Turkish Stamps

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Our Works Unesco's World Heritage List - Istanbul

OUR WORKS IN UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST
(ISTANBUL)

İstanbul, known as the city with seven hills, has been one of the oldest cities bearing witness to the history. İstanbul, an intercontinental city, has a distinguished silhouette with priceless beauty at all hours of the day and night and every day of the year. This legendary city whose streets smell history, is one of the most special geographical areas in the world where the cross-cultural communication has still continued.
The historic areas of İstanbul, having universal value, were registered into UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1985. These historic areas consist of four regions:
1. Sultanahmet Urban Archaeological Conservation Area: This area consists of two region: One of them is Sur-i Sultani, located in the east side of Historical Peninsula and over Sarayburnu Hill where The Topkapı Palace is situated, and the other one is Sultanahmet. The East and South frontiers of this area are composed of the Marmara shore walls. The west frontier of this area starts from Sur-u Sultani in the north and reaches to the Marmara Walls in the south by including Small Hagia Sophia.
2. Suleymaniye Mosque and its Associated Conservation Area: This area is located in the surroundings of Süleymaniye Social Complex and Şehzade Mehmet Social Complex constituting a deterministic point for the city silhouette on a hill overlooking Haliç and it contains Vefa and Vezneciler districts.
3. Zeyrek Mosque and its Associated Conservation Area: This area is situated in a terrace overlooking Haliç and in the west side of Atatürk Boulevard and it consists of the Molla Zeyrek Mosque and the streets surrounding it.
4. İstanbul Land Walls Conservation Area: This area contains the walls and its immediate surroundings bordering the peninsula, on which the city was founded, in the west and extending to Haliç in the north by starting from the Sea of Marmara in the south.
A commemoration block with four stamps themed “Our Works in UNESCO’s World Heritage List (İstanbul)” and a first day cover - fdc were put into circulation by PTT on 21 May 2015.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Europa Cept 2015 theme of Old Toys

EUROPA CEPT 2015 (OLD TOYS) Stamps and FDC

The Toy, the witness of its age in the broadest sense, represents the economic-social-cultural characteristics of its own period both as a simple public work of art and developed manufactured product.
Having an important place on the intellectual, emotional, pyhsical and social development of kids, the toy is a historical and cultural product which helps kids to realize their own powers and to adapt themselves to the world of adults. Even if the alteration of the understanding for children and childhood have caused in the diversification of the toys within the hictorical process, the toy has preserved its basic function which consists of subjecting the children to the world and preparing them for life. In this context, it is observed that there are a lot of commonalities rather than discrepancies among the toys of different ages, cultures and nations.
Two valuable commemorative stamp with the subject of Europa 2015 (Old Toys) by using the visuals of tumbrel with hammers, hand-crafted local baby and toy cradles which are existed in the collection of Ankara University Toy Museum and photographed by Doğanay Çevik, were put into circulation by PTT on 9 May 2015.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Valuable Stones

VALUABLE STONES Stamp and FDC

The civilization started with stones. The first devices were sharpened by banging two stones together and the fires were ignited by the sparkle diffusing from the stones. The fire cooked the mud and then it became ceramic; it smelted the ore and then the mineral was found. Sentiments, fears and beliefs were expressed by the stones and at first the history was written in stones. The colorful and sparkling stones gained different meanings with their various features. Valuable and semi-precious stones have been used as the symbols of beauty, wealthiness and status since prehistoric ages.
A commemorative stamp with the subject of ‘valuable stones’, on which the visuals of lüle taşı (Sepiolit) and Oltu taşı (Jet Stones) that have an important place in our country are situated and a first day cover were put into circulation by PTT on 29 April 2015.
LÜLE TAŞI: The lüle taşı is a white clay mineral which is known as ‘sepiolit’ in the science world. The high quality of processable sepiolit is just extracted from Eskişehir all over the world. It has been used in the production of tobacco pipe and knickknackery as an art and decoration material.
OLTU TAŞI: The Oltu taşı is generally a semi-precious black stone which has mostly a carbon constituent. This stone, which is extracted from the territories of Oltu, the county of Erzurum, is called with the name of ‘Oltu’ throughout the world. It is used for the production of trappings, jewellery and especially beads.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

95th Year of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey

95th Year of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Stamp and FDC

Peace Summit

PEACE SUMMIT

The Ottoman Empire was one of the six major belligerent Powers during the whole duration of the First World War, the salient event of the past century which ushered in modern times. The Ottoman Empire entered the Great War on 29 October 1914 and surrendered exactly four years later on 30 October 1918, only ten days before Germany did so. The First World War was forced upon Turkey. The Entente Powers rejected Turkey’s wish to side with them and did not offer any meaningful guarantees for the Empire’s territorial integrity.
The Ottoman Empire’s performance during the Great War was heroic and for both its allies and foes, surprising, to say the least. It was not an industrialized Power and not one of those rich empires of the time with seemingly endless resources. But it had the most diversified fronts running in all four directions. It fought in Europe, in Gallipoli, Galicia and the Caucasus and in Palestine, Suez and Mesopotamia. The Great War, which the Empire entered into for self-defense, brought calamity to the peoples who lived in the fold of the Ottomans, and it robbed the country of its best and the brightest. Only in Gallipoli, Turkey lost nearly 40.000 high school and university graduates. Then the National War of Liberation ensued under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, leading to the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey on 29 October, 1923. Turkey, understands the unique role it can play in instilling the conditions of lasting peace, and prosperity in its wider region, and earnestly tries to live up to this promise.
In a broader sense the First World War takes its place in the series of those great events which shaped the flow of history and defined Turkey’s European character and credentials, hence Turkey’s European vocation and its membership negotiations with the European Union.
Our Company issued two commemorative stamp blocs in recognition of the “Peace Summit” which was held in Istanbul on 23 April 2015 with the purpose of sending a peace message to the whole world on basis of the friendly relations established by Turkey with the former belligerent countries of the Battle of Çanakkale remembered as the last “Gentlemen’s War” in history as well as drawing attention to the difficulties faced all across the world today.
The commemorative stamps on the theme “Peace Summit” have a value of 1.25 and 2.50 Turkish Liras. The stamp portfolio includes the aforementioned commemorative stamps, a commemoration block without perforation with serial number from 0001 to 5000 valuing 2.50 Turkish Liras, a commemoration block with perforation valuing 4 Turkish Liras, as well as a first day cover. The portfolio has been issued as of 23 April 2015.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Historical Bridges Malabadi Bridge and On Gozlu Bridge

HISTORICAL BRIDGES

South-Eastern Anatolia Region which has hosted many civilizations from ancient ages until today is located on the junction point of important trade routes. The historical bridges located in the region are not only used for transition, but also for accommodation, recreation and sheltering.
Within this scope, commemoration stamps with additional value, on which “Malabadi Bridge” and “On Gözlü Bridge” are placed, and first day cover were put into circulation on 10 April 2015.
MALABADI BRIDGE: As it is understood from the inscription, placed on the historical bridge on the Batman Brook, “Malabadi Bridge” was constructed by Timurtaş from Artukoğulları on the dates of 1147-1148. In accordance with its plan, it extends in East-West direction with the shape of fault lines having different lengths. Its main material of construction is yellow limestone. This Bridge which was constructed for crossing over the Batman Brook, is not only a structure for the purpose of transition but also it is a structure providing the passengers, who are travelling on this road, with recreation and accommodation. Besides, there are two rooms on both sides of the bridge arch used for providing the protection and security of the Bridge.
ON GÖZLÜ BRIDGE: This Bridge, located in Diyarbakır, is also known as “Dicle Bridge”, “Silvan Bridge” or “Mervani Bridge”. As it is understood from the inscription, placed on this Bridge, it was constructed in the period of Nizamüddin Nasr on the dates of 1065-1067, in time of Mervanoğulları. The Bridge which has 10 arches was completely constructed with basalt face stone and rubble stone.