August 28, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Emrah’s family
Emrah (in glasses), his brother Erdal, nephew Serdal, mother Zeynep, and sister-in-law Esen. |
Sezgin
He’s a painter. He’s going to paint Emrah’s mother’s house. |
starting!
The first stripe of pink gets put on the blue house. |
Zeynep baking
While she’s waiting for her house to be a new color, Zeynep is baking gözleme (filled pancakes). The dough has risen, a fire will soon be started under the metal lens, dough will be rolled thin and filled with a cheese/herb mixture and then baked quickly on the hot iron plate. Yum!! |
 Emrah and Sezgin
The two painters pause in their work for a photo op. |
The apprentice
I’m helping out - the lines aren’t my idea, but an apprentice just does what she’s told to do… |
almost done
It took two days, but it looks great. the only part left to do is the door area. This idea of painting the strips where the windows are a contrasting color seems to be popular in this area. I helped pick out the colors… |
 Knitting Lesson
one of Zeynep’s handmade rugs - done in twisted garter stitch and intarsia for the colors. The rugs are done in strips (in this case three), then sewed together and given another smaller strip border. Very durable! |
more knitting
some older handknitted rugs, still lovely colors and patterns. |
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August 27, 2007 at 11:29 pm
 meydan & hamam
At a corner of the central square (meydan) in Tokat, typical traffic. The building with the two domes is a historical hamam, now a museum (but closed on mondays!). |
 tokat fruit stand
fruit stand, mosque minaret in the distance, tile roofs. |
 tokat back street
A typical street scene of Turkey: Laundry hanging on balconies, buildings made of stone and cement, stone streets. The metal cylinders on the rooftops are hot water tanks, usually heated with solar power. |
 cami (mosque)
Emrah posing at the fountain outside the mosque (cami). The tank is filled with water for worshippers to wash with before entering the mosque. |
 Gök Medrese
This Gök Medrese (a medrese is a theological school) was constructed as a medical school in the 13th centry during the reign of the Anatolian Selçuk Sultan Giyaseddin Keyhusrev III. Apparently it is two stories with an inside courtyard, but I couldn’t see inside because we went on a Monday when all historic muesum sites across Turkey are closed. This is a closeup of the stonework on the front door. |
 outside gök medrese
Outside the Gök Medrese is a partially excavated archaeological site, where they have brought in lots of random ancient pieces covering hundreds of years. I believe these are grave markers but from where and when I have no idea. In the middle is me. |
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August 23, 2007 at 7:50 pm
hong kong
Top: me, Semra, Hande. Bottom: Şerafettin, Bülent, Erdal. |
 honduras
Top: Cüneyt, Esra, me, Yasin, Burak. Bottom: Yilhan, İsmail. |
 guatemala
Mehmet, Hamide, Handan, Fulya, me, Cavit, Sezgi, Murat. |
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