Istanbul Visit

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Most in debt to you all , my hat falls in front of you ... Amicus Humani Generis ...

[erlikhan]

lol i know Greek friends don't like the name Istanbul and not to use it , they deform it when they have to write it. I met it thousand times before on internet. A very beneficiary! idea of protesting. If the names you wrote are not this way, then sorry I don't know any of the cities you ask for information about.
About Aydin Bardakci and Crete daggers, he currently has a short Crete yataghan. A nice silver scabbarded but poor condition steel and expensive according to me.
About the Stephen Great's sword, I have seen it in real and in pictures too several times. As far as I know,it is currently being exhibited in Romania. It has been there since the last summer (if wrong, correct me). First, an exact reproduction of the sword made here was gifted to Romania, and after very short time, the original was sent temporarily for exhibition. You should be able to find its pictures on internet. If you can't, I can help you gladly, but when it returns here.

[eftihis]

Good news for our Transylvanian friend. I took photos of sword of Stefan the Great, i will send them next week, but where, here or in the medieval forum?

The visit in the market was very disappointing up to now, the market was full of fakes, but they were some overpriced antiques also.

Yesterday i was in Top Kapi, i got some great photos which i wil send in the forum. Today i am going to the Askeri museum/

Erlikhan, we have a lot of things to discuss together, everybody is proud for its own country and heritage but is always good to discuss about things we have a common interest in.
I will be staying untill Sunday evening in Taksim in KervanSaray Hotel R206
It would be great for me to meet you since i am here.
Best Regards,

Eftihis

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Looking forward to the photos...Thank you indeed for considering my request and let me know if I can repay the favour... Wasnt it worthed to go to Topkapi ? I would say to post the pics here in ethnographic ...
I will leave for Romania in 26th of January and be there for some weeks, I will get pics from the collections of the museum I used to work for and others ... I hope plenty of local pieces plus Balkanic, German and Ottoman ...

[Yannis]

Originally Posted by erlikhan

lol i know Greek friends don't like the name Istanbul and not to use it , they deform it when they have to write it. I met it thousand times before on internet. A very beneficiary! idea of protesting. If the names you wrote are not this way, then sorry I don't know any of the cities you ask for information about.

Erlikhan

I, sometimes, mispell Istanbul, but not in purpose!

I am used to write it in Greek "Konstantinopoli" or just "Poli" and when it comes to international name i mispell it, like i do with a lot of other words

Istabul comes from greek words "Is tin poli" that means "in the City". And it was only one City (with capital C) once

The name Constantinople was alive till 1920's when Orient Express was arriving there. Talking about swords, I have seen turkish military swords from beginning of 20th century marked with makers name and the address Constantinople.

My friend, I dont find any offence in the use of a term that is historical, but I dont mind to use the word Istanbul (with correct spelling), too

[ariel]

Eftihis,
Do not forget to meet Ms. Yasar!

[eftihis]

Just to say that only now, after Yiannis mail, i understood what Erlikhan meant in his mail...
My friend, i had no intention to mispell it, it was just because we do not use this name when we speak or write.
Ofcourse we use in Greek the word Konstantinopoli, but i think this is understandable, as i domt expect you to say Crete instead of Girit in your language.
By the way, i also want to say that the Byzantine theocratic regime didnt express me and i do not feel that represented Greeks.

[Radu Transylvanicus]

I must admit I am impacient ... Eftihis, many thanks again, I cant wait for you to post or send that (or those) picture(s) ...

The photo below is a gift for you , I hope your French is OK ... if not I am sure doesnt take much to figure whats up ...

[eftihis]

Here we are!
As soon as i find time i will send photos from Askeri Museum and from Top Kapi
Regards to all!

[Radu Transylvanicus]

Thank you so much Eftihis , I owe you big time ... On the other side, I am a little disapointed by theTopkapi curators who are generally more efficient on doing a better job on description labels (at least this is not the disastruos Bangkok museum we saw the other week).
On Stefan`s sword, the label shoud at least say : Sword of Stefan the Great, ruler of Moldavia 15th century (Romania) big difference between being Roman and being Romanian, nevermind common the heritage ... and this anarchic display next to Japanese swords and armor and the grotesque gigantic swords in the background mixed with the kilij stand is just not OK to my eye ... Bucharest is not next to Okinawa on the map and the yoroi is no match for the statuary bastard swords of Herculean size and the Indo-Persian shield unless this was meant to show the exact oposition and absolute differences in styles and dimesions of arms and armour... I dare to say that any member of the Forum would've had more common sense in composing a more apropriate panoply or is it just overly picky me that feels this is unforgiveably chaotic and not OK for one of the world class most finest museums... ?
Still, Eftihis you made my day by taking this images, I was longing for images of this sword for quite a while now ... There certainly are some amazing moments and breaktroughs in this Forum at times and I hope I put a smile on your face when I posted the image of the Cretans with their bitchaqs ...
P.S. I would love to see more pics from Askeri and Topkapi museums, I hope its on your soon ,, to do list,, ...
All the best , yours truely,
Radu .