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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 112 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THE

SUBLIME PORTE (Arab. babi-'
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ali, the high
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gate, through the French
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translation la sublime porte)
, in
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Turkey, theofficial name for the government, derived from the high
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gate giving access to the
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building where the offices of the
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principal state departments are situated .

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