Hrant Dink - 2 years already

Hrant Dink was shot 2 years ago. He was editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos. Stickers can be seen everywhere : It reads : To forget is to lose !

New Office

It's official we're moving to a new place. Not very far from where we are actually. We are now near the Taksim Square and we're going down toward the Şişhane district. near Tünel actually, so it's pretty cool. The place is much bigger (240 sq. meters) with a huge terrace (70 sq. meters). The building is from 1880 from a French architect. Some work has to be done insidxe before we can actually move in. Check out the radiator in the middle of the room. This is where the Studio will be.

Şipşak

After shooting some product reviews for the Teknosohbet show, I've decided to have my "own" show (co-hosted with Burak). It will be about cameras, there will be reviews, guests, tips, how-to's, etc. Today we prepared the generic and the roll-caption. I haven't seen the result yet, I hope it'll be as expected. The will be called Şipşak (ship shak), onomatopoeia designing the sound of the shutter, like "Click" in English. The show will be in Turkish and twice a week under the Televidyon host page.

Weather

It's been a while since I've posted a weather photo. very chili weather with temperatures below zero (celsius. below32 degrees Fahrenheit).

Weather

Very cold weather today, rainy/snowy. We decided to go walk by the Bosphorus between Kuruçeşme and Bebek. A 4km walk in the windiest part of Istanbul. We were all wet from the rain, it took me a while to get warm again.

Demonstration

Today while going to work I saw people gathered in the Taksim square. Another demonstration to protest against the attack of Israel against the Palestinian people.
You can read : Israel Murderer. Go away from Palestine !!!

Bilar-do

This morning,while going the the veterinarian I took this phicture to share with you this funny café name. Everyone reads it Bilar. But do not forget the music note following reading a Do, giving Bilardo : Billiard or Pool.

Demonstration

Tonight another very small demonstration against the attack of Israel upon the Gaza Territories took place in Taksim in the Istiklal Street. They were carrying a small casket to represent the children killed during the attacks.

Piknik

I went to eat at Piknik on the Istiklal Street with Murat after a shooting at the Turkcell Headquarter.

Demostration

Today as I walked toward the Turkcell Headquarter I saw those people near the Galatasaray H.S. demonstrating about the the attacks of Israel in Gaza.

























As I turned around the corner I saw a huge crowd walking toward me. Many union workers protesting against the raises, the international crises, their job and Israel. There seem to be a "big" support from Turkish people toward Palestinians, mainly because of the religious link. Even though Turkey is a big commercial and military partner of Israel they do not care for Israel's behavior in the Palestinian territories. Turkish PM Erdogan, French President Sarkozy and Spanish chief of Government Zapatero met in Egypt to try to find a solution. Turkish government wants to play an important part in the solving of the conflict.

Traffic Jam

Tonight I left work at the same time the Beşiktaş vs. Gaziantep Bel. football game was over so I got stuck into traffic. Fortunately the city showed us the traffic condition. In red : the districts, in yellow : the condition. It ays Fluid for all the district. It took me 1 hour to go 3 miles !

Sine-Sen

After lunch I witnessed this small demonstration in Taksim Square. There was the Sine-Sen (Turkish Movie Workers Union) of the cinema industry asking for more rights. Shooting conditions are very difficult here. Most people do not get a social insurance, money is given in an enveloppe ...

Air Traffic Over Britain

Interesting.

Passing By

Thanks to Abdul and Özlem for taking the time to see us during their stop in Istanbul coming from Thailand and going to Paris and no sleep at all.









Breakfast at Ceviz Café in Besiktas.

First photo of the Year

It snowed for the new year

New Year's Eve

MYK New Year Party

Here and There

Etiler District









Arnavutköy District









Bosphorus









Maçka District, Arrive at the G-Mall to shoot a show.









New Nokia ad campaign for their new "Navigator" phone for which we did a get lost-discover-share platform in cooperation with them : Kaybolduk.biz (in Turkish).









Taksim

Snow

Today we did some street polls for a company. It snowed all day long. It was pretty hard to hold the camera still, I didn't get gloves ;)











After I left work, snow got more intense. I love snow. I wish for a snow storm in Istanbul.











Taksim Square