After lunch, the little boy of Istanbul and I had taken a small, yellow taxi to reach Örtaköy, a charming little village of cobblestone streets along the shores of the Bosphorus. Cafés, shops, restaurants, tall wooden houses and markets full of brightly colored things adorn the neighborhood. There sits gracefully along the edge of [...]
Mercan Dede, is my favorite Turkish musician. His world is the distance between Istanbul and Montreal. I’ve seen him perform once in Toronto. Once was not enough. His music touches the soul of the artist. Gets to the back of the soul, mind, spirit. It will carry you away from [...]
I remember in Istanbul seeing cats everywhere roaming freely the streets of the old city. There are so many of them, I am sure, without owners. This cat I found lounging like a lazy queen, seated on a bench covered with brightly covered blankets at a mosque by the Bosphorus. She had [...]
I was interviewed last month by the Turkish-Kurdish newspaper “Yeni Hayat” in Toronto so I thought I would post the interview here for my Turkish readers. The original poem “In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul” appeared in a previous issue of the newspaper - in Turkish and Kurdish. I have asked [...]
Imagine taking a horse drawn carriage around the Island of Büyükada! I had written about the methods of transportation available to you if you should visit the Princes’ Island of Büyükada. No vehicles are allowed. Walking, biking, donkey and horse drawn carriage are the only methods of transportation available. The air [...]
Following my previous article about a day trip away from Istanbul, I thought I’d publish a photograph of the Esinti Café. I saw the Esinti Café at the end of the day on Büyükada Island. Büyükada Island is one of the major islands of the group of islands known as the Princes’ Islands.
I had [...]
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