The Speech

Translating the mayor's (blue tie) speech was difficult. It started with Sevgi (right), then went to Hakan, bounced between them for a while, and then ended up with this guy on the left, who I assumed was an assistant of the mayor's.

Spring Break ... and a general update

April 25th 2008
Wow, it's been a while. Since my last post, I've been busy. Most of my time was taken up by taking midterms, studying for midterms, and planning planning my Spring Break trip and figuring out my schedule for when friends visit and stuff like that. I'll get to that in a little bit, but I want to add a few pictures. Spring came with a huge vengeance to Istanbul in the last week or so. The plant ... read more

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more

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