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There is no spoon

Posted by Aurel Manea on Oct 16, 2009 in Animals, People, Video | 6 Comments

Literally .For 2 months now I have no spoon in the whole house. I either forget or I’m to lazy to buy and it makes things rather difficult for me., especially regarding eating.

Now what was I saying ?  Oh yeah, pigeons in Istanbul . Lots of them.

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Strangers in a strange land

Posted by Aurel Manea on Oct 8, 2009 in People, Street photo | 4 Comments

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Turkey tourists Spain series Portugal Lisboa Barcelona

Turkey tourists Spain series Portugal Lisboa Barcelona

Istanbul docks

Posted by Aurel Manea on Sep 17, 2009 in Landscapes | 34 Comments

I was kind of impressed with Istanbul, It’s so crowded and chaotic, like a huge market. I found it interesting that everywhere I went to buy something the people insisted on negotiating. So it was very strange when I walk into a hi-tech photo equipment shop the salesman started to negotiate with me for a (actualy very expensive) tripod that I eventually never bought.

But what shocked me in the worse kind of way was the fact that internet is censored there. I tried to acces a youtube link and this came onscreen .

Ankara 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi’nin, 05.05.2008 tarih ve 2008/402 nolu KORUMA TEDB?R? kapsam?nda bu internet sitesi (youtube.com) hakk?nda verdi?i karar Telekomünikasyon ?leti?im Ba?kanl???’nca uygulanmaktad?r. (The decision no 2008/402 dated 05.05.2008, which is given about this web site (youtube.com) within the context of protection measure, of Ankara 1. Sulh Ceza Mahkemesi has been implemented by “Telekomünikasyon ?leti?im Ba?kanl???”.)

So were many other sites, especially porn ones.

Sad to see people still living in the dark ages regarding freedom of speech and information at least.

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Turkey sea ocean night docks city

Turkey sea ocean night docks city

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