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From the Ancient Land of Wine
September 2007
A vineyard in East Anatolia
(from Kavaklidere)
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You don't often see Turkish wines all around the world. And the total wine brands in Turkey is no more than the local brands of a single small French town.
Being one of the most ancient lands that produced wine, Turkey has still lots of flavors for wine lovers. I was 22 when I first tasted a foreign wine. I love the rather bitter taste of Turkish wines.
Here you'll find about the wine regions in Turkey, grape variations, popular brands and my humble selections for you.
click for "Wine in Turkey"
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A leisure bike around the lake
3rd June 2007
Lake Leman (Geneva lake) is one of the most pleasant routes for cyclists. There's a fine course all around the lake. Though I only cycled only a portion of it, I think I've got the spirit of Lake Leman route.
These are my experiences of my trip from Geneva to Nyon.
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On the way to Nyon
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Diaries of a young woman, lived in 1930s, died in her 25
11st November 2006
How it feels to die when you're only 25?
I imagine myself dying when I'm 25. To be buried with passions to be fulfilled, things to be done.
Melek Kobra lived in 1930s' Istanbul. In a country transforming itself and integrating to modern world. She was also an important figure of this transformation.
She died of tuberculosis, and in her last three years, she began to write diaries. She was aware of her fate, but she kept writing it, to her very last days.
Her diaries were found in 2006, nearly seventy years after her death.
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Melek Kobra
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Cyprus - Divided forever?
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29 July 2006
In June 2006, Zeynep and I visited Cyprus. It was our first time in the island. I was born in 1971, and my entire life has passed waiting for the Cyprus problem to be solved.
These are my impressions after this first visit to the island. Unfortunately, now, I have less hope for the re-unification of Cyprus. I will not see it in my lifetime.
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A quite café in Famagusta with a nice view of old city on background
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21st August 2006
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Here I present my first program. It's a simple game : eptaxia. This was an old mind game I used to play since I was in high school (in boring classes). I don't know it's real name.
There's a setup package that you can easily install. Also, you can get the source codes of the program.
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Journey to Gruyéres - Switzerland
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24th October 2006
When you visit Switzerland, you have thousands of one-day trip choices. Gruyéres is just one of them.
If you love trains, journey to Gruyéres becomes a magnificent occasion, and an "always to be remembered" event.
Also, this medieval town has many temptations waiting for you. It's my first time in a medieval town. After I've read Micheal Crichton's Timeline, it was one of my dreams to wander inside a castle and to look upon the plains from castle towers.
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May 2006 Maybe our universe is stranger than we expect - Dark Matter, read article
BBC's documentaries are quite interesting. Sometimes they cover controversial issues as 'String Theory', 'Eleven Dimesions' and so.
... it seems that only 4% of all the matter is made up of atoms and observable by us. The others? The others are called as dark matter and dark energy.
Apr 2006 Cesária Évora - touches deep in your heart, read article
It was the spring of 2005 when I first listened one of Cesária Évora songs : Sodade. She was singing a duet with Eleutheria Arvanitaki. As I'm a real fan of Arvanitaki, this simply was enough reference for her.
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This site is about
rather unique
stories from
my own zeitgeist,
that I want to share
with.
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As a Man Thinketh - James Allen
As a Man Thinketh is a classical personal development book written by James Allen. It was published in 1902.
Although it's more than a hundred years old, this short book is full of life-changing ideas.
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