Turkey: 2008 and Beyond
About this blog
I've come to Turkey to live for at least 2 years, learn Turkish, and find out if I might emigrate permanently. If you are looking for a "Good-Time Charlie's Adventures in Paradise," you won't find this blog to be a guide to the high life in Turkey. Actually, I'm not sure I know how to have fun. But I think I find some interesting places and situations. And I try to think about them.
This site seems more user friendly and facile than the one I began on, GetJealous.com. I never liked that title anyway. Nevertheless, something of a soap opera beginning to my travels to this date may be found (archived) there: http://www.getjealous.com. Search for kurre
Trip Start
Feb 08, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 11, 2009
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There are 124 entries in this blog
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In the Beginning There Are Preparations -
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The Painting -
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In the Days Before: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid . . . . -
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More Pre-Trip Aggrivation -
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Before the Painting Reception Ceremony -
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Last Act Before Departure: A Ceremony -
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On the Airport Floor -
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Philadelphia, With Rev Bev -
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New York City, At the Met -
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Munich-Athens-Izmir, Turkey -
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Ankara, Chapter 1: Turkish Keyboards -
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Ankara, Chapter 2: Not A Travel Blog; A Soap Opera -
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Ankara: Chapter 3: Soap Opera Episode 2 -
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Ankara: Chapter 4: Interlude: Not So Far From Home -
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Ankara: Chapter 7: Interlude: Of Eliot and Me -
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Ankara: Chapter 8: Something Completely Different -
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Ankara: Chapter 9: Townscape and Anatolia -
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Ankara: Chapter 10: Macro and Micro -
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Cappadocia: A Touristy Thing -
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A Quick Trip to Bursa -
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Ankara: Chapter 11: Soap Episode 5 -
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Ankara: Chapter 12: A Quick Report -
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Ankara: Chapter 13: A Day in the Life -
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Ankara: Chapter 14: A Last Dance -
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Ankara: Chapter 15: About to Head South -
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Nigde: It's Good to Be On the Road Again -
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Nigde, First Hospitality -
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Hatay, a.k.a. Antakya -
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In Southeastern Turkey: Something of the Past Days -
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Diyarbakir in the Rain -
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Is There a Doctor in the House? -
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Finally Some Fun -
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Hasankeyf, In and Around -
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Trouble in Van -
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Van to Patnos (and Why Patnos) -
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Istanbul Interlude: Love and Technology -
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A Big Jump to Samsun -
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The Party in Sivas -
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Surprising Thessaliniki -
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A Day at the Battlefields -
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Gelibolu to Bursa -
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In Bursa, A Culture Center and Some Students -
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A Walk in the Woods. And then Some. -
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Preliminaries in Bursa -
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A Second Hike in the Woods Above Bursa -
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A Too Repetative Turkish Experience -
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A Home on the Way? -
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A House to Rent: I Think So -
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After First Night and Day in the House -
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Getting Gased: A Profound and Humbling Experience -
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Of Domesticity and Death -
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Still Some "Travel" Experiences -
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After the Flood -
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A Day in the Country with Sculptors -
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Of a Hike, and Thoughts Thereon -
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Just Because One Travels to Exotic Places . . . . -
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Moving On. To the Dance. -
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A Little History for Oldrover -
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Bus Stop -
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Delivering the Message -
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But Wait. There's More! -
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An Evening With Sezen Aksu -
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Closer to Home -
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A Not Very Exciting Weekend -
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To Iznik -
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Thoughts From Prior Travels: Georgia On My Mind -
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Incidents: Bursa to Ayvalik -
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Border Misunderstanding -
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An "Art Camp" Experience -
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Art Camp Experience, More of -
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Getting Back in the Groove -
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Sounds from the Bedroom -
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What's the Big Deal about Sogut? -
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On the Road Again -
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I Need a Critique -
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On the Way Back to Canakkale 1 -
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On the Way Back to Canakkale 2 -
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On the Way Back to Canakkale 3 -
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Some Backfill -- Istanbul Last Week -
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At Homer's Troy -
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After Homer's "Iliad," a Walk -
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Yenikoy Walk -
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Another Visit to Gallipoli -
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Alexandria Troas With Olives -
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Assos: Another Fine Day -
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Tevfikiye (Troy): Varol Pansion -
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Pin Only -
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Map Pin Only -
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Eskisehir: Waiter, there's a Tomb in the Kitchen! -
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Kutahya: Little Christmas Presence -
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Kutahya Annex -
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Bus Route to Bergama -
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Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey): In the Snow -
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Pergamon Unclichéd I -
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Pergamon Unclichéd II -
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Manisa -
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On Way to Sardis -
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A Visit to Sardis -
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To Chios and Above -
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Sardis II: Finding the Gold -
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Priene -
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Saddam and Me -
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Milas and Bodrum -
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Passing Through Konya to Ankara -
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March, April, May: Konya, Ankara, Kas -
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A Hike Above Kas on May 13 -
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Death in the Morning, Death in the Afternoon -
108
Aydin, Of All Places. Skip if You Want. -
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Of Going to Nysa (And Other Places By Bus) -
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Random Pictures from Days In and Around Fethiye -
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Patara: Three for History -
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Arykanda -
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A Visit to Elmalı -
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Malatya, A Nice Place, I'm Pretty Sure -
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Nemrut Dağı: An Amusing Little Place -
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Elazığ: A Surprise Awaits -
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Van Again -
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Doğubayazıt: İshak Palace and Beyon -
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Kars for Ani -
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From Thessaloniki, But About Leaving Turkey -
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Dubrovnic: Sweltering Amongst the Horde -
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Ljubljana, Slovenia -
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Troyes, France: An Adventure All the Way -
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Last Days in Lusigny and Troyes
