Görüşmek üzere Shantel (See You Shantel)

Yesterday I went to the concert of Shantel. We danced much.

The thing which made it more funny, is that it was a last minute concert

: )

I bought the tickets three days ago, but the morning I got an sms
which says that the concert is cancelled because of the snow.

Then, at 22:00 I visited the internet site of the concert place
(babylon), it was saying that Shantel will be there at 23 o'clock.

So, I put on my clothes, and run to the bus station in 5 min (normally it takes 10 to walk)
Everything was fine, I was on time.. And then, the concert began : )

Annie

Annie is the movie which I watched about 5-10 times when I was a child.

The soundtrack also is funny.

I still remember very well some scenes of the movie.. I guess, I watched the movie first time when I was about four or five years old.

Museum day

Yesterday was a good day. I went to a concert in Sultanahmet and then visited archeological museum with a very close friend.

The most precious piece is a sarcophagus which came from Sidon, Lebanon used by phoenician king.

There's very interesting, mystical things in this museum.. This makes me curious about history of civilizations like, phoenicia, hittites, urartus, persians etc..

miniatures

Here is some miniatures by Nusret Colpan

I like them a lot, so I wanted to share them with you.

The fourth one tells the conquest of Istanbul. The transport of ships by the ground from Besiktas to Kasimpasa.

Streets of Sulukule ARE DOWN DOWN DOWN

I'm curious about ghettos... I guess, it's because these are places which we hear a lot, but can't visit just in a sunny day like that.

So, in Istanbul, they want to destroy a very old gipsy district, and want to build high class buildings.

I think, the best solution is to rehabilitate people living there, and build traditional new houses for them; and make this area a touristical place; so that they can make money.

As Sulukule became very popular, I think they can be successfull.

This is the only solution, or else they'll continue to be smashed.

But I guess, the one which makes the project don't care about them, they care about money.

a song which is written for Sulukule by Gogol Bordello. By the way,  Gogol Bordello is one of my favourite bands..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO7cwm98vB8

Here is some links for getting informed:
http://www.alternatifsulukule.org/manifest.aspx

links in Turkish:
http://sulukulegunlugu.blogspot.com/

http://www.arkitera.com/haber_21739_sulukule-yi-ve-sulukuleli-yi-nasil-bir-gelecek-bekliyor.html