From the sacred to the secular. We were having lunch in the Saturday bazaar when we overheard these spunky eight-year-old cousins, Melisa Tecer and Sila Aymelek, delighting their family with a recitation of the Turkish national poem. This three-minute video captures their repeat performance at our request. The poem has 10 stanza, nine with four lines, the tenth with five. Good job, girls! Well done.
Introduction
We begin with Sufis
Seeing past the jilbab
Hagia Sophia
And then a man tried to sell us a carpet
Passing remark
S gets a shoe shine
Outside the mosque, inside the mosque
Blue Mosque
Headscarves
Street food
Sneaking snaps in Istanbul
Next up: Iznik
After a day of Nicean ruins…
Buying and making tile
Bath day for S
Life in the small Muslim town of Iznik
Hagia Sophia, Iznik
Hookah lesson
At the market
Turkish National Poem
A parade
Random nature snaps
Gozleme making
The usual suspects
Pamukkale
Konya
Muslim women
Surprise visit
The music makers
Hat or head scarf?
Cappadocia
Landscape I
Landscape II
Landscape III
Landscape IV
Landscape V
Column Church
Resting
Beautiful
