Celik Palas Bursa
Cekirge Cad. 79 Bursa, Bursa, Turkey
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Turkish adventures continued
... find a charming, beaten hamam bowl, used to pour water over yourself in the baths. Or to hang on the wall in your house in western Massachusetts. Mary Ellen and I split up for a bit, and met at the Blue Mosque in the late afternoon for one last visit, before wandering by the market for some dinner. We took the ferry to Bursa on Sunday morning and were met by our lovely hosts, a young couple named Umut and Duygu Eroglu, who lived in Washington state for ...
Semazen (Sufi 'Dance' Tradition)
... that it point straight down and is made of bamboo. It produces of the most soothing and organic sounds I can think of. Anyone interested in listening to it, check out this video, by a famous (and personal favorite) Turkish multi-instrumentalist Erkan Oğur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y1S2WoC 1Pk
After the dance, everyone prays, and when in Rome, right? So it was there I performed my first Muslim-style prayer. ...
And from hijabs to burqas
... Brits, the French, the Greeks, the Italians and the Armenians. Mustafa didn’t think this was right at all (and he’s absolutely correct in thinking this way) so he amassed a small army, gathered everyone in Ankara and proceeded to take back his country region by region, kicking out the foreigners one by one. He was cunning though, because after all this was done, he never gave the power back to the sultan. He said that a country should belong ...
As It Should Be
... doing here? Well, a few things. Discovering that which I never knew existed, most having been unearthed from deep inside myself. No longer drunk off of the satisfaction of gaining everything you aimed for and then some, the scent lingers faintly, and I'm reminded - affirmed rather - that I am living my life 'as it should be,' and tonight this idea is only the most relevant.
To which I slightly recoil initially. Ideas of ...
Bursa's 15th century Green Mosque & Green Tomb
... The city of Bursa was still asleep and no noise could be heard as I explored in depth the surrounding area.
This morning, we visited the Green Tomb and the Green Mosque in Bursa where 15th century Ottoman architectural masterpieces were viewed. Since both buildings were located in the same area, like one across the street from the other one, we ...



