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Month: February, 2008

Mr. Blue Jeans

26 February, 2008 (09:00) | Mr. Blue Jeans | No comments

Mr. Blue Jeans owned a shop on the second floor of the Covered Market. Tourists rarely go to the second floor. His little shop sold t-shirts, jeans, sweatshirts and belts. Yusuf and I went there first when my search began for the little boy because Yusuf had to return a pair of jeans he had [...]

Mehmet

25 February, 2008 (07:33) | Mehmet | No comments

Mehmet, a handsome young man worked at the Café Efsane. In this story, he was the invisible translator. Because Yilmaz and I could not speak the same language, Mehmet was able to translate instantaneously as I asked questions, Yilmaz answered or Yilmaz ask his questions and I answered. Mehmet had a very strong grasp on [...]

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