December 2009
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BBC News - Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus'...
via jonathanbowker:
A Turkish archaeologist has called on his government to demand that Italy return the bones of St Nicholas to their original resting place.
By Jonathan Head, BBC News, Istanbul
The 3rd Century saint - on whom Santa Claus was modelled - was buried in the modern-day town of Demre in Turkey.
But in the Middle Ages his bones were taken by Italian sailors and...
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Misirli Ahmet →
via drumfascination:
Mısırlı Ahmet was born in 1963 in Ankara,Turkey.He began to play darbuka (a kind of drum) when he was 17. There was not any musician in his family so he learned how to play drum by himself.He carried on his music life in Ankara until 1987. After a while , he went to France and worked out individually. While he was working ,he discovered his technique which he is using even...
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There are two languages I want to learn...
via veilsandsmoke:
…and these are:
Italian - because most of my favorite love songs are Italian, even if they’re just instrumentals.
Turkish - because when the Turkish talk, they look like they’re about to kiss you.
dil dile değmeden dil öğrenilmez
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Wanderlust | Istanbul By CHRIS CAMPBELL | NOVEMBER 20, 2009, 10:48 AM
Courtesy of Yastik by Rifat OzbekVibrant pillows made with fabrics sourced from all over the world line the walls at Istanbul’s Yastik.
The international style crowd recently descended upon Istanbul for a three-day fashion extravaganza. Powerhouse labels like Roberto Cavalli, Salavatore Ferragamo, Vivienne Westwood and...
Watchrecent classic exchange:
me: you know what word no one ever seems to be able to understand when i say it? arkadaşım: no. me: moğollar. arkadaşım: what? me: moğollar. arkadaşım: repeat please? me: you know, ‘mongols,’ like the band. arkadaşım: ohhh… moğollar. me: well, you’ve just made my point. arkadaşım: but you must pronounce the letter ‘o’ twice...
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keraleda:
somethingturkish:
fastol:
thought you might want to check this out if you havent alreayd
Acarer also announced another project called “the Anaposta” - and it sounds much more ominous than a pre-filtered search engine. “The Anaposta” would provide email accounts - with a quota of 10 gigabytes - to all of Turkey’s 70 million citizens. “Every child will have an e-mail address written...
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fastol:
thought you might want to check this out if you havent alreayd
Acarer also announced another project called “the Anaposta” - and it sounds much more ominous than a pre-filtered search engine. “The Anaposta” would provide email accounts - with a quota of 10 gigabytes - to all of Turkey’s 70 million citizens. “Every child will have an e-mail address written on his/her identity card since...
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November 2009
31 posts
On making your own yogurt
sorry for the interruption - i was momentarily distracted by my own fame. now back to the food-related mini-series.
via urbanfoodie: via ericaaaaa:
I’ve been making my own yogurt off and on for almost two years now. The impetus grew out of the fact that I like yogurt, but mostly out of my hatred for accumulating those number five yogurt containers. (I do reuse them for freezing stocks, beans,...