Word: ikbal
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...very true. Business is in our blood," says Ikbal Cavdaroglu, head of the women's branch of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party. "But I get a bit nostalgic for the old days. I liked that time when we all knew each other on the street. But now we have opened up to the world!" Nonetheless, Cavdaroglu is proud of her city's achievements, of which she is living proof: As the first local woman to qualify as an accountant, she now trains other young women from rural Anatolia. "A lot of men said we could...
...sultans were understandably fin, icky about their companions. Concubines to whom they tossed a preliminary handkerchief of approval were known as gozde, literally "in the eye." The handful of gdzde who reached the canopied royal bed by way of secret passages became ikbal, or "bedded...
...seraglio, however, sex was sometimes secondary to intrigue, and the queen mothers and chief eunuchs often ruled the roost as much as the rooster. Too much ikbal resulted in too many male heirs eligible to succeed as sultan. Aggressive siblings-or their mothers-cut down the rival candidates neatly. As soon as he was named sultan in 1595, for example, Mohammed III murdered 19 half brothers and, to be certain of obliterating all possible competition, also killed seven of his father's concubines who happened to be pregnant at the moment. This was extreme even by Topkapi ground rules...
...Omar Khyyam and choice Chinese and Indian poems we cannot recommend too highly. The Oriential Caravan by Sinder Ikbal Ali Shah (Claude Kendall, $2.75). A distinct treasure house of fine litetature, this is a highly appropriate gift selection. If you wish to continue your line of reading straight down to the turbulence of man and sea, we suggest Mother Sea, beautifully written by Felix Riensenberg (Claude Kendall,$2.50), whose characters move with the restlessness of the waters...
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