Janissary

HOFFMAN: Aha! The triangle, too, while we're on the Thanksgiving theme here, also came from Turkey as part of a fad in the 1700s in Europe - a fad for what was called Janissary music.

For Thanksgiving, the Other Kind of Drumsticks 2006

HOFFMAN: Aha! The triangle, too, while we're on the Thanksgiving theme here, also came from Turkey as part of a fad in the 1700s in Europe - a fad for what was called Janissary music.

For Thanksgiving, the Other Kind of Drumsticks 2006

I wanted to see and hear the band because of a book I read called The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin.

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

I wanted to see and hear the band because of a book I read called The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin.

TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009

In keeping with Weber's simile of sultanism, this group, whose powers and wealth grew continuously during Putin's presidency, may be called a Janissary corporation after the elite corps of the Ottoman Empire's army and the sultan's guards, whom the sultan personally led into battle and with whom he generously shared the booty.

AMERICAN.COM -- A Magazine of Ideas, Online Leon Aron 2008

Jason Goodwin, author of " The Janissary Tree, " had just arrived in his hotel in Istanbul on Wednesday when he heard word of Mr. Naipaul ' s cancellation.

Naipaul, Turkish Authors Pull Out of Istanbul Event Ayla Albayrak 2010

Janissary Band and experience the devotion of the Whirling Dervishes.

Jim Luce: From the Grand Bazaar to New York's Grand Central 2009

The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin took the best novel prize.

2007 April « Reading Copy 2007

The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin took the best novel prize.

Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin « Reading Copy 2007

But Federer is a savant, and held serve like a Janissary holds his sword.

Noah Deutsch: Runner-Up Roddick is no Loser 2009