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Minus Two Bookstore

Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey

About Minus Two Bookstore

Minus Two Bookstore, founded in 2016, is an independent bookstore located in Ankara.

We offer new, used and collectible books on Ottoman studies, Seljuk studies, Turkology, Byzantine studies, Anatolian archaeology, Anatolian civilizations, history of Turkey, Ottoman diplomatic history, Turkish politics, Turkish/Turkic linguistics, Turkish and Islamic arts, architecture, Alevism-Bektashism, Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Judaica, Circassians etc.

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Minus Two Bookstore

Çankaya, 06 TUR

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Harry Potter [SPECIAL AND LIMITED TURKISH EDITION, 4 VOLUMES BOX SET] - Harry Potter ve Felsefe Tasi, Harry Potter ve Sirlar Odasi, Harry Potter ve Azkaban Tutsagi, Harry Potter ve Ates Kadehi.

by J. K. Rowling

  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition, Limited Edition
ISBN
9750803450
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1
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Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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A$2,879.73
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Istanbul: Yapi Kredi, 2001. First Edition. Limited Edition. As New. Hardcover. Dust jacket. 15x23 cm. In Turkish. (4 vols. set): 351 p., 399 p., 503 p.; 862 p. In publisher's special slip case. Translated by Ülkü Tamer, Sevin Okyay, Kutlukhan Kutlu. Only 1500 copies were printed and numbered from 1 to 1500. The number of this copy is '979'. The edition on which the translation is based: Bloomsbury, London, 2001. Special and limited TURKISH EDITION of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone / Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Aya Sofia, Constantinople. As Recently Restored by Order of H. M. The Svltan Abdvl Medjid. From The Original Drawings by Chevalier Caspard Fossati. Litographed by Lovis Haghe ESQ.

by Chevalier Caspard Fossati

  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Binding
Hardover
ISBN
6259982712
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Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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A$7,076.32
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Istanbul: Demirören, 2023. Hardover. New. 36x51 cm. In French and Turkish. Cloth bdg. In publisher's special slip case. Colour ills. Limited edition. Dünya kültür mirasının en önemli eserlerinden biri olan Ayasofya, Bizans İmparatoru I. Justinianus tarafından, 532-537 yılları arasında İstanbul'un tarihi yarımadasındaki eski şehir merkezine inşa ettirilmiş ve bu bazilika planlı bir patrik katedrali olmuştur. 1453 yılında İstanbul'un Osmanlılar tarafından fethedilmesinden sonra, bir İslâm geleneği olarak, Sultan II. Mehmed tarafından camiye dönüştürülmüştür. Bu eşsiz yapı, Bizans döneminde çeşitli sebeplerle yanmış ve bazı bölümleri de yıkılmıştır. Osmanlılar ise bu yapıyı sık sık tamir ederek günümüze ulaşmasını sağlamışlardır. Sultan Abdülmecid zamanına gelindiğinde ise bu devasa yapının tamiri için Mimar Gaspard Fossati'yi görevlendirmiştir. Bu tamirat esnasında çok büyük ölçüde elden geçirilmiş ve tamir edilmiştir. Mimar Fo…Read more

Surname-i Vehbi. Surname: Sultan Ahmed'in Dugun Kitabi. Surname: An Illustrated Account of Sultan Ahmed III's Festival of 1720. [3 VOLUMES SET].

by VEHBİ (Text) & LEVNİ (Miniature) / Prep. by Ahmet Ertuğ, Doğan Kuban, Stefanos Yerasimos, Mertol Tulum

  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition, Limited Edition
Binding
Cloth
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Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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A$7,959.05
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Istanbul: Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications, 2000. New. Hardcover. Cloth bdg. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen in Switzerland. 24x38 cm. In Ottoman Turkish (facsimile), Turkish (transcription) and English. (3 volumes set): 352 p. (facsimile); 308, [2] p. (Turkish transcription); 51, [2] p. (English). Colour ills. First edition. Limited edition. This is a limited edition of 1500 copies handbound in distinctive Japanese cloth embossed with patterns selected from imperial Ottoman textiles and printed on acid free paper. This volume is number 1362. In publisher's special slip case.
A miniature-illustrated manuscript of an 18th Century Festival in Ottoman Istanbul The original of this outstanding work, which is in the library of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, contains 137 brilliantly-colored miniatures by Levni, the renowned painter of the court of Ahmed III (1703-1740). The miniatures illustrate a fifteen-day festival held on the occasion of the circumcision of four of the Sultan's sons in 1720. Surnam…Read more

[ISLAMIC ART / ISLAMIC CULTURE] / Kulliyeler: Geleneklerimiz ve Gelecegimiz Cercevesinde Bir Kultur Mirasimiz Vol.1-2 [2 VOLUMES SET]

by Ed.: Haluk Pamir

  • Hardcover
Condition
Used
ISBN
6257922224
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Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey
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A$1,591.81
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Istanbul: Turk Arkeoloji ve Kulturel Miras Enstitusu, 2022. New. Hardcover. 21x28 cm. In Turkish. 2 volumes set: 328 p., 269 p. B/w and colour ills. 'Medeniyet mekanı'nı, onu var edip tanımlayan insanlar (kişiler, kişilikler, kimlikler), toplumsal kurumlar ve kuralları (kamusal ve yarı kamusal), kültürler ve kuralları (anlayış, adet ve anlam), üretimler, davranışlar, yapılı çevreler, ürünler ve etkinlikler arasında oluşan ilişkiler ağı diye kabul ediyorum. Bu ilişkiler ne kadar çok sayıda ve anlamlı olursa medeniyetin çok boyutlu olma imkanı artar. Medeniyetimiz bu anlamda geçmişi, bugünü ve geleceği ile çok boyutlu kişiliklere, çok boyutlu toplumsal sisteme, kültürel sisteme ve zengin topluluk anlayış potansiyeline sahip.
Medeniyetimizin çekirdek kültür zenginliği için örnek kültürel alanlar olarak, inanç ve tefekkür kültürümüzü, şefkat, merhamet, bakım ve yardım kültürümüzü, hoşgörü kült…Read more

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Istanbul: Ircica, 2019. Hardcover (Leather Binding). New. 21x29 cm. In Arabic, with introduction in Turkish and Arabic. 2 Volumes Set: [121], 1640, [114] p. + 1 DVD. Edited by Tayyar Altıkulaç; translated by Salih Sadawi; preface by Halit Eren. Facsimile Edition. Revised and Supplemented Second Edition. In publisher's original and elegant boardbox. This book contains a scholarly study on an original copy of the Holy Quran attributed to the time of Caliph Othman: the copy known as the "Othman (R.A.) Mushaf [Quran copy]" located in the Topkapı Palace Museum. Altıkulaç, a specialist of Quranic studies, has done a meticulous comparative study and technical analysis of the copy; the Introduction explains the method followed and the findings obtained. With only two pages (23 verses) lacking, "Topkapı Mushaf " is the closest to the complete text of the Quran.