Babiali Cultural Publications
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Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı (Babiali Cultural Publications in English
, abbreviated as BKY) is a publishing
company based in Istanbul
, Turkey
. The company publishes many different kinds of books and also Haber Kuşağı (haberkusagi.com), an online newspaper
.
Bab-ı Âli) which means High Porte used to refer to the Divan
(court) of the Ottoman Empire
where government policies were established. The particular term was used in the context of diplomacy
by the western states, as their diplomats were received at "porte" (meaning gate).
This word also refers to the media and publication sector in Turkey since the headquarters of media companies were based in Babıali region of Cağaloğlu until the late 1990s. Today headquarters of Turkish national media companies are based at modern towers and office buildings in İkitelli and Yenibosna
, Istanbul
. However, Cağaloğlu region of Eminönü
(a district of Fatih
) which represents Babıali concept is still the center of book publishing sector of Turkey.
Haber Kuşağı has several permanent columnists, including academics, former politicians, and some authors of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı.
The word "haber" means "news" and "kuşak" means "belt", "generation", "brace", and "zone" in Turkish. "Haber Kuşağı" means "News Zone" and/or "News Flow". It is a trademark of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı registered under the Turkish Patent Institute
.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, abbreviated as BKY) is a publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
company based in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The company publishes many different kinds of books and also Haber Kuşağı (haberkusagi.com), an online newspaper
Online newspaper
An online newspaper, also known as a web newspaper, is a newspaper that exists on the World Wide Web or Internet, either separately or as an online version of a printed periodical....
.
History
Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı was founded in Istanbul in November 1999 and started to publish books in 2000. It has extended its sphere of activities and brought important books into the Turkish market. Today, it is one of the leading publishing companies in Turkey with popular authors and important books.Name of the company
Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı means Babıali Cultural Publications. The word Babıali (Ottoman TurkishOttoman Turkish language
The Ottoman Turkish language or Ottoman language is the variety of the Turkish language that was used for administrative and literary purposes in the Ottoman Empire. It borrows extensively from Arabic and Persian, and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
Bab-ı Âli) which means High Porte used to refer to the Divan
Divan
A divan was a high governmental body in a number of Islamic states, or its chief official .-Etymology:...
(court) of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
where government policies were established. The particular term was used in the context of diplomacy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...
by the western states, as their diplomats were received at "porte" (meaning gate).
This word also refers to the media and publication sector in Turkey since the headquarters of media companies were based in Babıali region of Cağaloğlu until the late 1990s. Today headquarters of Turkish national media companies are based at modern towers and office buildings in İkitelli and Yenibosna
Yenibosna
Yenibosna is a borough, located on the western part of the Istanbul district of Bahçelievler, bordering with the neighbor district Küçükçekmece. The earliest population record, whilst it was a village, was 350 and saw rapid migration after the founding of Republic of Turkey. The origin of the...
, Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
. However, Cağaloğlu region of Eminönü
Eminönü
Eminönü is a former district of Istanbul in Turkey, now a neighbourhood of Fatih district. This is the heart of the walled city of Constantine, the focus of a history of incredible richness. Eminönü covers the point on which the Byzantine capital was built. The Galata Bridge crosses the Golden Horn...
(a district of Fatih
Fatih
Fatih is a municipality and district in Istanbul, Turkey that encompasses most of the peninsula coinciding with historic Constantinople. In 2009, the district of Eminönü, formerly a separate municipality located at the tip of the peninsula, was merged into Fatih...
) which represents Babıali concept is still the center of book publishing sector of Turkey.
Books
Today as well as valuable Turkish authors, Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı has many famous international books of famous international authors, including the following titles:- South Beach DietSouth Beach DietThe South Beach Diet is a diet plan designed by cardiologist Arthur Agatston and dietician Marie Almon as an alternative to low-fat approaches such as the Ornish Diet and the Pritikin Diet advocated by the American Heart Association in the 1980s. Although the original purpose of the diet was to...
(Miami Diyeti), Arthur AgatstonArthur AgatstonArthur Agatston is an American cardiologist best known as the developer of the South Beach Diet, but also the author of many published scholarly papers in the field of noninvasive cardiac diagnostics... - Un Mensonge Français (Bir Fransız Yalanı), Georges-Marc Benamou
- Tell No OneTell No OneTell No One is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. It was written by Guillame Canet and Philippe Lefèbvre and stars François Cluzet...
(Kimseye Söyleme), Harlan CobenHarlan CobenHarlan Coben is an American author of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past and often have multiple plot twists... - Pour Your Heart into It (Gönlünü İşe Vermek), Howard SchultzHoward SchultzHoward Schultz is an American business magnate. He is the best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics...
- Hollywood, Le Pengagon et Washington (Hollywood, Pentagon ve Washington), Jean-Michel Valantin
- Stupid White MenStupid White MenStupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! is a book by Michael Moore published in 2001. Although the publishers were convinced it would be rejected by the American reading public after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it spent 50 consecutive weeks on the New York...
(Aptal Beyaz Adamlar), Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries... - Dude, Where's My Country?Dude, Where's My Country?Dude, Where's My Country? is a 2003 book by Michael Moore dealing with corporate and political events in the United States. The title is a takeoff of the 2000 film Dude, Where's My Car?....
, (Ahbap, Memleketim Nerede?), Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
Authors
Today Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı has many famous authors, including the following names:- Adeline Yen MahAdeline Yen MahAdeline Yen Mah is a Chinese American author and physician. She grew up in Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong with an older sister, Lydia ; three older brothers, Gregory , Edgar and James ; and a younger half brother, Franklin and half sister, Susan...
- Alphonse de LamartineAlphonse de LamartineAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...
- Arthur AgatstonArthur AgatstonArthur Agatston is an American cardiologist best known as the developer of the South Beach Diet, but also the author of many published scholarly papers in the field of noninvasive cardiac diagnostics...
- Bartalomé de Las Casas
- Gabriel Domergue
- Georges-Marc Benamou
- Harlan CobenHarlan CobenHarlan Coben is an American author of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past and often have multiple plot twists...
- Howard SchultzHoward SchultzHoward Schultz is an American business magnate. He is the best known as the chairman and CEO of Starbucks and a former owner of the Seattle SuperSonics...
- Iris JohansenIris JohansenIris Johansen is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels.-Biography:Johansen began writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels,...
- İsmet MiroğluIsmet Mirogluİsmet Miroğlu was a Turkish academic. He was a full professor at the Department of History of İstanbul University.Professor Miroğlu was born in Bayburt province of Turkey. He was graduated from the Department of History of İstanbul University in 1969 and recruited as a research assistant within...
- Jean-Michel Valantin
- John Adair
- Maria Orsini Natale
- Michael MooreMichael MooreMichael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
- Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
- Mahir Kaynak
- Yusuf Halaçoğlu
- Rahîm ErRahîm ErRahîm Er is a Turkish author and lawyer. He is currently the chairman of board of BKY-Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı A.Ş, a publishing company based in İstanbul and also the owner of Haber Kuşağı , an online Turkish newspaper.-Biography:After graduating from Adana Erkek Lisesi in 1969, he graduated...
- Tzvetan TodorovTzvetan TodorovTzvetan Todorov is a Franco-Bulgarian philosopher. He has lived in France since 1963 with his wife Nancy Huston and their two children, writing books and essays about literary theory, thought history and culture theory....
- Yılmaz Öztuna
Haber Kuşağı (haberkusagi.com)
Besides publishing books, Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı also publishes Haber Kuşağı (haberkusagi.com) a liberal online newspaper in Turkish, founded in 2 February 2005. Haber Kuşağı covers politics, culture, science, business, and sports, and is updated throughout each day.Haber Kuşağı has several permanent columnists, including academics, former politicians, and some authors of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı.
The word "haber" means "news" and "kuşak" means "belt", "generation", "brace", and "zone" in Turkish. "Haber Kuşağı" means "News Zone" and/or "News Flow". It is a trademark of Babıali Kültür Yayıncılığı registered under the Turkish Patent Institute
Turkish Patent Institute
The Turkish Patent Institute is an intellectual property organization with a special budget being attached to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Republic of Turkey...
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