This entry took me a span of three days to write and type, plus it follows the events of a week, so it may seem a bit schizophrenic. I will make sure to space out the days from each other and try to keep it from being too confusing. Well it has been a while now since I have written again but it is not because I have not wanted to. Really I have been cut off from most of the world for about a week - just taking a few unproductive days to myself. Wednesday of last week (October 29th) was the 85th anniversary of the founding of Turkey, called Cumhurriyet Bayramı (Republic Festival). There were a lot of people out on the streets and in Taksim there was a huge festival with fireworks, music,
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