April 2011
12 posts
nine stories of the mountain: #7 Turkey is for Turks →
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So, my first few days in Istanbul,
this was back in 2004,
I’m walking up and down Sultanahmet street
or Istikal caddesi
back and forth
and I’m totally in shock
My Turkish falls apart,
I can’t even swear at people.
I don’t eat anything because I’m afraid to order
in a restaurant,