Turkey vs. Croatia

Tonight we watch the quarter final game of the euro2008 soccer cup.
Exciting match actually, at the 119th minutes (one minute before the end of the match), Croatia scored a goal, but one minute later Turkey equalized 1-1. They went to the penalties and Turkey won 4-2.
The reason we are crouching is because some boneheads started to shoot with shotguns in the air. And it's not rare that somebody looking from the window gets hit by a bullet. How nice isn't it ?

Soccer Night

Tonight we went to Engin and Reyhan to watch the soccer game between Turkey and Czech Republic. Turkey won, funnily. Before leaving our house we witnessed our neighbors having a barbecue party in the street.









During half-time we changed the channel unfortunately to witness the craziness of Diva He/She transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy (or here) hosting a 'so you think you can sing' kind of show. He/She looks like the King of Persia, Xerxes, in the movie 300.

Traffic Jam

Istanbul is paralyzed today. Tonight the final football (soccer) games will be played and the winner will be Turkey's champion. Galatasaray is almost certain to win the cup tonight but the game is at home so in Mecidiyeköy = Traffic jam in the Sisli/Mecidiyeköy/Taksim area. Besiktas is also playong at home in Dolmabahçe = Traffic jam in the Taksim/Besiktas/Nisantasi Area.
We're trying to reach home as fast as we can because we have guests tonight and they're already home ;)

Near Taksim







In Front of the Besiktas Stadium.