#istanbul 2009

[schumigrace]

sebastian vettel | 3rd place | turkey 2009 | podium no.4

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[pasparal]

Door of the Fuad Paşa Tomb and Mosque Fatih district, Istanbul Taken on July 20, 2009 Source: Flickr

[dipnotski]

Işıl Çokuğraş, C. İrem Gençer – Kurmak ve Onarmak (2023)

‘Kurmak ve Onarmak’, Türkiye’nin ilk kadın mimarlarından Mualla Eyüboğlu’nun kişisel arşivinden yola çıkarak hayatını ve 1940’lardan 1980’lere kadar süren meslek yaşantısını inceliyor. Eyüboğlu Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi Mimarlık Bölümü’nden mezun olduktan hemen sonra Cumhuriyet ideolojisinin en önemli girişimlerinden Köy Enstitüleri’nin kuruluşunda çalışmış; kariyerinin sonraki dönemlerinde…

[brawngp2009]

2009 Turkish Grand Prix; Saturday Istanbul Motor Park, Istanbul, Turkey 6th June 2009. Jenson Button, Brawn GP BGP001 Mercedes. Portrait. Ph. Charles Coates.

[rastgeleticaret]

ŞOK OLACAKSINIZ..14 YIL ÖNCE BİM AKTÜEL ÜRÜN FİYATLARI /2009 OCAK BİM#bim #shorts

bim #bimaktüel #a101 #indirim #turkey #shorts #memories Bim 14 YIL ÖNCE Biaktüel ürünlerin fiyatlarına bakar mısınız …

[austinkleon]

The notebooks of Orhan Pamuk

The novelist's Pamuk's notebooks will be published later this year in Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks, 2009-2022.

Until the age of 22, Pamuk aspired to be a painter. His forthcoming book, Memories of Distant Mountains, collects images and text from his travel notebooks that capture his sketches and thoughts in Istanbul, Urbino, Mumbai, Goa, Granada, Venice, New York, Paris and Los Angeles.

Here's a presentation which includes slides of his notebooks:

The talk was described in an article about Pamuk and his notebooks, “Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process.”

For his second talk, in the auditorium of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke, Pamuk explained the writerly process that rests at the intersection of image and text. The pages of Pamuk’s notebooks contain a running commentary on the labors of writing, as well as intimacies, confessions, and symbolic or poetic codes. They not only trace his travels in Istanbul, Urbino, Mumbai, Goa, Granada, Venice, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and elsewhere, but also reveal what might be called the topographies of the writer’s mind. A piece of gossip sits next to an epiphany. A statement of nostalgia shares the page with news of publications or a simple accounting of the day’s expenses. That contrast, in which the profound cohabits with the quotidian, reveals the writer in the messiness of life. Pamuk’s notebooks are the calm eye of a storm of creativity. They are itinerary and raw thought, both meditative and marginal. For anyone interested in the inner workings of a brilliant mind, the notebooks are an addicting pleasure that lay bare the wellsprings of Pamuk’s writing. The images contained in his notebooks, which were projected on a large screen during the event, reveal ideas, visions, daily concerns, and snippets of conversation intertwined with vistas and landscapes. At times, the words actually constitute the “view.” As Pamuk writes, “There was a time when words and pictures were one. There was a time, words were pictures and pictures were words.”

[ilcontephotography]

Şakirin mosque, by Hüsrev Tayla (2009).

Üsküdar - Istanbul, Turkey.

© Roberto Conte (2023)

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[feraltwinkseb]

June 6, 2009 - Istanbul, Turkey

[akajustmerry]

Hi

1 love your blog and podcast

2 I’m really enjoying your weekly Palestinian film recs

3. Do you have more recommendations for Arab and Middle Eastern cinema ?

Thank you ☺️

helloooooo, thank you 🥰 I have a whole sideblog which I don't promote enough called @swanasource where I and my co-mod @thatidomagirl frequently post middle eastern/SWANA film and films made by swana filmmakers in the film tag here:

I myself am still on my journey of watching more swana films (and non-english and non-Western films) so I won't claim to be any sort of exhaustive expert. but here are some of my favourites!

Salt of this Sea (2008). Dir. Annemarie Jacir. Palestinian film about a Palestinian-American woman heisting an Israeli bank

The Persian Version (2023). Dir. Maryam Kershavez. Comedy about an Iranian-American lesbian who gets pregnant after a one night stand and so decides to learn more about her family history.

Kedi (2016). A calming and beautiful Turkish documentary about the cats of Istanbul

Ali's Wedding (2017). A rom-com about an Iraqi-Australian Muslim who falls in love with the Lebanese girl from his mosque who's helping him get into med school.

The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020). Tunisian thriller about a syrian refugee who agrees to let his back be tattooed and be part of a living exhibition by a notorious artist so he can get a visa.

Sirens (2020). A documentary about the queer Lebanese all-girl metal band, Slave To Sirens, set around the Beirut explosion.

In Vitro (2019). A short Palestinian sci-fi film about an elderly woman in an underground bunker trying to describe the world before to a young woman who's only ever known the bunker.

Cairo Time (2009). Dir. Ruba Nadda. Look, this film isn't perfect but It's about a white American woman who's husband is a UN worker in Egypt. She goes to visit him in Cairo, but her husband is waylaid so he sends his bestie played by the beautiful Alexander Siddig to take her around Cairo and oh my GOD the romantic tension of this movie keeps me up at night.

Butterflies (2018). One of my fave movies ever. A Turkish comedy about 3 estranged siblings who have to take a chaotic road trip to fulfil their father's last wishes.

[dk-thrive]

In the MORNING, SNOW again. Falling in huge snowflakes. As Aslı sleeps... I am perfectly content. In fact I can just about admit to myself: the feeling of inwardness brought about by SNOWFALL, that feeling of being left to ourselves, is a kind of comfort. In Istanbul, we find comfort in the beauty of snow.

— Orhan Pamuk, "Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks, 2009-2022." Translated by Ekin Oklap. (Knopf, November 26, 2024)

[hash-mashh]

i’m bored and i have some time before my friend comes over so here’s a visual inventory of my tmbg collection(as of 9/10/2023)!! i’d like to note that i’ve been collecting for a while, and i can’t really afford “rarer” items so that’s why my collection is a big bunch of littler things.

i have subcategories,extra info on items, and a written inventory under the cut. feel free to read!

my signed items. i bought BOOK already signed, but marty beller signed my chess master after the show on 7/7/23.

oh, speaking of the 7/7/23 show here’s what i brought/bought that day. not pictured is a flood patch that’s currently sewn on a bag.

my handmade items! this was before i able to buy any “real merch”. not pictured are my clay johns, accordian, and chessmaster figures(remind me to add them in later!).

oh. ohhhh, yes. i’ve had these since i was little little kid so these items are the “oldest” in my collection. i guess you could consider me a lifetime fan!

these are all the cds i bought yesterday. not pictured is cast your pod to the wind, which is also in the else case. needless to say my wallet is empty now. i was going to get a mink car cd but it was to beat up to be worth it :’-)

okay, these don’t really count for my collection, but these are the cds i have borrowed from the library at the moment.

finally, my favorite items! some of these aren’t worth much but they have strong sentimental value.

ALL THE ITEMS I HAVE:

CDs-

Lincoln(1988)

Flood(1990)

Istanbul(Not Constantinople)(1990)

Why Does the Sun Shine?(1993)

John Henry(1994)

Factory Showroom(1996)

Severe Tire Damage(1998)

No!(2002)

They Got Lost(2002)

The Spine(2004)

Here Come the ABCs(2005)

The Else(2007)

Cast Your Pod to the Wind(2007)

Here Come the 123s(2008)

Here Comes Science(2009)

BOOK(2021)

Vinyl-

State Songs(1999)

Handmade Items-

Cardboard Mojo Chessmaster(Signed by Marty Beller)

THEY cotton mask

They Might Be Giants pin

Air dry clay John figurines(with corresponding air dry clay accordion and Chessmaster)

Misc. Items-

Flood patch

Here Comes Science t-shirt

BOOK book(Signed by Johns)

i have no clue why you’ve read this far but thank you for sticking around!

[doriangray1789]

Yazarın ilk romanı, 27 Mayıs’tan hemen önceki Türkiye’de siyasi durumu öğrenciler, aydınlar ve küçük burjuva karakterler üzerinden işleyen bi kitap

BİR GÜN TEK BAŞINA VEDAT TÜRKALİ

Sınırlar çekilmiş yaşamının seyrinden yılmış ancak, korkularını yenemediği için düzenin içine hapsolmuş bir baş kahraman. Buradan da memnun değil, oradan da. Hem aydın kafası taşımak istiyor, hem feodal düşünce kabuklarını kıramıyor. Kenan sanki Türkiye’nin bir insanda vücut bulmuş hali…

İNSAN YAŞADIĞI YERE BENZER

“Salkım salkım tan yelleri estiğinde Mavi patiskaları yırtan gemilerinle Uzaktan seni düşünürüm İstanbul”

Henüz yirmili yaşlarında olmasına rağmen ayakları yere basan, kararlı, ülkesine dair umutlarının peşinde yılmadan koşan, mücadeleci bir kahraman, aydın bir kadın; Günsel. Sanırım en çok Günsel’i sevdim.

Siyasi baskıların ortasında filizlenen Kenan – Günsel aşkını merkeze alarak, o günlerin Türkiye’sini, toplumun farklı kesimlerini, karakterlerini ve savrulan duygularını gözler önüne seren muhteşem bir eserdi. Öylesine akıcı bir anlatımı var ki insan kitaba mola vermekte zorlanıyor. Bir tarafta yükselen sınıf mücadelesini takip ederken, diğer tarafta çıkarları uğruna en yakınlarını bile feda eden asalaklar geçiyor önümüzden. Oradan kendimizi kolluk kuvvetleriyle girilen çatışmaların ortasında buluyoruz. Gerçek karakterlerin hikâyelerinden kesitlere de tanık olduğumuz eserde, hele üniversite öğrencilerinin eylem sürecini anlatan yirmi küsûr sayfalık o müthiş bölümü ise soluksuz okudum.

���Hiçbir kuşkunun bulandırmadığı bir inançla, pırıl pırıl bir doğruluk duygusuyla bağırıyorlardı: Hürriyet!”

Nazım Hikmet’in,

“Bir ölü yatıyor on dokuz yaşında bir delikanlı gündüzleri güneşte geceleri yıldızların altında İstanbul’da, Beyazıt Meydanı’nda”

dizelerinde anlattığı gibi…

Kitabın yine çok beğendiğim yanlarından biri; kahramanların zihin akışı öyle yalın diyaloglarla aktarılmış ki insanın arada bir cevap veresi geliyor. (Oğuz Atay’ı sık sık andım.) Bir diğer yanıysa, karakterlere dair hislerimizi kalıplara sokmamıza fırsat vermeyişi. Bir yerde sevdiğim karaktere başka bir yerde sinirlenirken buldum kendimi. Yeri geldi, “Amaan, ne hâlin varsa gör!” dedim.

Eserde bir dönemin olayları anlatılıyor olsa da günümüz siyasi atmosferine hakim olanlar rahatlıkla bunun bir dönemle sınırlı olmadığı çıkarımını yapıp, bugünlere yansımalarını göreceklerdir.

Ne bileyim, hani Nazım Usta ,

Güzel günler göreceğiz çocuklar Güneşli günler göreceğiz. Motorları maviliklere süreceğiz çocuklar Işıklı maviliklere süreceğiz…

deyince, ben de gerçekten o günler gelir sanmıştım.

Tamam GÜN CAN YÜCEL içindi ama VEDAT TÜRKALİ’yi de anmadan geçmeyim dedim birazcık anlatayım o halde. şarkıcı Zeynep Casalini onun torunudur. Atıf Yılmaz ın da kayınpederidir. 2009 senesinde kazandığı Yaşam Boyu Onur ödülü Altın Portakal ı vardır. Hem görsel, hem de yazılı sanatlara birçok önemli eser kazandırmıştır.

Asıl adı da Abdülkadir Demirkan'dır

[moonwatchuniverse]

60 years ago, Ian Fleming December 17, 1963, London Heathrow airport, British author of the James Bond novels Ian Fleming (1908-1964) checking out an early copie of his latest book “On Her Majesty Secret Service”. Fleming was on his way to “Golden Eye” , his winter retreat bungalow in Oracabessa at the North coast of Jamaica. Unfortunately, it proved to be the last winter vacation enjoying the Caribbean Sea but a stay during which Fleming meet American ornithologist James Bond (1900-1989) author of “Birds of the West Indies”. Fleming was a keen bird watches and owned a 1947 copie of the book, using the author’s Anglo-Saxon name for the hero of his successful spy novels. Fleming offered the ornithologist a copie of “You Only Live Twice”, writing on cover page "To the real James Bond from the thief of his identity. Ian Fleming, Feb 5, 1964 (a great day)." 1963 had been a busy year for Fleming, as the novels became movies he had visited the “From Russia With Love” film set in Istanbul and enjoyed the premiere of this 2nd Bond movie in October 1963. Back in England by spring 1964, Fleming spent his last days enjoying golf & the country side in Kent. Note Fleming wore his Rolex Explorer 1016 wrist watch on a 7206 steel bracelet. The Rolex Explorer was the watch Fleming described in the James Bond novels and after his death, the watch resurfaced in 1981. During the “Fleming 100th anniversary” exhibition, this Rolex Explorer 1016, case number 596851 was on display at the Imperial War Museum from May 2008 to March 2009. (Photo: AP)

[brawngp2009]

2009 Turkish Grand Prix; Saturday Istanbul Motor Park, Istanbul, Turkey 6th June 2009. Jenson Button, Brawn GP BGP001 Mercedes. Portrait. Ph.: Mark Thompson

[archivist-crow]

On this day:

ABSENTEE ARMIES

On December 10, 1937, in the foothills south of Nanking, China, a Chinese army of 3,000 men vanished in the night. Earlier that day, Colonel Li Fu Sien inspected the troops that he had positioned in a two-mile natural fortress along the road, close to an important bridge across the Yangtze River, where he hoped to delay the march of Japanese soldiers. Armed with howitzers, the troops dug themselves in, and the colonel returned to headquarters a few miles behind the lines. Three hours later he was awakened by an aide reporting that the troops could not be contacted. The colonel returned to the front line. The entire army—with the exception of one small outpost closest to the bridge—was missing. The remaining soldiers had seen nothing suspicious. The guns of the vanished troops were all that remained.

In 1915, the British First-Fifth Norfolk Regiment was on a mission in Gallipoli to capture Istanbul, Turkey, and were preparing for an attack at Hill 60. Over 250 soldiers and officers, under the command of colonel Sir Horace Beauchamp, were pursuing the enemy up the hill when a strange cloud, 800 feet long and 220 feet high, descended from the sky. The troops marched into it. The cloud then ascended vertically, taking the entire army with it.

In 1868, while marching toward the city of Saigon, 500 French Legionnaires and 150 troops from the Algerian Calvary vanished. They failed to reach the city and did not return to their base. In the early 1700s, marching in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains, 4,000 armed Spanish soldiers camped beside a mountain stream one night. Their camp was later found, but they were never seen again.

Text from: Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored by Juanita Rose Violins, published by Weiser Books, 2009