The Myth of “No Great Women Artists”: What Really Lies Behind It Today, I begin by revisiting Linda Nochlin’s influential book “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”, whose latest edition was published in 2022. The rise of the women’s movement, most recently visible during Türkiye’s local elections, prompted me to delve deeper into […]
Egypt Trip 2: Cairo In my first article, I shared my thoughts on Alexandria. Now, let’s move on to Cairo. Although Cairo is larger and more crowded, it is more organized than Alexandria. Our group’s first stop was the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, a fascinating and must-see place, which I have described in detail […]
Timothy Harold Parks, born in 1954, is an English novelist, nonfiction author, Italian-to-English translator, and literature professor. His extensive body of work includes one of his most notable contributions, which focuses on the Medici family, renowned for their pivotal role in igniting the Renaissance and their substantial investment in the arts. The mention of the […]
Rome Inc.: The Roman Empire Was Like a Multinational Corporation! Today, I was inspired by the book Rome Inc.: The Rise and Fall of the First Multinational Corporation. Written by Gil Schwartz, a contributor to the well-known economic magazine Fortune, the book was published under the pseudonym Stanley Bing. It humorously draws parallels between the […]
WHEN WILL THE THIRD WORLD WAR BREAK OUT? The renowned historian Niall Ferguson wrote a column on Bloomberg titled “If You Think World War III is Unimaginable, Read This” on February 11. He starts interestingly by saying, “Are we unable to imagine defeat?” Ferguson writes that Americans forgot the defeat in Afghanistan too quickly. He […]
Conspiracy, Allegation, and the Veil of Mystery… How easy it would be to explain the course of history with conspiracy theories! Unfortunately, this is not possible. After a columnist drew attention to the matter, I studied the period just before the end of the Ottoman Empire and the unfolding of its destiny. I also reviewed […]
