon after he has shared his works on the web. He mostly finishes personal works and attracts a great deal of attention from people, who deal with collection work. He receives orders from Germany and America and finishes his speech with the following sentences: “I want, that the name of Sivas will be known, and to bring our ancient history to light. I want to hand down this job to the next generations and train apprentices. My aim is to move my art forward, create works and leave a lasting impression in this world with God’s help.”

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He first engraves a prayer bead, and later walking sticks, crockery, wooden spoons, silver, combs, knife, and axes… Because he can finish beautiful works and he attracts attention, he decides to improve carving, which he started as a hobby. So he turns a room of his house into a studio…

Master Hayati says that he can carve every material (wood, steel, stone, bone) and that there is a wide range of carving. He emphasizes that every material can be carved on condition that the spirit, the language and the principles of this art have been assimilated… Some of Master Hayati’s works are earthenware pot, a bone comb, walking stick, spoon, famous Sivas steel knife and axes made of 1060 steel.

By: Hikmet Kuru / Photo : Sercan Çetinel

*This article was  published in the  January– February issue of Marmara Life. 

  Carving Master Hayati Ünsal He sees a prayer bead and becomes a master of woodcarving… From being a grocery boy to becoming woodcarving master…

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On this day (19 December, 1111 CE {7/8 Jumada al-Thani, 505 AH}), the great Muslim theologian, jurist and scholar Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Allah have mercy on him), died in the city of Tus in modern-day Iran (then part of the Great Seljuk State).

He was nicknamed "Hujjatul Islam" or the "Proof of Islam" and was also considered a mujaddid or reviver of the Islamic tradition.

His most famous works include his magnum opus titled Ihya Ulum Ad-Din ("The Revival of the Religious Sciences") as well as his work critiquing philosophy titled "Tahafut al-Falasifa ("Incoherence of the Philosophers").

During the Great Seljuk Era, he was appointed by the famous Great Seljuk Vizier Nizam ul-Mulk in the famous Nizamiyya Madrasa in Isfahan (in modern-day Iran and then the capital of the Great Seljuk State).

He is currently being depicted in the Turkish TV Series on the Great Seljuks titled "Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu" (Awakening: The Great Seljuks).

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YUNUS EMRE - RAH-E-ISHQ SEASON 1 EPISODE 8

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