BETH ELLIOT

Beth and I have been friends for a long time.She is a special woman with an intellectual and creative mind.She has the ability of creating a story even from a word she hears.

I knew she was going to be a Regency Time novelist.

The Wild Card is her first book that Ienjoyed reading very much.In All Honour is her second book that you can not put it down easily when you read.Then came the third one.April& May.I have not read it yet but I am looking forward to reading it soon.She is having a Book Launch at the library in Reading-England.I am sure all her books will be sold out immediately.Congratulatings and good luck to you Beth Elliot.

Dreams dreams ...!

As the weather gets warmer,I have started dreaming of being there ,at MAVİ KENT.
I have missed swimming in cristal clear water and chatting and drinking refreshment in the shadow of pine trees at the beach.

Oh my balkony!I wonder what can be better and restful than drinking tea at my balkony after swimming.I have another dream.My granddaughter will be here soon.My husband and I are looking forward to her visit and the time we will spent with her.

My jolly flowers

I love all kinds of flowers.They are the taste of nature even though you grow them in pots or greet them wherever they are. Aren't they gorgeous?

Early Morning Walks

There is a small but lovely park close to

my home.

I enjoy walking early in the morning while ıt is quiet.Breathing fresh air makes my spirit up and energetic all day long.

Taking pretty pictures of flowers is a joy for me. Poppies greet me every morning.

Days in Bursa

Bursa is one of the oldest and historical cities in Turkey. It was the first capital city of Ottoman Empire.

Sleeping Cat.

we old friends from the college met up in Bursa to watch the play Puşude-i -Siyah written by Zerrin Tığlıoğlu who was also an old friend.The play was about Turkish War of Indepence.We all were impressed and were in tears when the curtain of the stage closed down.We congratulated her on her success and felt proud of her very much.We took a sightseeing tour she planned and visited;İnkaya Plane,the branches of which were at least 600 metres long.It was impossible not to feel respectful to its age.

We loved the small village Cumalıkızık and its narrow streets where we could see old Ottoman houses.We enjoyed buying local people's products as well.

Umurbey Hamamı,Car Museum,Ömür Köftecisi were other interesting historics we visited.My husband and I were also proud of our daughter when we saw the shopping center called Korukent the project of which drawn by her.

Zerrin gave us a tea party at her beautifiul house after the play.We old friends felt touchy when Fedakar presented her our plaque that we prepared for her.We had our shares from her table where you could see all homemade cookies and dishes on.The ladies in the picture were young girls once,most of them are grannies now! It was so nice to talk about our old days in Erzurum that made us feel young again.

We thanked Zerrin for 3 nice days we spent in Bursa and congratulated her for her achivement.
I am sure she will write more as she has
a powerful inspiration and knowledge about Turkish History.

Annual KEBAP DAY at Science High School!

It was another excited and emotional day for me.Being among my old students and receving appreciations of them made me feel so good.I was delighted to learn their success in life.I also had the opportunity to chat with my old collegues at the annual KEBAP day .

More wedding pictures

Memorable times.

Happy parents!

Wedding in Lithoro

When I saw my daughter coming to the place holding her future husband's arm,I thought I was dreaming or was it real?She was the most beautiful bride and couple I had ever seen.My baby grown up and was getting married and would live abroad.My son- in- law was a nice kind man and his family loved my daughter and were keen on her that was a relief for me.On the other hand,I was watching my husband and could see his trembling lips trying to keep his tears.I also tried for that and a big lump placed in my throat!

Turkish and Greek guests became so friendly soon that you could not say who was Greek or Turkish.As parents of bride's, we enjoyed everything and appreciated what they prepared for the wedding.We helped ourselves the cold and hot buffet which we found really delicious and we also liked the food brought from Grete.I realized again that we had so many in common.It was the best Turkish-Greek wedding. More important than this,I was sure they would be happy together.

A few more nice pictures in Litohoro

Isn't it a lovely village?

A Journey To Litohoro in Greece

When the time came for the journey, we were all excited as it was going to be our first visit to Greece as well.We two families hardly fitted into the car with much luggage including my granddaughter's prum. My youngest daughter and I and the baby were sitting at the back of the car.We did not meet any difficulties at the border when we had our papers stamped. We were all smiling while on our way to Litohoro.Everything we saw was familiar to us as Greeks and Turkish people lived together years ago and were affected by each other in everyway. It seemed to me that the only differences were the religion and the languages but you could catch up many words that were being used in both languages.

My eldest ,who was going to get married , was intructing us by her mobile.

-'Get some petrol there,follow this sign on that motorway.'were her words till we stopped in front of her future house where she met us.I could not take myself from looking at the newly painted grey-blue house for a while.It was going to be her home.I whispered prayers for her happiness!

Litohoro was a lovely small village by the skirts of Mount Olympus.You could always feel the breeze blowing down from the mountain.The people were friendly to us and we received warm welcome everywhere we went. You could find everything you needed in the shops in the small village center. We all enjoyed being in Litohoro and staying in our private flat very much.