#things to do in izmir

[izmirspotcu]

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#İzmir’in tüm semt ve ilçeleri için ücretsiz nakliyat avantajıyla, 2. el beyaz eşyalarınızı bulunduğunuz adresten, değerinde ve nakit ödeme ile satın alıyoruz. 0536 740 2920

İzmir'de İkinci El Spot Beyaz Eşya Alım Satım Merkezi, İzmir'in Aliağa, Balçova, Bayındır, Bayraklı, Bergama, Beydağ, Bornova, Buca, Çeşme, Çiğli, Dikili, Foça, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Karabağlar, Karaburun, Karşıyaka, Kemalpaşa, Kınık, Kiraz, Konak, Menderes, Menemen, Narlıdere, Ödemiş, Seferihisar, Selçuk, Tire, Torbalı ve Urla olmak üzere 30 ilçede şubeleriyle hizmet vermektedir.

• İzmir'de 2.El Bulaşık Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Buzdolabı Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Derin Dondurucu Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Fırın Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Kurutma Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Set Üstü Ocak / Ankastre Set Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Su Sebili Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Çamaşır Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Elektrikli Süpürge Alım Satım

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[mahalligundem]

Soyer'den konteyner eşyaları için İzmirlilere çağrı: "Bayram hediyesi için İzmirlileri kampanyaya davet ediyorum"

Ramazan Bayramı'na kadar depremzedeleri konteynerlere yerleştirmek istediklerini belirten Başkan Tunç Soyer, mobilya, klima, şofben gibi ihtiyaçlar için İzmirlilere çağrı yaparak, “İzmirliler bağışlamak istedikleri ürünleri Umut Hareketi sayfamızda bulabilirler. Bayram hediyesi vermek için tüm İzmirlileri bu kampanyaya katılmaya davet ediyorum” dedi.

[nyssasatelier]

do you like Greek myth in general or just epic?

I'd say in general,

My grandmother's family traveled from greece to turkey when she was just a baby so i really dont have any ties to greece at all. Not the language nor the culture. And i won't stand here and claim to be greek in any way because I'm really not. But it is what got me interested in learning about the history which in turn lead me down the rabbit hole of learning about ancient greece. (And with it parts of the mythology)

A couple years ago i took a trip to Ephesus (Efes, izmir) and in the future if given the opportunity I'd love to go see the remains of Troy next. (Truva, Hissarlik)

(The obsession with -) Epic kind of came out of nowhere (cough Jay's tiktok) and now I'm scrambling to get my hands on a translation of the Odyssee and the iliad.

When posting about Epic i don't really bother with historical accuracy because i consider it it's own thing that's undeniably modern so i just have fun with it.

[pargolettasworld]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8_Eak45ADk

So collegiate a cappella may or may not be your thing.  And choral arrangements of Ladino songs may or may not be your thing.  But if either or both of those are in fact your thing, this is a really lovely performance.  “Puncha Puncha” is one of the many Ladino songs about the pain of love, and you can kind of imagine someone’s old abuelita in Sarajevo or Izmir singing this while doing chores around the house or while stuffing kibbeh or something.  It’s likely that the text is several hundred years older than the melody, of course, but that kind of layering is part of what gives Ladino song a feeling of being lived-in and loved.

[pirunika]

Ok So this last month

had a mandatory overtime - 5 hours - before my night shift and the bus came even earlier i was so upset i cried dbdhdbdbfvgh and noticed i hate my job! (So it was like...5pm (3pm bus) -7am....)

Truly dreading work like...idk what to do yet but....i hateeeee passengers if ur travelling i hate u..something about airports makes ppl cruel and stupid.turkish or not (still turks r the worst ofc)

Cant even wear my sneakers like ppl dont even see my feet....i hate companies like this (mind u i was allowed 2 weeks ago i bought these shoes for work....L)

i somehow like the smell of cigarettes but not the taste? Like whats the big deal. So thats over. (my friend literally in sis ted i try....the peer pressure i was warned abt in highschool lol)

Been to izmir during my last off days..it was exhausting as hell but u know ~fun....than sent a dramatic text to my aunt and ruined things i always do but i was hurt okay

Unfortunately im liking Rings of Power.........

Bought a second hand bag and it was sent to my previous adress (a different city) so that had to be returned....they didnt return the whole payment so im kinda bitter about that...

Considering dying my hair..but also.. İdk...my hair color is rather cool (as in tone) but idk maybe its too dark to achieve this w/o bleaching which.i dont want to

Right! dropped n lost TWO of my bag charms........and more..... ;-; truly never buy anything from t*emu ever. And the powerbank is also not working. Something something about not being rich enough to buy cheap stuff

Um.... *thinks* ( つ ͝° ᴥ ͡°ς) thats all! i see unemployment in my future again....

Edit: right!!! Met w my highschool friend after like....5 years so that was interesting

[villasrental]

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Living Room: Seating groups, Led TV, Air conditioning, dining table,

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Villa KNT - Transfers

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Things to Do in Cesme

* Windsurfing in Cesme;

* Water sports,

* Trekking,

* Cultural tours,

* Cesme nightlife,

* Cesme blue cruise tour,

* Helicopter tours in Cesme,

* Our subsidiary Arsis Vip Transfer offers you an additional 10% discount on airport transfers and daily travel tours in Cesme.

Happy Holidays..!

[myfaveisfuckable]

Ianto:

Wears suits, looks like an English gentleman, or rather tea boy, tries to be as normal and boring as one could to not gain to much attention. Is the coffee maker/barista of his team (but he does the best one, so it's good he is doing that). He is the receptionist at a tourist information office

That's what everyone sees. A suit wearing polite unassuming restrained teaboy.

Now, behind the quiet facade:

The tourist office is actually a cover, as behind that office an alien hunting institute is located for which he actually works as assistant/butler, cleaner, driver, catologust and researcher and is good on field missions. He is the boy for everything. In the basement of that institute, he has hidden his girlfriend who had been modified by cybermen to turn into a cyberwoman as well. He hoped, he will find a cure. Unfortunately there was none before she escaped and tried to kill him and his team. His pet pterodactyl and his boss killed her.

At one point, Ianto allowed a slave trader to take his boss. Ianto later rescued him from this after all.

Eventually he fell in love and got together with his boss and they can be broken together forever. (Unfortunately not, but we are disillusioned and don't want to know that one of them dies permanently at one point.)

+ improper usage of a stopwatch

+ he bought pet insurance for his pterodactyl while he tried to land a spaceship (he is no pilot, he knows shit about landing a flying vehicle, he tried to land that thing with the help of a lady from a call center in Izmir, Turkey)

+ he shot his boss (yes, the one he is in love with) in the head to check if he is the real one and not someone/something else pretending to be the boss (don't worry, boss is unable to stay dead)

And I think I was just scratching on the surface. There is definitely a not normal person behind that normal wall he had build as his appearance.

Pete:

starts off as the comic relief side character. gets kidnapped and tortured. laughs in the face of the man electrocuting his dick. ends up sleeping with him later (by choice. like he wants him), decides he's in love witht he single most crazy unhinged character in the show and reduces him to like crying in his noodles because Pete escaped the safe house torture/sex dungeon where he was kinda a prisoner. shoots his man in the arm (to keep from being killed by other people), beats the shit out of him (that one is for personal reasons), the man confesses his undying love and kisses him before running off, pete chases after him, has to point a gun at him again, the man runs off, pete quits his job and chases after him again, pete stops the man from killing himself and is like "I'm your pet, you're my owner, you have to feed me" (it's a callback from their days in the safehouse torture/sex dungeon), the man gets shot by someone else, and pete goes crazy kills the guy who shot him. so yeah he's totally just a silly comic relief character

(^little video that shows how not normal he is lol. cw for torture and violence)

[evphcrias]

- is OMER CELIK late to class again? how does the 24 year old SENIOR expect to get their degree in PSYCHOLOGY? professors say that they are LIVELY but i heard that they are CYNICAL. hopefully they’ll make it to graduation! - SPORTS & CLUBS: ice hockey (center)

STATS

full name: omer celik.

age: twenty-four.

gender & pronouns: cismale. he/him.

zodiac sign: libra.

date of birth: oct 1st.

place of birth: izmir, turkey.

sexuality: bisexual.

BACKSTORY

omer celik grew up in izmir, turkey. the middle child of 5 siblings. there was always something happening in the celik household.

his parents wanted nothing more than to cultivate a proper life for the celik siblings and never once pressured them into/out of anything. they were the most supportive pair but also the most overworked. the small age gap between the siblings never made things easy whether it was financially or not.

when omer was old enough to understand this, he started helping around the house and picking up his own slack.

though omer was a bit of a dreamer. he was constantly imagining what he wanted out of life and was the type to put action plans in place to try and get there.

hockey has always been one of his biggest goals but also generally being able to take care of his family and pay back his parents for all they put into raising them and putting their kids first.

omer worked hard and earned a hockey scholarship to tcu and that's when he made the big decision to move away from his home and his family. it wasn't an easy one because he's so naturally attached to them and he's such a family guy in general but he has a vision!!

failure isn't really an option for him at this point and hockey is everything. he wants to go pro after college and eventually do the whole buy his family a big house and surprise them with gifts and spoil the hell out of them.

so while he's fun company at parties, he'll refrain from drinking or going hard, specifically if he has practice the next day or something because it's always health first!!

PERSONALITY

big family guy as established already

gift giving is his love language he loves to spoil people even just simple things like making them playlists is fun to him

he also really loves cooking and is slowly learning how to because living away from home has made him miss nice home cooked meals

he's really hard on himself sometimes especially after a loss but he doesn't let himself get too hung up on things and moves on. his motto is i didn't come this far just to come this far.

hes slightly struggling with his grades because he doesn't know balance tbh.. he's so hyperfocused on sports and succeeding there that it's a bit difficult to just sit down and focus sometimes. he's trying his best tho.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

childhood friends (if ur chara grew up in turkey this would be cool!!)

best friends, ride or dies, confidants (he's friends w everyone most of the time but these people are his inner circle, core bffs)

ex friends (miscommunication trope perhaps? we love that..)

unrequited crush

friends w benefits (bc he doesn't have time for relationships lowkey doesn't let himself date)

awkward one night stand

tutor perhaps bc he will not sit down and study unless its last minute so he needs someone to hold him accountable

[izmirspotcu]

İZMİR SPOTÇU: 2. EL EŞYALARINIZ DEĞERİNDE ALINIR 0536 740 29 20 http://izmirspotikincielesya.xyz/

#İzmir’in tüm semt ve ilçeleri için ücretsiz nakliyat avantajıyla, 2. el beyaz eşyalarınızı bulunduğunuz adresten, değerinde ve nakit ödeme ile satın alıyoruz. 0536 740 2920

İzmir'de İkinci El Spot Beyaz Eşya Alım Satım Merkezi, İzmir'in Aliağa, Balçova, Bayındır, Bayraklı, Bergama, Beydağ, Bornova, Buca, Çeşme, Çiğli, Dikili, Foça, Gaziemir, Güzelbahçe, Karabağlar, Karaburun, Karşıyaka, Kemalpaşa, Kınık, Kiraz, Konak, Menderes, Menemen, Narlıdere, Ödemiş, Seferihisar, Selçuk, Tire, Torbalı ve Urla olmak üzere 30 ilçede şubeleriyle hizmet vermektedir.

• İzmir'de 2.El Bulaşık Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Buzdolabı Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Derin Dondurucu Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Fırın Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Kurutma Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Set Üstü Ocak / Ankastre Set Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Su Sebili Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Çamaşır Makinesi Alım Satım

• İzmir'de 2.El Elektrikli Süpürge Alım Satım

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[mahalligundem]

Soyer tamamlanan Gürçeşme Caddesi'ni inceledi: “Yıllardır hayalini kurduğumuz bir çalışmaydı”

İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi yaklaşık 30 yıldır kent gündemindeki “Gürçeşme Caddesi'nin genişletilmesi” projesini tamamladı. 

[crystalsandbubbletea]

⚠️DO NOT REPOST MY ART TO OTHER SITES WITHOUT PERMISSION⚠️

⚠️DO NOT REPOST MY ART TO OTHER SITES WITHOUT CREDIT⚠️

Finally finished drawing younger Alex-

Time Taken: Surprisingly it only took two days-

Anyways...

Name: Alex Adil Emre Yukime

Age: Their canonical age is 18 when Legacies starts, but in this piece Alex is 11

Gender around this time: Genderqueer

Pronouns around this time: Experimenting with they/them pronouns

(I based Alex's experience around my own experience with this-)

Sexuality: Lesbian (ISTG if I get ONE thing about how Alex is "too young" I'm gonna scream- I knew I wasn't straight when I was TEN!)

~Family section~

Parents: Sila Adil Yukime (Mother), Ambrus Jasmine Yukime I (Father)

Sisters: Jasmine Aybüke Belinay Yukime (Eldest sister), Cypress Vasiliki Yukime (Eldest sister), Mohana Dalal Hashem-Yukime (Older sister), Nafasia Munira Yukime (Older sister), Izmir Nahla Yukime (Older sister), Enaya Malika Hashem (Older sister), Nadia Naila Yukime (Older sister), Emilia Anja Yukime (Older sister), Nashira Khalida Yukime (Younger twin sister, deceased)

Brothers: Ambrus Jasmine Yukime II (Eldest brother), Yusuf Yukime-Hashem (Older brother), Hassan Yukime (Older brother), Azad Adil Yukime (Youngest twin brother)

Siblings: Moss Emre Yukime (Youngest sibling), Ruby Emre Yukime (Youngest sibling)

[welcometololaland]

So you said Turkey is one of your top 4 places? Can you tell me something about your time there?

(I've never been but I've got a special reason why it's close to my heart and I'm curious about it)

yes! i loved turkey, which is saying a lot given the time i went there.

i just happened to end up in turkey the day before the airport got bombed in 2016 and i left about four days before the attempted coup, so it was not a very safe time to travel but oh well!

firstly, istanbul was really quiet. the hagia sophia, the blue mosque, the grand bazaar etc., everything was pretty quiet, which meant that we got a really personalised view of things despite the amazing weather. istanbul is stunning. the architecture is amazing, the food is so tasty (everywhere we went in turkey, actually), the locals we met were really friendly and wanted to chat! we had great convos with people at restaurants, tourist spots, shisha bars, the supermarket...you name it. THE BREAD. turkish bread is next level. divine. baba ganoush. TURKISH COFFEE. the strongest coffee ever i love it. they also had some absolutely banging iced black coffee. i remember we took bottles of it to the coast with us!

we also went down to fethiye and did some of the turquoise coast. that is the most beautiful ocean i have ever swum in. crystal clear, deep blue, perfection. all the islands are stunning, the sunsets are out of this world. sleeping out on the deck of a boat in the summer heat under the stars is heaven to me. we would only wake up in the morning when we got too hot and then just jump straight into the ocean to cool off.

i also went to izmir but not for long enough to really comment! i want to go back to turkey so badly, mostly because i wanted to do pamukkale and cappadocia! but i'd also love to go back to istanbul when it's thriving!

i'm curious about your interest (although no pressure to tell me!)

[eurovision-revisited]

Eurovision 2007 - Number 59 - Kenan Doğulu - "Shake It Up Şekerim"

Self proclaimed King of Turkish pop Kenan Doğulu was TRT's internally selected representative for Türkiye in 2007. He'd had a long career, initially self-releasing albums of his music on cassette, before his first big multi-format release in 2001. Switching label to DMC boosted his exposure and popularity with his first two albums for them selling six-figure numbers in Türkiye itself, and becoming two of the best selling albums in their release years.

He'd never tried to get to Eurovision before. Never entered any of the TRTs various national selection contests. Maybe it wasn't really his thing, although you'd think that for the past four years or so, ever since Sertab, he'd have fitted right in.

In 2007, he was at the peak of his popularity and TRT would have been extremely happy to have secured his services. He offered them three of the songs from nine he'd written. From those three the internal panel picked Shake It Up Şekerim

It's a quintessential ethno-bop. Swirling, heady strings over a pop beat, belly-dancers, Turkish motifs and darbuka rhythms as Kenan does his best to seduce in his off-duty ringmaster outfit. It's even got a bit of handkerchief swirling during the breakdown.

The song is a classic recipe for established Eurovision success - and it's slick. Both the production of the song and the performance. It's not novel or ground-breaking, this is a production line product, and both Kenan and TRT know exactly what they're doing. From the first bars to the conclusion, you're consuming highly refined Turkopop and you're enjoying it thoroughly, despite the brain-clogging rhythms and melodic cholesterol that will jam your musical synapses for days to come.

It got the result it was designed for. Cruising through the hardest semi-final ever in a solid and safe third place. In the final, it performed equally well, ending up fourth to almost no one's surprise. TRT had their result, Kenan had boosted his career still further across Europe - everyone was happy.

Since this, the hits and the albums kept on coming. He married Türkiye's most highly paid actress Beren Saat in 2014 to form one of Turkish entertainment’s power couples. He's formed his own music production company which has also acted as a record label in its own right both for his own music and for other musicians in Türkiye.

Here he is performing Kandırdım live in Izmir in celebration of 100 years of the Turkish republic in 2023.

[rozisblogbinder]

Athens, Second Time Around

Want to see my top recommendations for you on what to eat, see, and do in Athens? You're in the right place.

Things to See First things first, you need to visit the must-sees of Athens. Of course, Acropolis is up there, but if you've already conquered it like I have, here's what else there is to do:

Stroll Through the National Gardens

Well, that's right! The national gardens hosts a bunch of animals, trees, and even some ancient ruins. Don't skip the little ponds in the middle, easily accessible through the Sygmou-Fix stop on the Metro.

pictured: birds at the National Gardens in Athens.

See Some More History

Of course, a trip to Athens is incomplete without a visit to Acropolis. But, have you seen Hadrian’s Arch and the Olympic Stadium, where the first ever modern olympic games were held? Near Hadrian's Arch, you can also check out more ruins (less interesting, imho) and bundle it with a day trip at the National Gardens and Plaka / Anafiotika area.

Consider also seeing more history from a rooftop! Acropolis is not always enjoyed from its hill, but also from afar, with beautiful lighlight at night. We checked out Olympos Rooftop Bar and Athina street (between Monastraki and Omonia squares, right in the middle point of the street). Great cocktails, and beautiful view. The rooftop cocktail scene is best after 21:00, and over the weekends, if you want to get the full experience.

pictured: The Acropolis in the distance, lit up on the hill, from Athina street.

See the Makeup of the City Neighborhoods

So you've been to Monastraki, and explored the flea market. Now what? Plaka has nice shops and a chill vibe with lots of cafes and bars. If you have a bit more time, grab a cab or the light rail (tram) to Glyfada, a lovely neighborhood nice boutique stores, cafes, and seaside walk paths. Excellent for summer swims. Make sure to take the tram back to the city center to experience the shifts in the socioeconomic status of the neighborhoods.

Walk the Streets

Visit Ermou street to do some shopping, including from global brands, but also people watching. Lovely chocolate and coffee shops line up areas closer to the Monastraki area. Aiolou hosts more local shops.

Check out Local Narratives & Arts in Museums

pictured: the front piece of a Greek warship, rocking a mustache.

Visit the National Museum of History, located in the old greek parliament building to discover the local narratives about the country's history. Visit the museum website to check what exhibition is on during your visit. During ours (in late 2024,) the main exhibition was about 1974 Cyprus and the greek refugees (mainly from Turkey) from 1800s to 1922. Being from Izmir (Smyrna in Greek), this was a perspective we were less familiar with and it was an excellent history lesson.

The Museum of Contemporary Art provides a wholly different narrative, bringing local and global artists for exhibitions. Formerly a brewery, the building is also interesting to see. We saw a women's exhibition, which was actually very depressing but interesting nevertheless. We chose to walk to the museum from the Acropolis area (Anafiotika/Plaka), which allowed for us to experience a more residential neighborhood.

Here Come the Food Spot Recommendations!

So almost everything we ate was good (aside from what was listed as "frozen" calamari in the menu). However, some locations absolutely stood out!

pictured: Picky Brunch & Coffee brunch on a Sunday. Kagianas and hand brewed coffee, and eggs benedict with americano. Delicious!

1. Breakfast highlight: Picky Brunch & Coffee. Located in the corner of two narrow streets, Picky has a lovely garden seating area and even better food. The coffee was so good, I got two servings! The ingredients were fresh, the service was warm and excellent. We got there on a Sunday morning at 10 AM and in only 20 minutes the place was full!

2. Lunch highlight 1: Aris Taverna. Truly the best food we had. Everything was fresh, and the service was excellent. This location opens up at around 2PM and stays open until dinner time (6/7PM). The music, traditional plate breaking, and the clientele -- a mix of tourists and locals -- is what I called 'chaos in greek'. Definitely an experience - a delicious one!

3. Lunch highlight 2: If you just want a quick lunch without worrying about finding a seat, or cost, Bairaktaris is the way to go. If they seat you at the restaurant across the (pedestrian) street, don't worry - it's the same exact location!

pictured: Zucchini fritters, calamari, and tzaziki at Bariaktaris Taverna.

4. Dinner highlight: Taverna Klimataria. Although the start time for dinner is on the much later side (around 9:30PM!), the music absolutely makes up for it. The night we were there, the local instrument, Bouzouki, was joined by an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar, and a contrabass. They played the classic Greek tunes we all know and love - many of them also have their Turkish version! My mom recalled visiting 20 years ago with my father on a business trip. Turns out the spot is going for a long time, with the same concept (and according to my mother, the same decoration)!

Just make sure to call the correct Taverna Klimataria, and make a reservation at least a week ahead of time for large groups, a few days ahead of time for smaller groups. Keep in mind that weekends will have more locals, and weekdays will have more tourists (European and otherwise)! The phone number (as of today) is: +30 21 0321 6629

pictured: The band at the Taverna Klimataria. Great music!

How to Avoid Protests? Check Out the Movies!

One day we were there, ready to go to the Museum of Archeology, we started to see police in riot gear. Upon asking them what's going on, we soon learned that there was a commemoration for a '73 event in form of protest. We decided to change plans, and given the rainy weather, head to the movies! It was an excellent choice. We had already seen much of Athens and we could use a quick movies break - again, a fun way to see how locals live. We headed over to the Village Cinemas, a chain movie theatre company in Greece. Metro mall had a theatre, accessible easily by metro from Omonia square. Watching Gladiator II (albeit much less impressive than the OG Gladiator,) was fitting for a trip to Greece!

Bonus: Dessert!

Did you think I'd let you go without dessert recommendations? Well yes Lukumades is a local treat, but we have the same exact fried sugary dough in Izmir. So we went to Nancy's Sweet Home and had some of the best dessert and Mastiha ice cream to date! Check out this amazing carrot cake (with a mountain of ice cream) below!

pictured: Delicious carrot cake at Nancy's Sweet Home.

Yasas!

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❝ ...some nights when only the moon is out for light, he feels more like a greek tragedy.

Name: Ibrahim Bağcı Age: 29 Species: werewolf Lives in: Mystic grove, Amy Baxter's neighbor Occupation: firefighter Affiliation: part of the pack

Family:

Father and 3 brothers who live in Turkey

Powers: Aside from the usual werewolf powers that include heightened senses and strength, Ibrahim has learned to use his smell sense a lot better due to younger years where he needed to be able to track a person. Since coming into Greywood he can get a sense of people’s emotions. When he is rested he can do so without too much effort, gathering whether someone is angry or sad or happy, but when tired he needs to push himself a lot to do so. However, when unintentional the opposite is in effect. When he is tired he finds it harder to block out emotions and when he is rested he can do so easily with an imaginary wall between them Hobbies: Abe has little hobbies. When he needs to get a pick-me-up he usually goes camping in the middle of nowhere and would stay there for a few days. He likes hunting, but mainly when in wolf form. He likes running and training. He enjoys drinking but this is mostly to hide from emotions. Something that doubtfully anyone knows is that he sits alone at home he sometimes carves things from small blocks of wood with a knife. He's not good and rarely keeps the figures.

Born in Emre, Turkey, Ibrahim was the first son of a young couple. His father was a stonemason at Çeçen Mermer, just 30 minutes away with a bus that took them from around the area every morning at 5am and returned them close to dark. They lived in a home along with the parents of his father and his uncle that had not yet married. Growing up Ibrahim was taught to love the earth as his grandfather was a farmer, retired from stonemacing himself long ago due to injury. 

By the age of eleven Ibrahim knew that he wanted to someday leave his hometown and pursue education in the university in İzmir and so he strived for that throughout his school years, studying hard while also following his parent’s lessons at home and preparing for a pilgrimage. During the years there were victories and losses. He did get into the school’s football team for a short while until he had to start staying home more due to his mother falling ill a year after his grandmother had died. As the only child it fell to him to look after her while his grandfather was out and his father worked. His father tried to arrange a marriage a few times but with no success as their family seemed to have a bad reputation in the bigger cities due to an uncle of Ibrahim’s being caught into bad dealings… When he turned seventeen, after his mother had passed for a year and his father had remarried, he was happy to take a bus and go off to find his place in İzmir, finish his school there and build his own family. 

This all seemed set in stone, in his head, a pilgrimage plan to Mecca after his graduation and before his university would start, having been accepted in Dokuz Eylül with finance. He worked two jobs to be able to pay for himself, wanting to make his father proud and not needing to ask for money. A janitor at a local store and for a nightclub that was opposite the building in which he rented a small room from an old friend of his uncle’s. At first he was just a promoter, stacks of flyers in his backpack for whenever he had a chance to walk around. Before school started he had already managed to get inside the club as a waiter and help around the back with heavy loads. He quickly bulked up and started growing out of his childish body and face. 

His grades fell during the school year and he slowly turned away from the very traditional values that his father had instilled in him as he saw tourists and their behavior. After he had kissed a woman for the first time he did feel guilty about it for a long time and promised himself to not sin.  As time went on he was being approached by people he worked with to dabble into different dealings he declined to adamantly at first. But as he started going out more with new friends he made he also realized he needed more money and having quit his second job in order to have time to study he was quickly depleting his income. After he turned eighteen the man he rented from told him he could now find a real place for himself and so due to desperation Ibrahim began taking offers and selling drugs to customers and partygoers. If only he hadn’t made that decision, perhaps his life would have turned different, but only Allah knew that for him. 

Soon his grades were so low the prospect of going to university had disappeared. By the time he graduated he had fully converted into a nightly routine, living a life most frowned upon and the only friends he had were drug dealers and addicts, the bouncer at the club he trained with and the bartender who taught him how to drink like a sailor. A year and a half passed in this way when one night he was approached by a man, surrounded by two massive guards, an offer he didn’t even consider refusing. Joining a group of people which were “like minded” seemed the correct thing. Until it turned out that Beyaz Kurtlar (“White Wolves”) was not just a name but a way of life. One under the moon that destroyed your body every full moon and made you roam like a beast outside the city. 

At first Ibrahim felt empowered once he was turned, his demeanor changing to one of cockiness and menace, deals happening easier than before, travelling to buy better stock, being hired as a bodyguard and riches slowly filling his wallet. In this company he met Zeynep, a beautiful girl, daughter of a man who hired him for a few weeks. And like a dog in love, he followed her for months, moving his life to Istanbul where she lived and studied. When he wasn’t around her he worked more, easier with the higher population of the city and the higher demand, taking jobs he wouldn’t have before, wanting to buy a place and ask her father to marry her. She seemed to love him back, sharing secrets with him, inviting him to gatherings with her, as a date to an event from her university, though never to places her father was. He realized that but ignored it, falling more and more in love until a year later… when he read in the paper that her wedding to the son of a rich businessman was in two weeks’ time. And like wind, she was gone from his life faster than he could say her name. Or so she thought.

For the past five years he had learned to take what he wanted and that not much could be denied to him. His wolf nature made him even stronger than what his muscles showed him to be, his connections throughout the night world were spreading like a web and despite the rare dabbles with more dubious things than drugs and beatings, Büyük İbo always preceded him. And so he asked Zeynep to meet him and talk, her refusing to leave with him and abandon the engagement, saying that she always had used him for free protection against men and free drugs for her and her friends. Having a pretty face just hadn’t hurt when he had been whispering affectionate words. It had been quite some time since he had been turned and he did have a good control of his emotions at most times… but in that moment he couldn’t contain himself and lashed out, baring his teeth. He remembered her scream and then felt blood on his tongue before letting her go, his animal side happy with the action that would make her his because of what he would pass to her. Little did he know that on the next full moon she would attack him. Little did he know that after it his father would try to get him shot as she would lie that he had tried to take her against her will. He knew nothing at that time and could not predict that he would need to run.

So that is how he found himself on a flight to England, needing to escape as far away as possible. But it wasn’t far enough, as he came to find out just a month later. And so he applied for a visa and in a few months of hiding he had it and flew to America, an ocean separating him from the woman who had broken his heart and her father who wanted to break his skull.

Ibrahim has been in the United States for six years now. He found Greywood two years ago after trying to dabble in the underground of Phoenix unsuccessfully, being saved by a guy who turned out to be a witch and was heading to the city anyway. He got a small house in Mystic Grove and left it as it was at the front, fixing only the insides so that no one would ask questions as to where his money came from. He kept mostly to himself and applied in the fire station, needing to rebuild his life in a better way and try and use his skills for something good for a change. He sometimes leaves the city if he feels as if he is getting too close to someone, afraid his past may come and haunt him.