L'Albatros Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'équipage Prennent des albatros, vastes oiseaux des mers, Qui suivent, indolents compagnons de voyage, Le navire glissant sur les gouffres amers. À peine

WHEN I consider how my light is spent E're half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my

"Do not dismiss the dish saying that it is just food. The blessed thing is an entire civilization itself!” Abdulhak Şinasi For those who travel to engage in culinary pursuits, the Turkish Cuisine

By 1914, the Turkish Empire was known as the "sick man of Europe". His Balkan possessions had been dramatically reduced in 1912, when the First Balkan War had seen Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and