Istanbul Blogs
Istanbul: It’s 2am Istanbul Saturday 31st October 2009 a howling sound whistles outside, the temperature has dropped below 10 Celsius the rain hammers against the balcony roof. The rain and wind continued from dawn to dusk, our plants disappeared of the... ( Continue reading )
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Istanbul: When the Flags come out It is the date of 29th October 2009 and something special happens in a patriotic way unlike I have ever since my youth back in the UK celebrating the jubilee which is a long distant... ( Continue reading )
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Istanbul: Seeing and Hearing the Life Having now settled down to the routine lifestyle here in Istanbul, I have become more accustomed to the surrounding areas and daily routines. Every day the observation of things you just will not see... ( Continue reading )
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Istanbul: Do I Belong Here? Sometimes the world can be a lonely place for someone living in a foreign country, it begs the question “Do I Belong Here”? .Having now spent the last six months living in Istanbul and experienced so... ( Continue reading )
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Istanbul: Friday Night the weekend has landed It is Friday 5pm and the weekend has landed in Istanbul , however that is not an introduction for a weekend of clubbing it is an introduction of traffic chaos reigns and a commuters worst... ( Continue reading )
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What’s the Deal “Var Misin Yok Musun” Having now lived in Istanbul for the last four months and spent most of it loitering down by the Bosporus, and now the weather is changing and the evening darkness draws in earlier by... ( Continue reading )
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Istanbul : Where the Sun Rises from Asia It is 5am in the morning on a rather chilly late September morning, the sky is clear yet dawn is still breaking. September in Istanbul sees the overnight temperatures drop quite considerably from... ( Continue reading )
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The Passion Of Besiktas Since moving to Istanbul back in June 2009 I have tried hard to hang to following a few traditions from back in England. One is football and is probably one area where I forget my surroundings and... ( Continue reading )
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It has been Four days It is Saturday afternoon four days after the floods had wreaked havoc across parts of Istanbul , sitting here looking out the window from the north I see those familiar clouds again. Much of the afternoon... ( Continue reading )
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When the Rain (ya?mur) came to Istanbul Monday 7th September 2009 the sky is a dark blue mysterious angry looking picture this afternoon, having had around about three months of good solid sunshine weather mixed with the odd cloudy day. Today... ( Continue reading )
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