100 yýl önce Birecik

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ÝNGÝLÝZ CASUSU Gertrude BELL'in fotoðraf albümünde geçmiþinizi GÖRÜN Tarihini Merak eden arkadaþlar için Ýngiliz ajaný Gertrude BELL'in fotoðraf albümleri linkini veriyorum.Bu albümlerde þehir köy kasaba 100 yýldan daha öncesinin fotoðraflarý bulunmaktadýr.http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gerty.ncl.ac.uk%2Fphotos. php&h=b7cb838d73a21b17c20ed05d3b648532 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/photos.php

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hidayet'e teþekkürler. yöremize ait bir takým fotoðraflarý bulmaya çalýþtým. açýklamalar siteden.


Unloading horses and supplies from Euphrates ferries at shore - fýrattaki saldan atlarý ve malzemeleri boþaltma.

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Men and laden horses in ferry over Euphrates River - fýrat nehrindeki saldaki adamlar ve yüklü atlar

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Town and fortress across Euphrates. View from water. Ferry in foreground - fýratýn karþýsýndaki þehir ve kale. su üstünde çekildi. ön taraftaki sal.

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View of Fortress and town, Euphrates in background - þehrin ve kalenin arkadan görüntüsü.

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View from above over town and Euphrates river - þehrin ve fýrat nehrinin yukarýdan görünüþü.

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View of Fortress and Euphrates River - kalenin ve fýrat nehrinin görünüþü

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Bir ara ayný siteden þu mektubu da tercüme etmeli:

Letters

20/5/1911

Birejik [Birecik] Sat 20. [20 May 1911] We left Urfa [Sanliurfa (Edessa)] on Friday morning. Our way lay through rolling country, partly cultivated and of no very great interest. It was diversified by our meeting many caravans of Aleppine muleteers with whom my men exchanged greetings and finally by meeting Meissner Pasha, who is at the head of the Baghdad rly construction, with 6 engineers, all going down to Baghdad on rly business. I knew he was on the road and when we met I stopped and told him who I was and we had a little talk - I wish it had been longer for I became deeply attached to him on the spot. However we made an appointment in Baghdad two years hence and he asked me to go and see his wife, who is in Aleppo [Halab], which I shall do. It has become really hot and this morning we set out before sunrise, while it was still cool. But we did not avoid heat, and it is still, at 6 PM, 87¯ in the shade. I do not mind it but it makes the horses languid. Birejik is the Zeugma, one of the most famous of the Euphrates passages. Here Crassus passed over the river to his defeat at Harran [Altinbasak (Carrhae)]: the eagles of the 5th legion turned backwards from the bridge of boats, but he would not heed the omen. The castle stands upon a high ridge of rock, long and narrow like a sword; the town lies clustered at its foot along the steep river bank to the south - a splendid place it is. I have pitched tents on the right bank of the Euphrates, for we have crossed and are now in Syria again. Tomorrow I go to Carchemish [Barak (Karkamis)] in the hope of finding Mr Hogarth there. Reports are various: Meissner Pasha said he had left, but here they tell me he is still at work. Anyway it's not much off my road to Aleppo.

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Gertrude Bell kimdir?

http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Bell

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Gertrude Bell (1868-1926)

Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was born into a wealthy family at Washington New Hall in what was then County Durham. Initially home-schooled, she then attended school in London and graduated with a first-class degree in Modern History from Oxford University. Thereafter she travelled in Europe and also spent several months in Bucharest and in Tehran. Her travels continued with two round-the-world trips: one in 1897-1898 and one in 1902-1903. From the turn of the century, Gertrude developed a love of the Arab peoples - she learned their languages, investigated their archaeological sites and travelled deep into the desert. This intimate knowledge of the country and its tribes made her a target of British Intelligence recruitment during the First World War. At the end of the war, Gertrude focussed on the future of Mesopotamia and was to become a powerful force in Iraqi politics, becoming a kingmaker when her preferred choice, Faisal (son of Husain, the Sharif of Mecca and King of the Hijaz) was crowned King of the state of Iraq in August 1921.
Gertrude's first love remained archaeology and, as Honorary Director of Antiquities in Iraq, she established the Iraq Museum in Baghdad. Her 1905 expedition through the Syrian Desert to Asia Minor was published as The Desert and the Sown and her study, in 1907, of Binbirkilise on the Kara Dag mountain was published as The Thousand and One Churches and remains the standard work on early Byzantine architecture in Anatolia.

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harikasýnýz.

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Birecik, 20 Mayýs Cumartesi. Cuma sabahý Urfa’dan (Edessa) ayrýldýk. Yolumuz, yer yer ekili arazilerden baþka ilgi çekici bir þey bulunmayan bu ülke boyunca uzanýyordu. Yolculuk, yolda karþýlaþtýðýmýz birbirini selamlayan Halepli katýr kervanlarýyla ve Meissner Paþa* ile çeþitlendi. Baðdat demiryolu inþaatýnýn þefi olan Meissner Paþa, yanýnda 6 diðer mühendisle Baðdat’a çalýþmaya gidiyordu. Onun yolda olduðunu biliyordum. Karþýlaþtýðýmýz zaman kendisini durdurdum ve kendimi tanýtarak biraz sohbet ettim. Ona oracýkta hemen baðlandým. Keþke bu konuþma daha uzun sürseydi. Her neyse iki yýl sonra Baðdat’ta görüþmek üzere ayrýldýk. Benden Halep’teki karýsýný görmemi istedi. Göreceðim. Hava çok ýsýndý. Sabah güneþ doðmadan, hava henüz serinken yola çýktýk. Ama güneþten kaçamadýk, þu an sýcaklýk gölgede 30 derece. Atlarýn bile halsizleþmesine anlam veremiyorum. Zeugma – Birecik, en ünlü Fýrat geçitlerinden biridir. Crassus** Harran’daki (Altinbasak - Carrhae) yenilgisine buradan yürüdü: 5. lejyonun kartallarý botlarýn köprülerinden geri çevrildi. Ama o kehaneti dikkate almadý. Kale, yüksek bir kayanýn sýrtýna oturtulmuþ. Bir kýlýç gibi uzun ve dar. Þehir, kalenin güneyinde ayaklarý boyunca ve nehir kýyýsýnda kümelenmiþ. Muhteþem bir yer. Çadýrlarý Fýrat’ýn sað taraf kýyýsýna kurdum. Þu an tekrar Suriye’deyiz. Yarýn Mr. Hogarth’ý bulmak amacýyla Carchemish’e (Barak - Karkamýþ) gidiyorum. Raporlar çeþitli: Meissner Paþa orayý terk ettiðini söylemiþti. Ama burada hala çalýþtýðýný söylediler. Her neyse Halep’e fazla yolum kalmadý…


*: Meissner Paþa (1862 - 1940), Hicaz demiryolu mühendisliði þefi.
**: Romalý general ve devlet adamý.


Tercüme: Subutay

[Kemal Cengiz]

Tüm fotoðraflar þahane... Tarih ve kültür bir arada. Yazýlý belgeleri ile birlikte bir galeride (mekan da)sergilenmeli.

[xxhidayet]

Ben siteyi incelerken hep Ýstanbul'a odaklandýðým için, yöremiz gözümden kaçmýþ.
Subutay arkadaþýma teþekkür ederim..
O site de daha ne kadar güzel, enstantane fotolar var bir görseniz?!..

[coskun]

Yahu bu kadýn Ýngilizlere çalýþan bir ajan'mýþ.
Vay be 100 sene önce bir kadýný gönderecen çok iyi arapça ve osmanlýca konuþup ülkenin dört bir tarafýnda materyal toplayýp ülkesinde bir nevi stratejik uzman olarak yaþayacak.

Hayret ki ne hayret.

Biraz araþtýrdýktan sonra lawrance'nin de bu kadýnýn rahle-i tedrisinden nasiplendiðini öðrendim.
Güzel memleketim! Ne oyunlar dönmüþ baþýndan
Ne oyunlar dönüyor.

Allah milletimize feraset baþtakilerin baþýna izanlý akýl nasip etsin.