tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86859517734025066752024-02-07T00:07:56.895-08:00Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, IranCemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-1275842180466081782014-02-14T22:55:00.000-08:002014-02-14T22:55:00.897-08:00More people had joined the sit-in by then (a Ramazan evening)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-19373916706262185702014-02-10T22:53:00.000-08:002014-02-10T22:53:00.531-08:00Ankara scene<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-91224940877959244752014-02-07T22:52:00.000-08:002014-02-07T22:52:00.082-08:00On reaching back to Ankara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-57512803288744121702014-01-27T22:49:00.000-08:002014-01-27T22:49:00.091-08:00METU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-59573984840151875162014-01-24T22:48:00.000-08:002014-01-24T22:48:00.294-08:00Walking in Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi;<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-19800356568394471122014-01-20T22:46:00.000-08:002014-01-20T22:46:02.537-08:00METU--Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-89209763368233559882014-01-17T22:44:00.000-08:002014-01-17T22:44:00.264-08:00METU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-7005000428841649052014-01-13T22:43:00.000-08:002014-01-13T22:43:00.343-08:00METU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There was a time when Middle Eastern Technological University, Ankara [Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi] was a popular place to study engineering for people in Pakistan. It was a hot day. METU reminded me of the Karachi University.</div>
Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-61759031933608942862014-01-10T22:38:00.000-08:002014-01-10T22:38:00.544-08:00A view of the posters at the Ulus sit-in<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-37625459710133293212014-01-06T22:36:00.000-08:002014-01-06T22:36:00.077-08:00A view of buildings outside the Ulus Metro Station<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-19920526699553012172014-01-03T22:35:00.000-08:002014-01-03T22:35:00.645-08:00Sit-in at Ulus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We found protesters at a sit-in outside the Ulus metro station in Ankara.</div>
Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-89832002725498589362013-12-27T22:31:00.000-08:002013-12-27T22:31:00.120-08:00Breakfast buffet at Capital Hotel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-66433210739160949902013-12-23T22:29:00.000-08:002013-12-23T22:29:00.167-08:00Reaching Capital Hotel, Ankara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-53986083761542320572013-12-20T22:26:00.000-08:002013-12-20T22:26:00.425-08:00On reaching Otogar in Ankara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-80371128485350620532013-12-16T22:25:00.000-08:002013-12-16T22:25:00.278-08:00Another view of Bosphorus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-33774186559831549482013-12-13T22:23:00.000-08:002013-12-13T22:23:00.431-08:00Crossing Bosphorus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Crossing Bosphorus strait and entering Asia. Have visited Suez but the Suez Canal bridge was not there then. Since Suez is a man-made canal it should have made more sense to first build the bridge and then dig the canal.<br />
Like Turkey, Egypt too spans over two continents.<br />
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-85309013652704378492013-12-09T22:13:00.000-08:002013-12-09T22:13:00.379-08:00Bus to Ankara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Istanbul to Ankara is just over 6 hours. We used the 'Metro' bus service.</div>
Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-42152616487935377422013-12-06T22:11:00.000-08:002013-12-06T22:11:00.391-08:00Yet another view of the Otogar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-16989149723474544462013-12-02T22:09:00.000-08:002013-12-02T22:09:00.585-08:00Another view of the Otogar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-89321822083421578292013-11-29T22:09:00.000-08:002013-11-29T22:09:00.690-08:00On reaching the Otogar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-32874208192851665202013-11-25T22:08:00.000-08:002013-11-25T22:08:00.122-08:00Istanbul Metro Station<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Getting up one morning and deciding to go to Ankara. Because of major ongoing railroad work on Istanbul-Ankara segment there were no trains between those cities. We took metro to reach the Otogar.</div>
Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-86227091368396928072013-11-18T14:20:00.000-08:002013-11-18T14:20:00.263-08:00A Rumzan video of a Taksim protest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-82706827870363742362013-11-15T10:07:00.000-08:002013-11-15T10:07:00.631-08:00Special Ramazan timings for Taksim Square protests<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This protest happened around 11 pm.</div>
Cemendtaurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097743324955603316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8685951773402506675.post-17312087569914422332013-11-11T10:06:00.000-08:002013-11-11T10:06:00.328-08:00Taksim Square in Ramazan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is what you see when you come out of the Taksim metro station.</div>
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