Türkiye comes from two words    

Türk  =  being strong & powerful
iye     =  being owened & related to

The nation of brave people in Tatar Language (татар теле, татарча, tatar tele, tatarça is aTurkish language spoken by the Tatars of historical Kazan Khanate) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatar_language

"Peace in the country, peace in the world"

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk´s saying has been Turkish Republic`s main principle since 1920










"You cannot not return to Istanbul" xoxo to realitaetsblogade
http://vimeo.com/48080833


hmmmm I <3 Manti
http://pinterest.com/glosexpressions/turkish-food/

but also Choriatiki traditional greek salad with tomatoes, cucumber, olives, peppers and feta - done be a real Greek girl - delicious

according to tomatoes - a joke
daddy tomatoe, mummy tomato & baby tomatoe walking down the street when baby tomatoe starts falling behind. so daddy tomatoe walks up to him, stomps on hin and shout:

catch up!


Be careful with eclairs (Turkish word meaning two sandwiches sticking together) - eating too much of them can cause a sugar rush

I am slowly becoming addiceted to bracelets - as was expacted
but they are are symbol for friendship and...

After more than three weeks I am now able to tell the dolmus driver that he should stop where I want to get out. I don´t remember what I said in detail and I am not able to write it down in Turkish language but the result was that he stopped - DUR ;)