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Meeting Hollywood Star, Mitzi Gaynor in 1974

By Ismail Veli……..

October 1974 was my first visit to the USA and I was waiting to see a musical show at the Tropicana Hotel Las Vegas where Mitzi Gaynor, star of Hollywood musicals and leading lady of the acclaimed film South Pacific was performing live.

By Ismail Veli…….

Lurucina was a small village in the Venetian census of 1562, there were about 186 people living there, this would equate to roughly 35-40 households.

By Ismail Veli …..

Much talk about the settlement of Turks in the aftermath of the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus has persisted for nearly 450 years. Forgetting the politics of today, and the never ending debate among many who simply argue about the statistics of demography, I would like to go beneath the surface and find out who some of these individuals really were.

By Ismail Veli…

Turkic’s, Indians and Polynesians, what do they have in common?

By Ismail Veli……

In a recent article I touched on the effects of global warfare after WW2. Closer to home, the British found that after six years of hardship, the years of austerity, rationing involving shortages of petrol, paper, food and even soap was finally ending.

By Ismail Veli…….

WW2 officially started with the invasion of Poland by Germany on 1st September 1939 and Poland was invaded by the Soviet Union on 17th September.

By Ismail Veli……..

The list of foreign rule in Cyprus is long and full of endless debate, hate, and no doubt nostalgia is part of most Cypriots thoughts about their history.

By Ismail Veli……

Unlike today, the conditions prevailing in Cyprus in the 1920-30’s was a Cyprus that would be unrecognisable to the youth of today.

By Ismail Veli……..

Census and statistics are often used to analyse health, growth, work prospects, government spending etc. To me statistics, internal migration from rural to urban and international movement of the human race throughout history provides an opportunity to assess past and present circumstances.

Polycarpe Joaillier 1848-1904

By Ismail Veli……..

Polycarpe Joaillier a French photographer was based in Constantinople. He was one of the most diverse photographers in the Ottoman Empire.

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