tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21848189332987925852023-11-16T16:18:33.436+03:00A Cat From LondonSnapshots from the eyes of two foreigners who lived in London for 3 years and now we came back home, to Turkey and we gonna keep posting from home and our travels around the world. A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-69578404470610842532014-07-25T12:33:00.000+03:002014-07-25T12:33:12.645+03:00HAPPILY LIVED 20 YEARS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In these days,
Kerim and I would celebrate our 20th year together, but he couldn’t make it. He
passed away on April and left behind all good memories of 20 years full of love
(and more years before that as friends). After such a big and unexpected loss,
all one can feel is emptiness, heartbreaking pain, anger...</div>
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We were very lucky
because we spent half of our lives together, we shared everything, we have been
best friends, we travelled around the world, we tried to do not delay anything
we want to do, we enjoyed each day of our lives with love during 20 years.</div>
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Kerim
was a good man with a big heart, a good photographer, most important and loved
person in my life, my best friend. Nothing can fill his place. I miss him.
I’m gonna miss him a lot.</div>
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Aybige</div>
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Bugünlerde
Kerim ve ben 20. yıldönümümüzü kutlayacaktık ama o artık yok. Nisan ayında,
ardında, aşk ve sevgi dolu 20 yılımızın (onun öncesinde de arkadaş olarak
geçirdiğimiz yılların) güzel anılarını bırakarak, bu dünyadan ayrıldı gitti. Bu
kadar beklenmedik ve büyük bir kayıp karşısında insanın tek hissedebildiği,
boşluk, yürek paralayan bir acı, kızgınlık...</div>
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Şanslıydık çünkü ömrümüzün
yarısını birlikte geçirdik, her şeyi paylaştık, birbirimizin en iyi dostu
olduk, dünyayı dolaştık, yapmak istediğimiz şeyleri elimizden geldiğince
ertelememeye çalıştık, birlikte geçirdiğimiz sevgi dolu 20 yılı dolu dolu
yaşadık, hayatımızın tadını çıkardık.</div>
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Kerim, kocaman yürekli, güzel bir adamdı,
iyi bir fotoğrafçıydı, hayatımdaki en değerli ve en sevdiğim insandı. Kalbimdeki
yeri hep kalbimin başköşesi olacak, hayatımdaki yerini ise hiçbir şey
dolduramayacak. Onu çok özlüyorum. Onu daima özleyeceğim.</div>
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-83762665347077576222014-04-05T08:26:00.000+03:002014-04-05T08:26:26.435+03:00TULIP TIME IN ISTANBUL<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
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Tulip (lâle) is
one of the symbols of Turkey and since hundreds of years, has a special place
in our architecture, decorative arts, literature, names, etc. In Europe tulip
is mostly known as the flower of Netherlands but as the real tulip lovers gonna
know, the first tulip bulb is introduced and gifted to NorthWestern Europeans
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End of march and beginning of
april is the period when you can see
dozens of types and colors of tulip everywhere in Istanbul, but the best place
to celebrate Istanbul Tulip Festival is Emirgân Park at Bosphorus shore. Last
three springs, we missed the tulip time of Istanbul, instead we enjoyed the
daffodil time of London. That’s why yesterday we headed to Emirgân Park to
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After a nice breakfast and relaxing under the sun like cats at
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Yüzyıllardır
mimarimizden, dekoratif sanatlarımıza, edebiyatımıza, isimlerimize vs. yer
etmiş lâle. Sahip çıkmayıp dönerimizi, yoğurdumuzu komşuya kaptırdığımız gibi,
lâlemizi de Türkler tarafından Osmanlı zamanında kendilerine armağan edilen bir
lâle soğanını baştacı etmiş Hollandalılara kaptırmışız. Şimdi maalesef ne kadar
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Her sene mart sonu, nisan başında İstanbul’u gelin gibi süsleyen onlarca
çeşit, renk lâlenin güzelliğine doyum olmaz. Ama son üç bahardır İstanbul’un
lâle zamanını kaçırıyor, onun yerine Londra ellerinde nergis zamanını bağrımıza
basıp avunuyorduk. Bu nedenle bu sene, her ne kadar şehrin her yeri lâlelerle
bezeli olsa da, o üç baharlık arayı kapatmak için, tıpkı çocukluğumuzdaki gibi,
lâle zamanının tadının en güzel çıkarılacağı Emirgân Parkı’na gidelim dedik.
Boğaz kıyısında güzel bir kahvaltıdan ve güneşin altında kediler gibi
mayıştıktan sonra Emirgân Parkı’na gittiğimizde kalabalık ama asıl önemlisi
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Çocukluğumuzun,
ilkgençliğimizin, Emirgân Parkı’nın lâlelerinin tadını çıkaran, Sarı Köşk ve
Beyaz Köşk’te çay-pasta, bira keyfi yapan (malûm, o zamanlar köşkler ve kasırlar,
saygıyla andığımız Sn. Çelik Gülersoy yönetimindeki Türkiye Turing Kurumu
tarafından yönetiliyordu, belediyeye geçmemişti, alkol yasaklanmamıştı vs)
ziyaretçileri nerede, bugün ağzımız açık, şaşkın bir şekilde bakakaldığımız,
her lâle öbeğinin başına (başlarına geleceği bildikleri için) diktikleri
bekçilerin düdük çala çala, sözle uyara uyara bir hâl olduğu, insanın “Sanırım
şimdi biri hüloooğ diye bağıracak”
hissine kapılmasına neden olan ziyaretçiler nerede... Neyse, sonunda her
şeye rağmen birbirinden güzel, rengârenk, çeşit çeşit lâlelerin tadını
çıkardık, hatta birkaç yüz tanecik de lâle fotoğrafı atmışız bu arada arşive
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-3579731032545980712014-04-03T21:58:00.002+03:002014-04-04T08:20:02.277+03:00A PICASSO EXHIBITION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday we
headed to Beyoğlu, one of oldest neighborhoods of Istanbul, to visit few
exhibitions. One of them was Engravings and Ceramics from the House of Birth of
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We are delighted to visit this
exhibition. Not only for having the chance to see one more time this master's brilliant
art work, also to see an impressive selection of his engravings and
ceramics to observe his stylistic and
artistic transitions, how he combine the styles in his work especially in
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Exhibition is open until 20 of April 2014 at Pera Museum, Istanbul.
You can also find the book of this small but impressive exhibition at museum
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Dün birkaç sergi gezmek üzere Beyoğlu’na
yollandık. Bunlardan bir tanesi Pera Müzesi’ndeki Pablo Picasso’nun Doğduğu
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Küçücük turşucuk bir sergiydi ama
bayıldık. Sadece bu usta ressamın eserlerini bir kez daha görme şansını
yakalamış olduğumuz için mutlu olmadık, aynı zamanda sanatçının özellikle
gravürlerindeki üslûpsal ve sanatsal geçişleri, çalışmalarında değişik tarzları
nasıl harmanladığını gözlemlememize olanak sunan eser seçimi ve sergileme
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Sergi 20 Nisan 2014 tarihine kadar İstanbul’da, Pera
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One of the best
foods of British kitchen is full English breakfast, a big portion of cooked
breakfast which contains eggs (scrambled or fried), sweet beans, bacon,
mushrooms, tomato, sausages, black pudding and hash browns. Of course with HP
sauce and a cup English tea.</div>
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It’s tasty and fulfilling. After eating one portion
of full English breakfast you can feel full almost until the dinner time.They
serve it all day long and not only during the morning, so if you are not open
minded for a heavy breakfast like this, you can try it during the lunch time
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In UK, best places to try full English breakfast, are small cafes
nicknamed "greasy spoon". They are not fancy, they might not be as good looking
for your expectations or the best place you would choose for a breakfast but
believe us, the yummiest English breakfast you gonna eat are not in London’s
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When we were living in
London, every few weeks, we were eating full English breakfast in our
neighborhood at Workers Cafe in Upper Street no:172, if you are around Angel,
Islington you can give them a chance.
Full English breakfast is definitely not for everyday’s breakfast of our
Mediterranean bodies or to eat if it’s a hot day but when you are in UK even in
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mutfakları arasında oldukça zayıf bir yeri olan İngiliz mutfağının en leziz
gıdalarından birisi, kocaman bir porsiyon kızarmış veya çırpılmış yumurta,
tatlı soslu kurufasulye, kızarmış domuz jambonu, ızgara mantar, ızgara domates,
domuz sosisi, black pudding isimli bir tür domuz kanı sucuğu ve hash brown
isimli bir tür patates mücverinden oluşan İngiliz kahvaltısı. Tabii ki yanında
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kalori bombası kahvaltı o kadar doyurucu ki, sabah yedikten sonra, neredeyse
akşam yemeği saatine kadar tokluk hissedebilirsiniz. İşin güzel yanı, sadece
sabahları değil, bütün gün servis ediliyor olması yani sabah sabah bu kadar
ağır bir kahvaltı fikrine açık değilseniz, öğlen yemeği niyetine de afiyetle
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tadabileceğiniz yerler “greasy spoon” (yağlı kaşık) adı verilen küçük kafeler.
Kesinlikle şık değiller, beklentilerinizi karşılayacak kadar iyi görüntüleri
olmayabilir ya da kahvaltı için ilk seçeceğiniz yer görüntüsüne sahip olmayabilirler ama bize inanın, en leziz
İngiliz kahvaltısını Londra’nın en şık ve pahalı kafelerinde değil, bu “yağlı
kaşık” denilen ucuz, mütevazi kafelerde yersiniz. Bu arada işin ilginç yanı, bu
tipik İngiliz ürününü servis eden bu kafelerin çoğunu Türk kökenlilerin
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haftada bir, mahallemizde, Upper Street numara 172’deki Workers Cafe’de İngiliz
kahvaltısı ziyafeti çeker, her seferinde “ah, vah, çatlıyorum, en az altı ay
yemem” der, bir iki hafta sonra yine damlardık. Eğer Londra’da yolunuz Angel, Islington civarına düşerse kahvaltı
için bu kafeyi bir deneyin. İngiliz kahvaltısı bizim Akdenizli bünyemiz için
kesinlikle her gün yenecek bir kahvaltı türü değil ya da sıcak günlerde
tüketilecek bir gıda değil ama Birleşik Krallık ellerinde “sıcak” kelimesi
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-1966193217218577182014-04-01T00:46:00.000+03:002014-04-01T00:46:47.093+03:00BOZCAADA DOORS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Doors from
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-89951192614999532872014-03-28T18:57:00.001+02:002014-03-29T17:09:49.587+02:00RELAXING TIME IN BOZCAADA<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
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On one side
upcoming elections and unbelievable scandals we are hearing about the
government, on the other side banned Twitter, YouTube and other crazy stuff.
Turkey is little bit busy but not boring at all in these days.<br />
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Despite this
traffic of events, we left Istanbul for few weeks behind and headed to Bozcaada
(Tenedos Island) to have some relaxing time in our stone house. Half empty
island, silent vineyards, warming sun, cats in every corner...<br />
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Just perfect.<br />
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Bir
yanda yaklaşan seçimler ve hükümetle ilgili duyduğumuz inanılmaz skandallar,
diğer yanda Twitter, YouTube yasakları ve diğer akıl uçuran olaylar. Memleket
bugünlerde çok yoğun, insanın sıkılmaya vakti olmuyor.<br />
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Biz de bu arada, bütün bu
olayları ve İstanbul’u arkamızda bırakıp rahatlamak için birkaç haftalığına
Bozcaada’daki evimize kaçtık. Neredeyse bomboş, bize kalmış ada (artık sadece
sezonda üç ay adada çalışıp, yılın gerisini Çanakkale’de aldıkları evlerinde
geçiriyorlar adalılar, gerisini siz anlayın gari), ıssız bağlar, insanın içini
ısıtan güneş, her köşebaşında kediler...<br />
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Daha ne olsun?<br />
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-63127393606722732702014-03-13T13:09:00.000+02:002014-03-13T13:39:54.201+02:00A TATAVLA STORY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday
evening in a theatre in Istanbul, Alkışlar Tiyatrosu players performed a story
taking place in one of old neighborhoods of Istanbul, in Tatavla (actual name
Kurtuluş). It was about Tatavla, it was about Turks, it was about “us”. It was
about muslim, Greek orthodox, Armenian people of this country living together,
sharing happiness and pain. Before the play, actors and audience shared a
minute of silence for Berkin. He was a 15 years old boy, shot by police with a
gas canister from his head last summer, during the protests against islamist
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Yesterday, we farewelled him after 269 days of coma. Yesterday we
felt ashamed for not being able to protect him. Yesterday, people talking of
being religious but trying to divide this country as muslim, christian, jewish
didn’t feel ashamed...</div>
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Dün akşam Profilo
Alışveriş Merkezi tiyatro salonunda, Alkışlar Tiyatrosu oyuncuları Bir Tatavla
Masalı’nı sahneye koydular. İstanbul’un eski semtlerinden Tatavla’nın (şimdiki
adıyla Kurtuluş), Türklerin, “bizim” öykümüzdü anlatılan. Bu ülkenin birarada
yaşayan, acıyı ve mutluğu paylaşan müslüman, Rum, Ermeni halkıydı anlatılan.
Oyundan önce oyuncular ve seyirciler Berkin için bir dakika saygı duruşunda
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Dün, 15 yaşındaki
kara gözlü çocuğa veda ettik. Dün, onu koruyamamış olduğumuz için utandık. Dün,
dindar olmaktan söz eden ama bu ülkeyi müslüman, hristiyan, yahudi diye bölmeye
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Berkin Elvan illustration source / Berkin Elvan
çizimi kaynak: <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://twitter.com/sinanguler/status/443313702327308288/photo/1" target="_blank">Twitter @ Sinan Güler</a></span></span></div>
A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-43674843383017434802014-03-08T21:34:00.000+02:002014-03-08T21:34:17.149+02:00ISTANBUL BY TAMER KÖŞELİ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Istanbul
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.tamerkoseli.com/">www.tamerkoseli.com</a></span></div>
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Türk tasarımcı Tamer Köşeli’den
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-3269708871883925592014-02-21T16:01:00.000+02:002014-02-21T16:01:45.705+02:00LONDON DOORS 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-44838468453852132862014-02-19T19:36:00.002+02:002014-02-19T19:36:30.617+02:00MEANWHILE IN TURKEY ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-63525315560948334192014-02-17T16:55:00.000+02:002014-02-17T16:55:27.904+02:00VINTAGE STYLE NOTEBOOKS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since almost two months we are in Istanbul but we couldn’t
settled yet. There are long lists of things to do, also books to buy,
exhibitions to visit...etc. And best way to begin to all this, is having few
new notebooks. Last year during a visit to Turkey, we saw a small paper shop in
a divided corner of a café in Karaköy, a neighborhood in Istanbul and we
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Yesterday we headed to Kâğıthane (House
of Paper) to buy some notebooks. When we arrived there we saw that they moved
to another shop at the same passage: Fransız Geçidi (Passage Français), an old
Istanbul passage restored very cruelly with an addition of ugly modern
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Karaköy becomes one of the popular destinations of Istanbul with its
cafés, galleries since few years and is not anymore a very attractive
destination for us with its new visitors profile. But if you are interested
with vintage style notebooks, Kâğıthane is worth a visit.</div>
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İstanbul’a
döneli neredeyse iki ay olacak ama hâlâ düzenimizi tam oturtamadık. Uzun bir
yapılacak işler listesine ek olarak, bir de alınacak kitaplar, gezilecek
sergiler vs diye listeler uzayıp gidiyor. Bu listelerle başa çıkmaya başlamanın
en iyi yolu da önce birkaç güzel defter edinmek. Geçen yıl Türkiye’ye
geldiğimizde, Karaköy’de bir kafenin köşesine açılmış küçücük bir defterci
görmüştük ve en son çocukluğumuzda gördüğümüz gibi, eski tarz defter serilerini
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içindeki yerlerinden yine aynı pasajın, beter restorasyonuyla insanı acılara
gark eden Fransız Geçidi’nin içinde başka bir dükkâna taşınmışlar. Daha büyük
alana geçince de ürün yelpazelerine seramik objeler, kumaş çantalar gibi şeyler
eklemişler. Kendimize bakkal defteri, elişi defteri ve telefon defterini
seçtik. Defterlerden birinin arkasında çarpım tablosu bile unutulmamış.</div>
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birkaç yıldır birbiri ardına açılan kafeleri, galerileri ile İstanbul’un
popüler semtlerinden olma yolunda hızla ilerliyor ama yeni ziyaretçi kitlesi
ile bizim için daha gidilmeyesi, işimizi halledip ufaktan uzayalım dedirten bir
yer hâline geldi. Ama yolunuz düşerse, Kâğıthane defterleri ve kedili gümüş
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-43621961350807888992014-02-10T16:28:00.000+02:002014-02-10T16:28:25.997+02:00ALAÇATI BLUES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-77501300742130254602014-02-05T16:34:00.000+02:002014-02-05T16:34:10.995+02:00SMELLS LIKE SPRING...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-36326707801672048342014-01-30T20:17:00.000+02:002014-01-30T20:17:12.215+02:00LONDON BY EDWARD RUTHERFURD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A historical London novel written by Salisbury born writer
Edward Ruherfurd is recently published in Turkish. A story of London and
Londoners through the ages since the geological formation of the city. No, not
kidding, just started to read it and the second sentence of the novel starts
like this: “Four hundred million years ago, ....”. Not sure how it’s gonna be
our relation for the next 1083 pages...</div>
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Salisbury
doğumlu yazar Edward Ruherfurd’un Londra isimli tarihi romanını aralık sonunda
görüp aldık. Meğer daha yeni çıkmış piyasaya. Kitap, şehrin jeolojik
oluşumundan günümüze, çağlar boyunca Londra’dan ve Londralıların yaşamlarından
kesitleri içeriyor. Yok şaka değil, daha ikinci cümlesi “Dört yüz milyon yıl
önce...” diye başlıyor. Önümüzdeki 1083 sayfa boyunca kitapla nasıl bir
ilişkimiz olacak göreceğiz bakalım... </div>
A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-49025565091575366722014-01-28T17:18:00.001+02:002014-01-28T17:18:57.209+02:00MALLOW FRITTATA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to have them around all the time, since weeks, every farmers market day we come
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sliced spring onions, eggs, corn flour or fine bread crumbs, olive oil, salt,
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Bu
hafta pazarda otların arasında yine kendimizi kaybettik ve buzdolabını otla
doldurduk. İstediğimiz zaman elimizin altında ot bulunması rahatlığını o kadar
özlemişiz ki, haftalardır pazara gittikten sonra eve koşup hemen birkaç çeşit
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pazar dönüşü de ebegümecili kaygana pişirdik. Kabaca doğranmış ebegümeci
yaprakları, ince doğranmış taze soğan, yumurta, mısır unu ya da galeta unu
(bizim evdeki usûl, kavanoz diplerinde hangisinden arta kalmış varsa bitirmek
için o), zeytinyağı, tuz, karabiber, kırmızı pulbiber. Şifa niyetine...</div>
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After having
weeks without rain, enjoying the sun with a temperature around 15-16 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman TUR";">°C in Istanbul, today we have a dark
and freezing winter day. We woke up
little bit early and headed to Bomonti Flea Market near the old Bomonti Beer
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The flea market is settled on sundays at the same market place
where Istanbul’s only organic market takes place on saturdays. Bomonti Flea
Market has a character between flea market and antiques market. There are
enough stalls to spend at least one hour looking to oldies. The dealers are
kind but as a couple who spend lot of time in antiques markets and shops, when
we compared some prices with our previous purchases from other markets and
shops, we can easy say that at least
half of them are talking about unrealistic prices (sometimes ten times more).
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with two trophies: an old green glass bottle and a traditional Turkish hard
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Haftalardır
İstanbul’da yağmursuz, 15-16 derece civarında seyreden güneşli havanın tadını
çıkardıktan sonra, sonunda karanlık ve buz gibi bir hava var dışarıda. Bugün
biraz erken kalktık ve eski Bomonti Bira Fabrikası’nın yakınında kurulan
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Bit pazarı pazar günleri, cumartesi günleri
kurulan İstanbul’un tek organik pazarının kurulduğu pazar yerinde kuruluyor. Bomonti
Bit Pazarı, bit pazarıyla antika pazarı karışımı bir yapıya sahip. Eskilere
bakarak en az bir saat dolanabileceğiniz kadar tezgâh var pazarda. Satıcılar
kibar ama antika pazarlarında ve dükkânlarında çokça vakit geçiren bir çift
olarak çok rahat söyleyebiliriz ki, en azından yarısı uçuk (zaman zaman on kata
kadar varan) fiyatlardan söz ediyorlar. Bütün antika pazarlarında olduğu gibi
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Soğuk soğuk üfüren rüzgâra ve yüksek fiyatlara
rağmen, birkaç saat dolandık pazarda ve eve iki ganimetle döndük: Yeşil eski
bir şişe ve bir şekerlemeci akide şekeri kavanozu. Mutlu muyuz? Olma mı! </div>
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-19215967747241155702014-01-19T16:55:00.000+02:002014-01-20T00:30:49.293+02:00EXLIBRIS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week we
made our first visit of the year to farmers market, we lost ourselves between
the aromas of fresh vegetables, fruits, goat cheeses, olives, rustic breads and
we came back home with our hands full of things we missed when we were away. Two of them are
nettles and mallows. Actually in London it’s not difficult to find both but
mostly in dog poo areas. And in the markets, they do not bring and sell these herbs
picked from the dog poo free areas like in Turkish farmers markets.</div>
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In western
Turkey, we use to eat lots of vegetables and herbs. Wild herbs form an
important part of the diet specially in Aegean region of Turkey. During winter
and spring, if we are around our home in the island, we pick them directly from
our garden. If we are in Istanbul, we buy from farmers markets. We use them in
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And sometimes we
boil them just few minutes, then drizzle lemon juice or vinegar and olive oil
top of it, add one crashed clove of garlic and enjoy with the rakı!</div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">(Ey
Okur! A Cat From London yayın hayatına Londra ellerinde başladığından,
Londra’ya yaşamaya ya da gezmeye gelecek her milletten okuyucuya ulaşsın diye
dili İngilizce idi. Her ne kadar adında bir değişiklik olmasa da, artık
Türkiye’de olduğumuz için yazıları İngilizce ve Türkçe yazmaya karar verdik.
Vatana millete hayırlı olsun diyor, açılışı yapıyoruz...)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">Yeni yılın ilk pazar
ziyaretini bu hafta yaptık. Mis gibi meyve, sebze, keçi peyniri, zeytin, köy
ekmeği kokularının arasında kendimizi kaybettik ve sonunda eve elimiz kolumuz
özlediğimiz bir sürü şey ile dolu olarak döndük. Uzaktayken en çok özlediğimiz
şeylerden biri kışın ve baharda bol bol ot yiyememek olduğundan, ısırgan ve
ebegümecileri görür görmez kapıp eve getirdik. Her ne kadar pazarlarında bulunmasa
da, Londra elleri ısırgan ve ebegümeci kaynadığından, her yürüyüşte karşımıza
çıkıyordu. Üstelik dört mevsim kış olduğundan her daim bulmak mümkündü ama kuçu
eesi aromalı olmayanı bulmak neredeyse imkânsızdı.</span></div>
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topladığımız otların körpeliğinin yanından bile geçemeyecek kartlıkta olsalar
da, ebegümecilerin bir demedi acilen haşlandı, üzerine zeytinyağı limon
gezdirildi, bir diş de dövülmüş sarımsak eklenince akşamki rakı sofrasına mis
gibi meze oldu. Şimdi aklımız keçi peyniriyle börek olacak ısırganlarda. </span></div>
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Since we came
back to Istanbul, we are trying to settle and the house still is a madhouse.
But on the other hand, we enjoy the sun, drinking delicious tea during hours
while looking to the blue of the sea, the friendship of fluffy street cats,
breakfast with crunchy simit (Turkish bagel), being spoilt by mom treats...etc.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">This
time the new year came to us with new plans, challenges and good surprises.
Meantime, Santa also is very busy and keeps visiting us everyday. (Oh yes, he
is still around). He brings us </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">packages
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">First from Ankara, from <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://bulutgolgesi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tülin</a></span>...</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">Then
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">And today from Istanbul, from <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://edabellaa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Eda</a></span>...</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;">Dear
friends, thank you all for being there, for your love and care! You enlightened
our week!</span></div>
A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-14283142224772734992013-12-31T00:05:00.000+02:002013-12-31T00:05:07.775+02:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy new year everyone! </div>
A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-10933842279408459342013-12-29T11:27:00.002+02:002013-12-29T11:28:02.670+02:00THE TRUST<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-14336638161777486372013-12-26T18:47:00.001+02:002013-12-26T18:47:39.563+02:00AT THE SAME TIME IN ISTANBUL...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The sun was
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A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-36228201299714494572013-12-22T01:53:00.000+02:002013-12-22T01:53:36.780+02:00HEADING TO SUN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our three years stay in our little kingdom comes to an end
and we are heading back to sun, turquoise blue Aegean and Mediterranean waters,
fluffy street cats, variety of juicy and tasty fruits and vegetables, amazing
smell of the bakeries, adventurous motorcycle rides and Mediterranean style
slow living.<br />
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There is a long list of the things we won’t miss like rain,
unbeatable British summers, health and safety craziness, tea with milk but we
gonna miss our home, the pubs, antiques shops and markets, city foxes, first
class football, film quality British dramas, the smell of the fireplaces in the
middle of the city, Guinness, canal walks, small theatres, delicious Indian
food, our friends in London and also in a very special little pub in Edinburgh.<br />
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But,<br />
at
the end,<br />
the question still is:<br />
What’s the meaning of Stoneheeeeeenge? </div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mbyzgeee2mg?rel=0" width="500"></iframe>A Cat From Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03712897464741618177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184818933298792585.post-56313927221377882492013-12-16T22:42:00.002+02:002013-12-16T22:45:24.908+02:00TRAVELLERS' CHILDREN IN LONDON FIELDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A black and
white documentary photography book we bought on Saturday. Clerkenwell born
photographer Colin O’Brien which is taking London photos since 1948, captured Irish
travellers' children in London fields in 1987. Photos of little ones with a
grown up expression on their faces... </div>
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