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OBSERVER 21 NOV (corel 11)
Issue 21 10-23 November 2006 1.5ytl/1euro ISSN 1306-8911 Former prime minister, Ecevit, dies F o r m e r Tu r k i s h P r i m e Minister Bülent Ecevit who held the post five times, died in hospital on 5th October in GATA, the military hospital in Ankara, where he had been in a coma since suffering a stroke on 18 May. He was 81. The hospital said in a written statement that his lungs collapsed. Ecevit was a key figure in Turkish politics. He was the leader of Türkiye Republic Party after Atatürk and İnönü until he assembled the new Democratic Left Party. He was not only a politician, but also a poet and journalist whose career spanned nearly half a century. Just after the news was made public, thousands of mourners gathered outside the hospital in a show of grief over the death of the former prime minister and former member of Turkey's parliament whose secularist leanings and intellect helped shape his country's politics. Ecevit was born on 28 May, 1925, a son of a medical professor who was himself a poet and a member of Parliament. Ecevit's mother was an artist. In 1946, he married his classmate, Rahşan, who would work beside him throughout his political life. He worked as a press officer in the Turkish embassy in London and continued as a journalist until 1957 when he became the youngest member of Parliament. Ecevit was a strong social democrat and felt responsible for authorising trade unions and giving workers the right to strike. Outside of Turkey he is remembered chiefly for sending Turkish troops into Cyprus in 1974. During his political life he made social reforms such as making the divorce laws more equitable and other constitutional changes such as banning the death penalty. It was Ecevit who started to pave the way for eventual Turkish entry into the European Union, making this claim at the Helsinki summit in 1999: 'This candidacy and in due time full membership of the EU is Turkey's birthright - by virtue of Turkey's historical development, its geography and its present-day attributes.' President Ahmet Necdet Sezer expressed his sorrow in writing. 'He has always been an exemplary personality in our political history. During his lifelong service to the country he has put ethical values ahead of all others and has gained a respected place in the hearts of our nation.’ In Bodrum members of different political parties visited the DSP (Democatic Socialist Party) offices to offer their condolences. The DSP is the party Bülent and Rahşan Ecevit formed in 1985. The funeral ceremony will be given with full state honours and is planned for Saturday 11 November according to Rahşan Ecevit’s wishes. Feryal Çeviköz PHOTOS: CDB M.Kemal Atatürk died 10 Nov 1938 at 9.05am. Ever since that day, at that time every year, flags are flown at half mast a n d a m i n u t e ’s silence is observed in The Republic of Turkey. See Atatürk artıcle on back page BUY THE BODRUM OBSERVER at markets and news stands where you see the MERKEZ/SABAH sign Ladies Lunch hosts Expat Harem authors Wet weather didn’t deter 120 women turning up for the annual Ladies Lunch on 3 November at Bodrum's Marina Yacht club. The lunch has been organised privately in the Bodrum area every year for international resident women to link up and share ideas and experiences. This year the crowd with participants from Marmaris, as well as all corners of the peninsula, mostly took the lunch rule to heart that they should meet at least one new person, ensuring lively discussion at many tables. A subject close to every luncher's hearts is the experience of learning and adapting to the nuances of Turkish culture, and they were an enthusiastic audience for the two guests at the lunch, Jennifer Eaton Gökmen and Anastasia M. Ashman, editors of the anthology of modern foreign women's stories in Turkey, 'Tales from the Expat Harem'. Anastasia told the story of how the anthology was collected and though Bodrum women are ‘My humble body will be ground one day surely. But The Turkish Republic will last forever’ unrepresented, Jennifer's words touched chords when she said that the stories provided a validation of women's experiences in this country. She also said that Turkish citizens living elsewhere had found the book important for sharing their memories of their home country. Jennifer said later in a press interview that international press correspondent friends in Istanbul can't sell a good story about Turkey to their editors because Turkey's negative image is so deeply ingrained abroad. The authors brought books with them and signed for buyers. Where 'Tales of the Expat Harem' can be found: In the Marina shopping arcade Iki A Books, Ismail Bey has ordered the English and Turkish editions Barlar Sokağı, Harmony Books, are pleased to take special orders for the anthology. www.bodrumobserver.com CDB See page 2 for other places to buy . . . Enjoy reading The Bodrum Observer at Lotus Café Bistro Oasis 317 2342 Nirvana Café Turgutreis 382 5987 Bodrum Hamam 313 4129 La Fontaine 313 5491 Zeyno’s cafe-bar 313 3096 NEXT ISSUES 24 NOVEMBER 8 and 22 DECEMBER THE BODRUM OBSERVER 2 ISSUE 21 Boring but Important What do I need a notary for? There's hardly a foreigner in Turkey who hasn't had dealings with a notary public in one way or another. You just seem to need a notary for everything in Turkey! I often hear this from foreigners preparing to start a new life in Turkey. One reason why many get frustrated is that foreigners need notary certified translations of their documents whereas Turks just present their ID-cards, driving licences, or educational qualifications. Another reason is that many foreigners who plan to live here are only in Bodrum for a limited time. Becoming a house or land owner in Turkey as a foreigner is a timeconsuming procedure that can't be completed within one or two weeks. Somebody has to chase up the paperwork, look after the construction, connect their telephones, water and so on. The easiest solution is to give a power of attorney and that is, of course, carried out at at the notary's. The Turkish legal system demands accuracy, asking the authorising person to detail all powers precisely. Should one detail be forgotten, a new power of attorney must be issued again at the notary's. If you are not satisfied with your attorney and don't want them to continue to act on your behalf , you will have to issue an act of dismissal once again at the notary's. This gets even more complicated because a foreigner needs a sworn translator before they can sign a document at the notary's. Even though most will agree that this makes sense and is a necessary precaution to protect the foreigner from nasty surprises, it usually means extra time and certainly extra expense. Below, I have listed the main procedures that foreigners need a notary for: 1. C e r t i f i e d c o p i e s o f documents 2. Signature certification 3. Any kind of power of attorney 4. Official translations 5. Purchase/sale of secondhand vehicles (cars, motorcycles) 6. Setting up a company or a commercial partnership 7. A n y c h a n g e i n t h e company/partnership such as share transfers, liquidation 8. Wills 9. Establishing a different marriage property regime 10. Purchase/sale of shares in a cooperative In the same way that drug or book prices are regulated, notary fees are standardised and do, in principle, not vary from one office to another. Fees are usually calculated per page. If you need a translator, you will have to pay the notary an extra charge even though the translator's fee is separate. Here are the contact details of the six notary offices on the Bodrum peninsula: 1. Noter (Feyzi Ünal) Atatürk Caddesi Tel: 316 02 82 2. Noter (Nurcan Uruş) Belediye Gıda Çarşısı Kat 2 Tel: 316 76 96 Don’t miss out AND HAVE THE OBSERVER DELIVERED TO YOUR ADDRESS Anywhere on the peninsula: Individuals: 6 months 40YTL 12 months 70YTL Businesses: 6 months 70YTL 12 months 120 YTL Posted overseas: 6 months 70YTL 12 months 120 YTL Email: [email protected] or phone (0252) 316 9090 (ext 8), or call into Ekin Ofset - top of Bodrum hill on airport road opposite Kızılağaç turnoff. The Bodrum Observer Publisher Hüseyin Anıl Christine Davies Editor in Chief, Chris Drum Berkaya Editor, Feryal Çeviköz Editor-News-Translations, Figen Erönü Marketing Advertising-PR. With the kind help of Yarımada staff and many friends Produced and printed at Ekin Ofset Yokuşbaşı Mevkii, Basın Sitesi, No. 1, Bodrum 48400 Turkey Office: Basın Sitesi No.1, Bodrum-Torba Road Tel (0252) 316 9090 Extn 14 / (0252) 313 7456 Fax (0252) 316 8131 GSM (0538) 798 8057 [email protected] www.bodrumobserver.com Advertising: [email protected] The Bodrum Observer abides by the rules of Press Ethics. The Bodrum Observer and its management and staff cannot be held liable for comments and views expressed by readers and guest writers. Advertisers are responsible for the claims and contents of their advertisements All material is the copyright property of The Bodrum Observer And may not be reproduced without prior permission. Copyright 2006 (c) 5. Noter (Lale Cengiz) Atatürk Bulvarı No 15/D (Main Road) Konacık Tel: 319 16 70 6. Noter (Fetullah Turan Özeren) Podyum Çarşısı, Konacık Tel: 363 75 40 In order to find official translators for your language you can either call one of the notary offices or get in touch with Annette Ertan (0554 261 82 48) at Bodrum Consulting&Translation (mail: [email protected]) Next issue: What do I need a lawyer for? On the harbourside of Bodrum you may have seen billboards referring to the Armenian controversy by comparing photos and photomontages, with the slogan 'Everything has its limits! Even the lies!’ Yaprak Çetinkaya IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Police Emergency Emergency/Ambulance Fire Department Forest Fire Emergency Coast Guard Alo Traffic Water fault Electricity fault Telekom fault Operator Public Hospital (Devlet Hastanesi) Private Hospital (Özel Hastanesi) Universal Hospital Customs Passport Office Bodrum Airport Bodrum Ferry Bodrum Hydrofoil Havaş airport bus Bus Terminal Tedaş Electric British Consulate Zabıta/Municipal Police Bodrum Bitez Yalıkavak Turgutreis 4. Noter (M. Tevfik Soykut) Gümbet Junction Tel: 316 79 63 Billboards Tell our advertisers you saw their ad in The Bodrum Observer! SUBSCRIBE NOW! 3. Noter (Yusuf İzcioğlu) Cevat Şakir Caddesi Tel: 3137380 or 313 28 32 155 112 110 177 158 154 185 186 121 118 313 14 21 313 65 66 319 15 15 316 10 21 316 10 04 523 01 01 316 08 82 316 10 87 523 00 39 316 26 37 317 30 00 319 00 93 316 11 85 363 70 11 385 44 62 382 30 35 This is a community paper and we welcome your participation. Please send articles, news, photos, events, letters to the editor or suggestions to [email protected] OTHER PLACES TO BUY THE BODRUM OBSERVER Musti's Steakhouse Plaj Cad. No 28 Yalıkavak Tel: 0252 385 5230 Terra Turka Kızılağaç Tel: 0252 369 2412 Bar Two, Turgutreis Tel: 382 9282 Le Kabbak (Dereköy) • 8 miles shop, Oasis; and of course at The Bodrum Observer office in Ekin Ofset Printers, Torba-Bodrum road. THE BODRUM OBSERVER 3 ISSUE 21 KURDS AND TURKS (3) Remergence of Kurdish nationalism and the PKK During the first 40 years of my life (1940 to 1980), Kurdish ethnic nationalism was never in the foreground as an important issue. In those days Kurds of Turkey were mostly living a feudal life in the remote eastern and the southeastern provinces. Their interface with the economy and the political system was through their feudal landlords (aghas). The aghas fully cooperated with the political establishment and the bureacracy. They usually supported one of the mainstream right-wing parties (representing free market ideology and Sunni Islam), but a considerable percentage supported CHP (The Republican Peoples Party representing Kemalism, particularly secularism). Smart families usually hedged their bets; they would split and support both sides thus they would always be with the winning side. The djin of Kurdish ethnic nationalism was safely sealed in its bottle. Following the military coup of 27 May 1960, the most liberal constitution in the republic's history was accepted in 1961. Marxist political movements, which had been banned to that date, started taking roots. The first and the most prominent among these was TİP (Türkiye İşçi Partisi/Turkish Labour Party). It was the first political party which openly acknowledged the existence of a Kurdish ethnic identity and the problems of feudalism and economic and social underdevelopment in the Eastern regions. TİP's ranks included many Kurds. However, for the Turkish Marxists, socialism was the first item on the agenda; problems of the underdeveloped eastern regions could be dealt with later. This approach displeased many Kurdish members of the party. Within a few years, TİP split into many factions and was eventually closed down during the military coup of 1971. The seventies were a very turbulent period in Turkey; student and labour unrest with street fighting between different political groups were daily occurrences. The djin was getting ready to escape from its bottle. İsmet İmset, a prominent writer on Kurdish issues states that in the seventies there were at least 12 separatist MarxistLeninist factions operating in Turkey. PKK (Partiya Karkari Kurdistan/Kurdish Workers Party) founded in 1978 under the leadership of Abdullah Öcalan (Apo) was one of these. He was born in Ömerli village, in the Hilvan-Siverek region of Urfa, in 1948, to a poor mixed Turkish-Kurdish family. He never learned to speak Kurdish. In the seventies he was a university student at Ankara, where he came under the influence of fellow student and Maoist guerilla leader Mahir Çayan. The PKK initially started operating in the Urfa region by attacking local landlords and rival groups, exploiting blood feuds, raising money by extortion and drug trafficking. It is claimed that in the 1978-1980 period, PKK was involved in 354 murders. Öcalan managed to escape to Syria in 1979, when he was about to be arrested by the security forces. 'This guy is sick in mind, a complete megalomaniac...' Syria had a bone to pick with Turkey concerning the Hatay province. But the more imminent issue was the waters of the river Euphrates. Turkey had finished the Keban Dam in 1975 and was planning a number of other dams. Hafiz Esat soon realised that the PKK could be a valuable bargaining asset. For 20 years (until Ocalan's expulsion from Syria in 1999), the Syrian regime supported the PKK, providing it with training facilities in the Bekaa Valley and bases along the Turkish border. Others who wanted to destabilise Turkey, such as Iraq, Iran and Greece also provided support. The military coup of 12 September 1980 and its ruthless suppression of ethnic Kurdish nationalism, created a backlash in the southeast and a suitable environment for PKK recruitment. Gradually PKK developed into a formidable guerilla organisation with an absolute leader cult. All members had to take a daily oath of unquestioning loyalty to Serok Apo; anyone questioning his decisions faced summary execution. After lying low for four years the PKK started its guerilla warfare in 1984. Its strategy was to make sensational strikes and steal the headlines. They would hit then disappear over the border to Syria, Iraq or Iran. In Turkey's Kurdish regions the populace faced a dilemma; if they cooperated with the PKK , they got into very serious trouble with the security forces; if they cooperated with the security forces, the PKK would punish them ruthlessly, massacring whole villages including women and children. In his A Modern History of Kurds (a Kurdish biased book), David McDowall describes the situation with the following words: ' The PKK created a climate of fear. It struck ruthlessly in the heartlands of conservatism in Kurdistan... It created great ambivalence among ordinary Kurds. Most feared it, some loathed it... others secretly (or not so secretly) admired its daring.' During a past interview with Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal, Celal Talabani expressed his views on Öcalan with the following words: 'This guy is sick in mind, a complete megalomaniac... a Marxist-Leninist... he thinks he is the leader who will lead the revolution, not only for all the Kurds but for the whole Middle East. The methods he is using is degrading the Kurdish nation' Despite PKK's ruthless terrorism, the majority of Turkey's Kurds did not agree with the PKK's views; many Kurdish tribes remained loyal to the government. Using these loyal tribes, the government set up the village guard system against the PKK. They were put on the government payroll and issued with weapons and ammunition. On the other hand, those villages that cooperated with the PKK willingly or unwillingly, were evacuated by the security forces and their inhabitants were deported to the other parts of the country. The idea was to deny the PKK any possibility of field support. By Selçuk Şahin The financial cost to Turkey was over 200 billion USD Initially, the Turkish security forces were not prepared or equipped for this type of guerilla warfare; however over the years as they gained experience and received the necesary equipment, they started to gain the upper hand. But the Gulf War of 1991, created a vacuum of authority in northern Iraq and played havoc with the economy of southeastern Turkey. This situation provided a new impetus for the PKK, consequently the war with the PKK dragged on until 1999, with the security forces gaining the upper hand once again. But the cost of this insurgency to Turkey was shattering. Over 30,000 lives were lost, 3,000 hamlets were evacuated, hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless, livestock in the area was reduced to a fraction of its previous levels. The financial cost to Turkey was over 200 billion USD. In the summer of 1998, the Turkish government decided to take the crucial step and issued an ultimatum to Syria, asking them to expel Abdullah Öcalan. Syria who could no longer rely on Russian support, asked Öcalan to leave Syria and Lebanon immediately. On 9 October 1998 he left Syria for Athens, then on the same day he moved on to Russia in a private jet, but he was not allowed to remain there for long. For several weeks he was thrown from one country to another. On 13 November 1998 he landed in Rome; his presence there caused a storm between Turkey and Italy. After several weeks of indecision, the Italians decided to extradite him to Germany, where the PKK was classified as a terrorist organisation and the German authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Öcalan. But Germany did not want him, afraid of handling this hot potato. Eventually Apo's friends in the Greek secret service fixed him up with a Greek Cypriot passport and on 2 February1999 took him by private jet to Nairobi, where he would hide in the Greek embassy, until an African state that would accept him could be found. The United States, which had set up a strong security network in Nairobi, following the bombing of its embassy there, alerted Turkey about Apo's new hideaway and put great pressure on Greece not to give him further refuge. Finally on 15 February 1999, he was induced to go to the Nairobi Airport, where a plane hired by the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT) was waiting. He was arrested by the Kenyan authorities and handed over to the MİT team. The plane carrying Apo landed in Turkey at 3 am on 16 February 1999. Selçuk Şahin [email protected] THE BODRUM OBSERVER 4 ISSUE 21 [email protected] Letter to the Editor Dear Editor I would like to add two footnotes to Thomas Kutzli's article, Borders and Thresholds (issue 20). Fırstly, if you try to find the exact point at which one stage in life's thresholds from birth to death turns into the next, you run into Zeno's paradox. Hegel's answer was to posit an intermediate stage 'becoming', but this redoubles the problem. Life, which is co n tin u o u s ch an g e an d movement, cannot be reduced to a series of finite stages even through the either/or of logic, which probably reflects the way our brains function, demands it. Secondly, if you look at the body's location in physical space in relation to thresholds, you come to the surprising conclusion that the body's physical location is centred in the pelvis! Consider someone crouching or sitting in a doorway. Even if their legs, feet, head, arms, hands and even most of their trunk are all extended out, they are still 'in the room'. Rodney Strulo Boy's organs will live on in Turkey Foreigners to have ID numbers White Houses operation continues A British family donated their son's organs after he died on holiday in Bodrum in October. Seventeen year old Craig Beston's heart stopped beating on arrival at Universal Hospital and he died despite efforts to resuscitate him. The boy's organs were transferred to Izmir immediately and one 17 year old boy and three other Turks have received a new chance of life. Yarımada Under new measures, ID numbers will be added to foreign residents' documents such as residence permits. When foreigners register with official bodies all processes and records will be based on their ID number, just as with Turkish citizens. Children born as a result of extramarital affairs between women registered under foreigners' registry and men of Turkish nationality will be registered under the foreigners' ID numbers. Eight of the 14 people under arrest have been released in the White Houses Operation case. Six will remain in prison until their next court appearance on 8 December. The operation against corruption in building approvals was started by the jandarma forces and Muğla province authorities against employees of Bodrum, Konacık and Yalıkavak in mid-July and reported in these columns in issue 15. The New Anatolian [email protected] Dear Ayşe... Dear Ayşe I came home the other day to find that my laundry, which I had hung out to dry on my washing line had been removed, and placed in a carrier bag! Then my neighbour came over and scolded me loudly, pointing to the the bag. I didn't understand what she said but how dare she touch my clothes and tell me that I cannot hang them out to dry? Upset in Umurca Dear Upset You didn't mention the contents of your laundry, but Ayşe is guessing that they might have included intimate apparel… in which case it is understandable that your neighbours may have been miffed. Notice that you will not come across underwear being hung in public in local households. While Ayşe appreciates the irony of needing to explain to a teenage counter boy what cup size of brassiere you wish to examine in the local lingerie shop, it is not in Turkish culture to display that same brassiere on your washing line once you have worn it. The easiest solution is to dry your small items indoors, perhaps using one of the collapsible square clothes hangers sold in Koçtaş and Tekzen. Another acceptable alternative is to hang your knickers on your clothesline in such a manner (behind a large sheet or in between other items) so that they are not openly displayed. (Your neighbour will then scold you for mixing underwear with regular laundry in the same washload!) Bemusedly, Ayşe Tax Time! Republic day UK Winter Charter flights Transfers Long term car rentals All travel arrangements Neyzen Tevfik Street, No 200 Marina, Bodrum-Turkey Tel & Fax +90 (252) 313 8964 • 313 4523, 313 9246 GSM +90 (532) 434 7285 www.travelbodrum.com [email protected] The 83rd anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic was celebrated as a state ceremony throughout Turkey on the 28 and 29 October, with formal wreath laying ceremonies at the monuments to Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, and military parades. In Bodrum the district governor, the mayor of Bodrum, and military representatives of the armed forces reviewed the marching parade of the schools bands and the veterans and scouts. Two army helicopters flew over several times dropping red and pink flower petals on the heads of the crowds. In the evening civilians celebrated with a torchlight march, dances, songs and firework displays, organised by local municipalities Large numbers of people turned out in the fine weather. Republican balls were held in the following days. CDB The second half-yearly payment of Real Estate Tax ( E m l a k Ve r g i s i ) a n d Environmental Tax (Çevre Temizlik Vergisi) are due to be paid to your municipality by the end of November if you haven't paid already. Check with your local office. Good news from Bodrum municipality, one of the local municipalities opening ebelediye on-line services. Water bills in the Bodrum municipality can be paid online at Halkbank Bodrum branch. Enquiries to the bank: 316 62 89 or 316 26 04. Migration to Australia A REGISTERED MIGRATION AGENT CAN HELP YOU Australia has a scheme that requires people who give immigration assistance to be registered as an agent These agents have to meet certain professional standards. Belinda Eyers is lawyer, Notary and a registered migration agent registration number 0637132 who can help you to live and work in Australia. If you have a good command of English and are less than 45 years of age with a diploma or trade qualification or if you have family in Australia then contact us. [email protected] Belinda Eyers & Associates Solicitors & Notary Public Registered Migration Agent 0637132 SOLICITOR AND MIGRATION AGENT Turkey P.K.490, 48400 Bodrum GSM 0539 332 91260 Tel (0) 212 414 2799 Australia 3/1 Fingal Street, Brunswick Heads, Australia Telephone + 61 2 66851244 Fax + 61 2 66 851344 PO Box 398, Coogee, Sydney, Australia THE BODRUM OBSERVER 5 ISSUE 21 International church opens in Turgutreis The first meeting of the Turgutreis International Church was held on Sunday 21 October at the Mandalinci hotel. Many of the Bodrum congregation travelled to Turgutreis for the opening and were joined by local residents for a special service to celebrate its launch. It's been three and a half years since Bodrum International Grace Church was first started in a small rented room next to the Bodrum Market. Since then it's moved to bigger premises with a children's room next door. A core of local residents is joined by many English (and some German) tourists during the summer for the regular 11 a m S u n d a y s e r v i c e conducted in both English and Turkish. L a s t y e a r Tu rg u t r e i s municipality received inquiries from Christian expats who had moved to Turgutreis about the possibility of starting a church in Turgutreis. In fact a number of Turgutreis residents already commute to Bodrum every Sunday for the service there. Since then the leadership at the Bodrum church has met with the mayor and other officials who have expressed their support for a church to be started in Turgutreis. It has taken over six months to find somewhere suitable to hold meetings but an agreement has now been made with the Mandalinci hotel in central Tu rg u t r e i s ( b e h i n d t h e municipality building, near the Farmers Market). A service will be held every Sunday at 4pm with refreshments afterwards provided by the hotel. Everyone is welcome. Both Bodrum and Turgutreis are non-denominational (independent) protestant churches but Catholics are also welcome. A number already attend the Bodrum church as there is no Catholic church within a two to three hour drive. There will be a service of Christmas carols at 4pm in Turgutreis on Sunday 17 December at the Mandalinci hotel. The Bodrum church will hold their carol service in the afternoon the day before (venue to be agreed). For further information, please check out the church advert in each issue of The Bodrum Observer. Gümbet fire A fire broke out at Mystery Bar in Gümbet's Bar street on 3 Most of you will know that Brian frequently visits various parts of the peninsula observing and counting birds. His reports have been sent to a national database, KUŞBANK, for several years. This time of year is always one of change. For example, around Tuzla in October you can still find birds that have been around all summer such as shrikes and swallows. But at this time of year they are joined by birds that are typically thought of as winter birds here. Garganey, robins and black redstarts have re-appeared, grey heron numbers are high and the beautiful flamingoes have increased to over 1000 making this an excellent time to get out and see what is happening. On the downside, as you look up from Tuzla lake, you can't November. It was quickly brought under control by Bodrum municipality fire department who believe it was caused by fault in the electrical wiring. The bar was heavily damaged. AA Tornado in Ören A small tornado wreaked havoc on Ören beachfront at the weekend after a week of stormy weather. Local television showed damage to the summer seasonal shelters of souvenir and snack sellers in the Gökova Gulf township. AA BODRUM MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS A TOTAL SERVICE PROVIDER Site Management – Property Management Airport Transfers Phone: English 0538 567 22 62 or Türkçe 0532 365 18 65 Email: [email protected] Web: WWW.BodrumMS.com help but see the way in which the natural hillsides around the lake are being destroyed as more development takes place and work on the golf course continues. Don't forget to check out the website at www.kyteweb.net/ birdsofbodrum. It was updated in August 2006. Keith Ward and Brian Stoneman Sewage works to start summer 2007 Bodrum’s mayor, Mazlum Ağan, announced that the project to bring the disposal of sewage in line with European Union standards will be completed by next summer. The new works, to be located in the Gümbet İnceburun area, (see left) will have the capacity to discharge 10,000 cubic metres of water a day and will benefit 50 thousand residents. And a sewage water pumping station with a capacity of 10,000 cubic metres was opened by the Muğla province governor, on 2 November, in Göltürkbükü. Mayor Halil İbrahim Kaynar said the construction cost 475,000 YTL and represented a long term investment in the municipality PHOTO: GÖKMEN YÜCE Steve Bishop News in brief Marmaris bomb suspect detained A person was detained in the southeastern city of Gaziantep suspected of being involved in the bomb attacks in the town of Marmaris on 27 August in which 21 people were injured, including 10 British tourists. The man was visiting his family when he was reported to the police by his father. He was taken to Mugla on 25 October for interrogation AA The times are changing at Tuzla BITEZ YALI EMLAK Interested in buying property in Turkey? Look no further We have an excellent selection of properties for you to view at your leisure Prices start at 42,000euros Please feel free to join us for a coffee and an information chat. You will find us 50 metres from the beach opposite the Red Dragon or call us onO252 363 97 48 and ask to speak to Hasan or Veli English, German and Turkish speaking consultants available We look forward to seeing you Support the Turgutreis Disabled Children's Rehabilitation Centre operated by the Bodrum Health Foundation Donations gratefully accepted. BAHÇELIEVLER MEVKİİ, TURGUTREIS, BODRUM TEL: 0252 382 85 86 FAX: 0252 382 85 87 www.bodrumsaglik.org emaıl: [email protected] B O D R U M Bodrum Animal Welfare Association gratefully accepts donations. Yapı Kredi Bank, Halikarnas Branch, 1000208-9. THANKYOU Woof! Please donate old blankets for Street dogs and catsç THE BODRUM OBSERVER 6 ISSUE 21 THE BEST SUNSET OF BODRUM PENINSULA IS AT GÜMÜŞLÜK •BAR •RESTAURANT •SWIMMING POOL •PLAYGROUND •GARDEN THE BODRUM OBSERVER 7 ISSUE 21 Uluburun sinks again A replica of the oldest k n o w n c a r g o c a r r i e r, Uluburun was sunk again at the same location in the Mediterranean where the wreck of the original was found. The replica, made by Hayrullah Kes, is 14 metres in length and 5 metres wide and cost 40 milyarYTL to make. It took one hour to sink and will now be used as an underwater tourist attraction. A model of the sunken Uluburun is on exhibition in Bodrum castle. The ship sank 3,300 years ago off Antalya and is the oldest cargo PHOTO: AGENTS carrier known in history. It took one hour to sink. The wreck was excavated between 1984 and 1994 at Uluburun, near Kaş. The excavation, revealed one of the wealthiest and largest collections of Late Bronze Age items to be found in the Mediterranean. The shipwreck was lying on a steep rocky slope at a depth of 44 to 52 metres, with artifacts scattered down to 61 metres. The main cargo, possibly belonging to royalty, included about ten tons of what appeared to be Cypriot copper in the form of 354 flat ingots and about 120 disc shaped ingots. Also on board was a ton of the earliest dated tin ingots. Dating of a small piece of presumably freshly cut firewood suggests that the ship sank in 1306BC or shortly afterwards. Photos of Bodrum exhibited at UNESCO Galip Gür and Mayor Mazlum Ağan at the press conference announcing the exhibition of The Most Beautiful Bays of the World Association of which Bodrum is one of the 29 members. Photographs of Bodrum are included in the exhibition at the UNESCO building in Paris along with the other 28 locations. Galip Gür is the deputy head of the association PHOTO: GÖKMEN YÜCE Solar house for Bodrum Representatives from the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Foundation met at a symposium in Ankara on Clever Energy. The two day meeting was chaired by Oliver Schafer from Belgium, member of the Renewable Energy Coucil. The possibilities of harnessing energy from the sun and wind in Turkey were discussed. Turkish representative Cüneyt Karaloğlu described how he can heat his energy saving solar house and provide its own hot w a t e r a n d e l e c t r i c i t y. Karaloğlu is the director of the Association of Volunteers of Bodrum, a member of Bodrum Habitat and the Bodrum Caria Culture and Art Foundation. His solar house was designed by taking into account that Bodrum is located on the 37.2 N line of latitude and by measuring the angles of the sun on the longest day (21 June) and longest night (21 December) and at the equinox on 21 March and 23 September. Scientists present supported his project. Many members of anti nuclear energy groups from Europe attended the meeting as speakers and listeners discussed aspects of its possible harm, how to dispose of its waste and whether the technology itself is outdated. Feryal Çeviköz Interview next issue. THE BODRUM OBSERVER 8 ISSUE 21 THE BODRUM OBSERVER 9 ISSUE 21 Mount Aspat: unlocking its secrets Anyone who is familiar with the Bodrum peninsula must at some time or another have taken note of the conically shaped mountain protruding majestically out into the Aegean Sea, known as Mount Aspat. Approached on the Akyarlar road from Bodrum to Turgutreis, it looms against the stunning backdrop of the Greek island of Kos. And approached from the seaward side it sits proudly - a verdant outpost against a mountainous, barren landscape. From either side a mountain top castle is clearly visible and is shown as Cifit Castle on local maps. To the casual observer it is a pleasing vision in a scenically beautiful location. But is there more to this mountain than meets the eye? Having lived in its shadow for many years and climbed it on many occasions I have grown immensely fond of it. As a result I have probed and dug around for information to sate my curiosity. Much of what I have found is patchy and in some cases unverified but the telling of it is consistent with what locals, experts and books affirm. What is not in doubt is that this is a mountain with a story and one day its secrets will be unlocked. A closer look at the mountain provides tantalising glimpses of ruins depicting a bygone era of human activity. Amongst the most prominent of these are the castle's medieval defensive walls in various states of disrepair. The walls skirt the mountain, eventually leading down to the rocky shore where the remnants of buildings can be seen. Clearly visible from the sea is a stone arch which was Mount Aspat from the sea filled in long ago as a result of an earthquake. Could this have been the entrance to a tunnel leading to the summit? Rumours abound amongst the locals of such a tunnel, its actual whereabouts no longer known. The swimmer is assailed by huge fallen walls, possibly the result of earthquakes, which are now a haven for fish and octopus Aspat is renowned since antiquity as a watering hole for passing vessels. The quality of the water, still available from a number of springs, was famed for not turning stale on long sea voyages. Perhaps the ruined shoreline buildings were depots servicing passing sea going vessels. Scattered remnants of marble columns, plinths, inscribed slabs and other artifacts along the beaches clinging to the foot of the mountain clearly denote an earlier era predating the walls and buildings evident to the casual viewer. And beneath the sea, the swimmer is assailed by huge fallen walls, possibly the result of earthquakes, which are now a haven for fish and octopus. We do know the castle and walls we see today date from the fourteenth century and were built and manned by the Genoese as one of a series of fortresses situated along their sea trade routes to protect their interests. The castle itself is small and medieval in style although evidence of marble stones used in its construction connects it to an earlier building. Inside, now overgrown with trees, there are marble slabs and stones littered about belonging to a more classical era. Sadly more of these have disappeared or are smashed (people searching for souvenirs or gold) with each visit I make. In his book Beyond the Meander, George E Bean, the celebrated historian, describes the Lelegians, the original inhabitants of the Bodrum peninsula, with references going back as far as the Trojan War. They are considered to be the earliest Carians and he mentions a Lelegian town named Temera which was located near Mount Aspat. S u b s e q u e n t l y, M a u s o l u s abruptly removed the Lelegian inhabitants from Temera by force in the fourth century BC to Halicarnassus (today's Bodrum). In their wake he left behind a prison to house those who dissented and it was thought to be located on top of Mount Aspat. Other stories speak of pirates, going back to Lelegian times Stories from other sources suggest it was once a healing place. This fits in with the local assertion that the oxygenated air promotes good health. And close to Mount Aspat there is a fountain, çeşme, supplied by a mountain spring, which draws a never ending line of locals filling their containers with what they swear is the sweetest of waters. Other stories speak of pirates, going back to Lelegian times, using the sheltered cove to launch attacks on unsuspecting ships and of this same cove being used by smugglers. The rock cut tomb Only a few years ago an unscrupulous ship's captain took on a cargo of illegal Afghan immigrants with the task of dropping them off on Kos for Europe. Instead he sailed along the Turkish coast and discharged them onto the slopes of Mount Aspat leaving them with the impression they had reached Kos. We awoke to find Mount Aspat swarming with lost individuals. They were soon rounded up by the local jandarma. Mount Aspat was originally called Aspartos which means 'unsuitable place for planting', but it is surprisingly fertile. Bay trees and oregano bushes grow freely on the slopes. Every spring locals search out these herbs which they harvest and then dry and sell in the local markets. A walk around the landward side of the mountain provides evidence of prior settlements. A ruin, which five years ago was a run in for sheep and cattle, has been excavated by Murat Balkan, the owner of Temera & Solida Beach Resort, and a bathhouse uncovered, dating back to the fourth century AD. This is an exciting find with important implications for the area. There is also a rock-cut tomb with two benches inside, said to be four thousand years old. Little more is known of the history of the mountain. But those working on the excavation of the bath house say that the settlement in antiquity was called Strobolis. In their opinion Mount Aspat is a significant archaeological site and, given its position overlooking Kos and proximity to Bodrum, more work is planned to excavate Mout Aspat. So for all of us who have long wondered what secrets lie hidden on this most enigmatic of mountains, there may now be some answers forthcoming. Gerry Rogers PHOTOS: SUSAN ROGERS The Music of Aspat Aspat has been immortalised in song called Çökertme which anyone who has been a guest at a Turkish bash anywhere in the vicinity of the mountain or indeed Bodrum would be familiar with. At some time in the evening the song will be played and its haunting tune pervades the room. People immediately get up to perform a distinctive dance, adopting a swooping, slow motion prance in unison to the rhythm of the music. THE BODRUM OBSERVER 10 ISSUE 21 PHOTO: YIĞIT UYGUR PHOTO: BITEZ MUNICIPALITY Out and about... In Bitez the celebrations for Republic Day kept going through the night. A group of children unfurled a Turkish flag and walked with it through the streets PHOTO: CDB PHOTO: ANNIE ESENTEPE Eighty three years of the Turkish Republic was celebrated on 29 October all over Turkey. Here in the peninsula, the main ceremony in the sports stadium featured all the schools of the Bodrum municipality Children, marching dressed in Bodrum regions folk costume, had earlier performed folk dances in the Republic Day ceremonies Bodrum Kaymakam Abdullah Kalkan (second far right) and Mahmut Kocadon (far left) , chairman of the Bodrum Chamber of Commerce (Bodrum Ticaret Odası) presented gifts to Shipyard Owners and Master builders for their work on Bodrum's unique gulets. Pictured above are: Erol Ağan, Mustafa Denizaslanı, Ali Kemal Denizaslanı, Engin Denizaslanı, Mehmet Nalbantoğlu, Ekrem Başeğmez, Hasan Gülteş, Erol Özyurt, Mehmet Özyurt, Tuğrul Acar, Ahmet Özükara, Mehmet Durmaz (Büyük Kırlı), Niyazi Demiröz, Ali Dikan, Mesut Tabak, Hasan Yanık and Hüseyin Sezer PHOTO: CDB PHOTO: BTO (BODRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) Year 2 class at Turgutkarabağlı school (Bodrum) had a cake to celebrate the 83rd anniversary of the Turkish Republic Bodrum peninsula shared some of the Turkey-wide heavy rains at the start of November and roadcrews had to to clear roads, and some business places had to call in help to pump out stormwaters in low-lying areas THE BODRUM OBSERVER PHOTO: CDB PHOTO: CDB 11 ISSUE 21 Authors Jennifer Eaton Gökmen (left) and Anastasia M.Ashman (centre) signed copies of their book 'Tales from the Expat Harem' before the Ladies Lunch, here pictured with Leslie Morrisetti of Turgutreis Organisers of the lunch Jane Baxter and Priscilla Windsor-Brown held the lucky ticket draw for prizes donated by Life Centre, Marina Yacht Club, Bodrum Private Hospital, The Bodrum Observer, and included several books from Çitlembik Publishers, and life coaching and yoga lessons. PHOTO: CDB PHOTO: CDB Some of the women who attended the Ladies Lunch, included Nebahat Tokgöz, Leyla Aras both of Bodrum, Sue Tekin of Yalikavak and others PHOTO: LJR PHOTO: YARIMADA Winter brings on the handcraft season! Some members of the Habitat international residents group were found preparing gifts for sale at the December Christmas round of feasts and bazaars (see What's On) Children trick or treating in Bitez on Halloween. Debbie, Georgie, Billy, Jack, Toprak, Ilgaz and Almira Guyanan born American actor Marc Gomes (left), married artist Kathyrn Arnold (centre) (pictured here with a friend) at their new villa in Yalıkavak where they intend to spend their holidays. Gomes has had a prolific career in stage and television THE BODRUM OBSERVER 12 ISSUE 21 Cities: baby alone in Babylon The author sings a song by Bert B re c h t a n d K u r t We i l l , dedicated to all immigrants to Bodrum from the big cities: "Oh tell me the way to the next little village oh don't ask why oh don't ask why for if we don't find the way to the village site I tell you we must die I tell you, I tell you, I tell you we must die... Oh moon of İstanbul We tell: our hearts are full... Oh moon of Alabama We now must say good bye We lost our good old mama And must have a village Oh you know why... Since the dawn of time, the city has been likened to the labyrinth, the brain, the uterus, civilisation, progress, emancipation. 'Stadtluft macht frei' - the air of cities makes us free - as the people of the middle ages used to say. As soon they touched the gates of a town their slavery ended. Cities are the third power between pope and emperor. Did a prince except Attila - ever govern from village? It is written: 'There will be grass where your cities stood'. I saw Jericho more than 5000 years after it was founded and saw that that was true. Our Halikarnassos? Let's be realistic, though important to us, Bodrum is a village. Even Rome sank to the size of 15,000 souls in 17th and 18th centuries, before it grew to be a metropolis again. Only Istanbul... But it is out of control, isn't it? Recently an American armed forces report uttered serious doubts concerning cities. More than rogue states they 'produce terrorists and give far better shelter to them'. There are, so they say, far too many buildings in a small space. How easy it was in the old times to conquer countries and to defend one's own! Take Baghdad as a turning point. Americans spent just a few days to take Iraq. But have a look now. More and more quarters of the city are out of control. A young American has just written a book called Urban Tribes, in which he describes a new group of citizens: young, ever see the border of their town and they cannot imagine ever getting there. The only border they know is the dark sky by night with its pale stars behind the smog. Lagos and the adjacent cities constitute the broadest shanty town on earth with aproximately 70 million people. Sociologists have already baptised these agglomerations 'feral cities' as parallels to 'failed states' The legend of a better life in a town is a myth unmarried, mobile, enjoying city-lifestyle, without any dependence on family or other peer groups. Gangs have taken control It struck me that most of these characteristics fit the urban guerrilla perfectly too. After Somalia, Lebanon and Afghanistan here we are with another example of a state without sovereignty. Gangs have taken control and, thanks to the mobile phone and the internet, their network is at least as efficient as that of the CIA and MI6. Istanbul has an estimated 15 million inhabitants. Nobody knows exactly how many and I don't think the authorities have the means to find out. Tokyo? A nightmare. Only a few people in Mexico City While cities are still the motors of the economy they are also constantly growing centres of poverty. Within the cities that dualism is hardening: here are the rich quarters with walls, security controls, video cameras they are the no-goareas even Google-Earth cannot see through. How do they both develop? The rich produce few children but make money. The number of poor increases through birth and by migration. There is no chance to rise into the upper class by your own means. The legend of a better life in a town is a myth, but the poor are still off to the cities. What do they find there? Undercover economy, mafia, prostitution, crime and the hope that things will change. The ties of village life vanish. Yes, even 'honourkilling' is a reminiscence of the countryside. In town you'll kill for less reason. Who has the power? These quarters are out of official control and they exist not only in Sao Paolo or Mumbai but already in London, Paris, Milan, Hamburg and Berlin. Since the US government declared war on terror, gangs in the American cities have boomed. Mafia and other groups outside the law are shown in TV channels (The Sopranos) and have widespread networks and social structures far superior to those of the state and give a feeling of solidarity to their members. Authorities? Government? Politicians? Get lost... More and more children grow up in the streets, without parents and without shelter. They naturally connect to such groups. Neither family, nor school, nor military service can possibly provide such a common feeling and warmth for them. And since the chances of accomplishing any normal career are near to zero, a life as a beggar, a criminal or even a suicide bomber becomes more probable... More and more mesmerising are the neighbourhoodconnections. Neighbourhoods give shelter, mostly because everybody knows everybody and anyone unknown arouses suspicion. In towns the small village is rising from the dead again. But nowadays, the familiar connections are not from the past (relatives, blood, tradition) but arise from free choice. At the same time these emerging neighbourhoods operate light-years away from existing political systems which are disintegrating fast. And those feral cities may even speed up the disintegration of whole nations. You cannot hope for any help from aircraft carriers, cruise missiles or great-Middle-East-projects to stop that development. Thus cities are the true mirror of our contemporary development. (c)Thomas Kutzli Bodrum 2006 Villanaz apartments and hotel, 33 metres from the sea, open all year. Home from home, luxurious self-catering boutique accommodation in true Turkish style with swimming pools for adults and children, air conditioned bedrooms and living room, snack bar, car park, room and reception services, and airport, bus and laundry services on request. All apartments have a large balcony, bathroom with shower and bathtub, flat screen cable/satellite tv, wire-less internet, direct telephone in every room and a fully equipped kitchen including microwave and toaster Bitez Yalısı Sah Cad, Bodrum, Turkey Tel: +90 252 363 98 30 Fax: +90 252 363 98 33 www.villanaz.com Mehmet Çelik, is exhibiting his re m a r k a b l e c e r a m i c s i n Bodrum at the Jazz Now Art Gallery. THE BODRUM OBSERVER 13 ISSUE 21 Four days of fun sailing with the Bodrum Cup So many people have talked to me about the Bodrum Cup. For some it's a myth, out of reach; for others it's no longer what it used to be. So how it was before? Very friendly and good natured. And how it is now? Expensive, snobbish and too commercial. I had the luck to be invited by A r y a Ya c h t i n g t o j o i n Nostalagia, a gulet of 18.5 metres, in the blue flag category. It was a great experience. I learned a lot about sailing, about the crews and new Turkish words like tremola, the most important word during a race. When you hear this word, watch out, we are going to turn, be ready to duck to avoid being hit by the boom. I sailed with a mixed team: two sporty Turkish women and a German woman; two French women with no knowledge of sailing; a Bulgarian man called Nico, a cook, a young seaman, Mehmet the captain and Cengiz, a blind man. From Cengiz I learned how it was possible to sail while being blind. He knew when a boat came close and he always asked for its name. From the name he knew its category and if it was a potential competitor. Sometimes he gave advice to Captain Mehmet who didn't always follow it. The end of a race day was always enjoyable. On the first afternoon the weather was warm and sunny so the first arrivals had time for a swim. Once all the boats had moored it was easy to go from boat to boat and chat with everyone. I was curious to visit other boats and to speak with other teams. Only few people were aloof, most were open and affable. Many different professions were represented: musicians, fishermen, entrepreneurs, travellers, and from so many different countries. I should have gone home that same evening so I could go to my Turkish lesson the next day. One of sailors offered to give me a lesson in Turkish conversation after the race. So without feeling guilty I stayed. Good choice. On the second day there was only a gentle breeze. The boats have 30 minutes to get to the starting line. Only eleven boats made it in time. The other 59 boats were out of the race. Despite this they decided to continue sailing and race between themselves with a bottle of whisky as the prize. Some of them finished before we did in the official race. That evening we moored in English Harbour and local villagers joined the crowd to listen to Nilüfer's concert. Everyone was happy, dancing, singing, drinking and having fun. On the third day it rained. As we had come second the day before, the captain decided to empty out the reserves of clean water. No more showers! He explained that this will make us 4 tons lighter. Is this the reason we won, or was it the dynamic team? Now we have the same number of points as Ayaz, our chief competitor. Tomorrow we must win. On the fourth day all of us are feeling the stress. We wait for the start but there's no wind. If the wind is behind us, it will be impossible to win without a spinnaker which we don't have. But Murat from the next offered theirs as they were out of the running. Three hours later the race started. We won without using the spinnaker. Barbara Ateş Go to www.bodrumobserver.com to read the entire article in French with lots of colour pictures Left: Cengiz surrounded by the female crew. Top right: Captain Mehmet in action. Middle right: For this boat the race is over, hit by a larger boat. Bottom right: All our friends are with us to celebrate the victory. SPECIALIST MEDICAL SUPPLIER Bodrum Select YES! THERE IS A CHURCH IN BODRUM! AND NOW IN TURGUTREIS TOO!! BODRUM INTERNATIONAL GRACE CHURCH (PROTESTANT) EVERY SUNDAY: BODRUM 11.00-13.00, TURGUTREIS 16.00-18.00 EVERYONE WELCOME Bodrum International Grace Church is an independent protestant christian church for all nationalities. 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Tel: +90 532 285 3371 +90 252 312 0106 Fax: +90 252 313 5224 email: [email protected] www.bodrumselect.com THE BODRUM OBSERVER 14 ISSUE 21 Restaurant Review MILA: a tasty taste of Europe You won't find Mila just by wandering around, you won't stumble upon it by chance, and you won't spot it from a distance. You have probably wished many times that such a thing could exist here in Bodrum just as it exists in most European cities and villages: a cosy, down-to-earth, friendly little place serving delicious, unpretentious, original meals. A neighbourhood meeting point, a welcoming table, a charming host with the right attitude to food and company: the pleasure to share. Well, now you have it, if not right at your doorstep, close enough to tempt you: up the hill in Kumbahçe, above the Diamond of Bodrum Hotel, just a few steps up from the entrance of Monastir Hotel`. What was for many years the neighbourhood's bakkal is today Mila, Figen Mirel's new creation. She lives in the apartment right above it and reigns over it like a queen, draped in her colourful dresses and ethnic jewellery. Figen's life story reads like a novel, full of travelling, adventures, bouncing and rebounding, ventures, enthusiasm and deceptions, friendship and love. Born in Istanbul, she was often in Switzerland during her childhood following her father's business obligations. She graduated from the American College in Istanbul and then took up journalism in P a r i s . Instead of reporting she c h o s e fashion, opened a boutique in Istanbul in the '70s and s t a r t e d travelling extensively to Italy working closely with top Italian designers. A few years later she opened one of the first I t a l i a n restaurants in Istanbul, in association with Ahmet Çapa, owner of the legendary Şamdan. A couple of years later she started a catering business with Club MILA a tasty taste of Europe 29. In the summer of '88 she opened, with an Italian friend, Ti t i ' s B a r i n To r b a , a n experience that she still recalls as exhilarating. As years go by, nothing seems to stop her or quash her vitality. In 1990 she opened, in Istanbul/Nişantası (and simultaneously in Bodrum), a livemusic bar and restaurant which was called Figeyra, combining the first part of her name with the last part of her b u s i n e s s partner's name, Hümeyra, the renowned actress and performer… Finally, in 1995, she chose Bodrum as her refuge and permanent residence. And now Mila (named after Mina and Ela, h e r t w o grandchildren), a project born out of her desire to be on the move again and to allow her many friends to enjoy her wonderful cuisine: there are a few tables indoors, for a maximum of 12 guests and a quiet little terrace opening out onto the narrow street. Figen intends to offer dishes that are not commonly found in Bodrum, most of them with a French and Italian twist: juicy and tender red meats, gratins, fish and beef tartars and fondues, along with some traditional Turkish fares such as special homemade mantı and köfte, as well as glorious pasta dishes and risotto. Being a bit off the beaten tracks, it is best to call her and make a reservation, express a personal request for that special dish you are really craving for, or simply give her carte blanche to spoil you. It is the perfect place for gathering up a few friends and enjoying life, in an atmosphere of perfect savoir vivre and savoir faire. If you decide to just pop by, Figen has something delicious in store for you every day. And all winter long. Climb the hill, indulge and spread the news … Antonella Culasso Figen speaks fluent English, French and Italian Telephone 0535 734 1540 MILA Café and Restaurant Kumbahçe, Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi 58, Barış Sitesi, Bodrum The best Chinese food in town Looking for a cosy, friendly little place serving delicious food? If so, come to Mila, Figen Mirel's new bistro offering juicy red meats, fish, fondues, glorious pasta and risotto along with traditional Turkish fare such as homemade mantı and köfte. It is best to make a reservation but if you just decide to pop by, Figen has something delicious in store for you every day. And all winter long. Telephone 0535 734 1540 Mustafa Kemal Paşa Caddesi 58, Bariş Sitesi, Bodrum (above the Diamond of Bodrum Hotel and just a few steps up from the entrance of Manastir) GOLDEN SPOON by the sea at Bitez for best quality and best service with no service charge Brunch starts first day of Bayram 24 October Credit cards accepted with no commission Travellers’ cheques exchanged Free taxi. Take away with free delivery Children's menu and full English breakfast Find us at number 50 on Bitez sea front. Phone (0252) 363 7203 Fax (0252) 313 6674 www.goldenspoonbitez.com reasonable prices • set lunch 7YTL everyday except Sunday • excellent Pekin duck OASİS Alışveriş Kültür ve Eğlence Merkezi Telephone 0252 317 11 16 new season A great place to eat and spend quality time at our beach-side restaurant. Our menu offers you international cuisine cooked fresh by our chef Ozan who has joıned us from Vona . Our menu offers over one hundred dishes for you to choose from. Come and relax in the new atmosphere of New Season. Join us for our famous breakfast which is served Saturday and Sunday 10am - 2pm Reservations and free shuttle service can be arranged by phoning 0252 363 8477 Browse our website at www.newseasonrestaurant.com We look forward to seeing you Çökertme Caddesi No. 60, Bitez Yalısı, Bodrum THE BODRUM OBSERVER 15 ISSUE 21 Open sesame Anyone paying attention to the daily national press may have been slightly amused if not amazed by the wonderful success story of the Simit S a r a y ý , Tu r k e y ' s n e w successful fast food outlet. As its name suggests it specialises in the country's favourite traditional sesame coated bread snack often described as the Turkish bagel. I remember when the first Simit Sarayı opened in Taksim Square a few years ago. The queue spilling out on to the street made one think that the simit had been reinvented. Currently, Simit Sarayıý has 30 branches in Istanbul and many others in major cities around Turkey. Recently, Haluk Okutur, a company partner, said 'Our target is to surpass the number of McDonalds restaurants. I hope to see our signs all over the world', adding that Simit Sarayı had been offered distribution services from several countries including Germany and Dubai. One can only wonder when a branch will pop up in Bodrum? But, for a moment, let's just stop and think where the simit would be without the humble sesame seed. Recently I was dismayed to see an article making headlines in one of our English language dailies. Sesame farmers were drying out their harvest on the highway just outside Edirne, the gateway to Europe. Risking the utmost danger on blind bends of the Çevre yolu the farmers claimed there was nowhere more suitable for drying their harvested seeds. The life of a sesame farmer is certainly not an easy one. Ninety nine per cent of the world's sesame is manually harvested. However, unlike cotton and tobacco crops, the seeds are not daunted by threats from early rains as the resilient seeds are safely protected within their capsules. Seeds that escape from their capsules during harvesting are turned back into the soil and guarantee the next year's harvest with the minimum of fuss. Let's hope too they are able to resist the genetic engineering barons faced by other produce farmers - another topical subject here in Turkey. Sesamum Indicum, is an annual (sometimes perennial) grass like plant reaching heights of up to two metres. The plant requires a fairly long and warm growing season of Queen Restaurant Full Menu available Open for dinner every night Traditional Sunday Lunch 16 YTL Full English Breakfast 9 YTL Halilim Cad.no.3, Bitez. Location: turn uphill from the basketball courts corner on Bitez Beach. 300m www.queenapart.com tel: (0252) 363 9016 GSM: 0536 358 0146 But give a moment's thought to what an amazing product of nature sesame really is. It has been around since antiquity, one of the first recorded plants used for its seeds. Early Assyrians circa 3,000 BC believed their gods drank sesame wine as a prelude to creating the world. A drawing on an Egyptian tomb of 4,000 years ago depicts a baker adding sesame seeds to dough. The Chinese also claim to have been using it for 5,000 years, burning sesame oil to make soot for ink. Ancient Greek soldiers carried sesame seeds as energy boosting emergency them a nearly perfect food. Sesame seeds contain extraordinary quantities of methionine and tryptophan, amino acids missing from most other vegetable protein sources that are important for healthy liver and kidneys and the utilisation of B-complex vitamins. Sesame seeds also contain calcium, potassium, phosphorus, vitamin B and iron but no cholesterol. Sesame seeds have a unique, nutty flavour with a crunchy sensation. Their size and texture make them the best choice for topping breads, breadsticks and buns. A hamburger just isn't a hamburger without a sesame seed bun. Maybe the Simit Sarayı and Macdonalds have more in common than they realise. Food for thought! Angie Mitchell (serves 4) This dish is so easy. I have adapted it from the wonderful book Classic Turkish Cookery by Ghillie Basan. Apparently it is of Aegean origin though Northern Cyprus and the Black Sea region offer variations. It should be very garlicky and have a crunchy topping. Give it a go! 4 chicken breasts, cut into strips 1 cup tahin (sesame paste) 1 tablespoon pekmez (grape, date or mulberry molasses) Juice of 1 lemon 4-8 cloves of garlic, crushed with salt (depending on your taste use as much or little as you wish. The more the better) Salt and freshly ground black pepper Dry roasted sesame seeds and breadcrumbs for the topping Preheat the oven to 200C. In a bowl, put the tahin, pekmez, lemon and crushed garlic. Mix into a smooth, creamy paste and season with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and leave to marinade for 1 hour. Spoon everything into a shallow ovenproof dish sprinkle the breadcrumbs and dry roasted sesame seeds over the top. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Finish off under the grill for a toasted topping if necessary. Serve with a fresh herby green salad, rice and freshly baked bread. Afiyet Olsun! AM For information and details of cookery lessons and workshops, contact Angie Mitchell, [email protected] Angie is the author of Secrets of the Turkish Kitchen Queen Apart Hotel English Sky TV Drop in for a drink at the Bar with the view 10am to midnight Early Assyrians circa 3,000 BC believed their gods drank sesame wine as a prelude to creating the world rations and the Romans made a kind of hummus from sesame and cumin, a dish of course we are all familiar with to this day. For Brahmins sesame has been considered a symbol of good luck and signifies immortality. Here in Turkey sesame is not only needed daily for the wonderful simit but also for tahin (crushed sesame paste) and helva, a sweet meat widely recognised in the Middle East. Commercial brands of helva can easily be found in supermarkets and are wonderful for giving a power kick, being packed with nutrition and sugar. For breakfast a great Turkish alternative is a mix of tahin and pekmez (grape syrup)... wonderful on toast. Sesame oil is a non-drying oil, highly stable and a valuable asset in hot climates as it rarely turns rancid. It is rich in protein, a polyunsaturated fat used in margarine production and cooking oils. Nonculinary uses include soap, cosmetics, lubricants and medicines. In southern India it is used to anoint the body and hair. Sesame seeds have excellent nutritional value. They have a high and unique protein composition making Tahinili Piliç Sesame Baked Chicken Bitez Saffet and Ann announce We are open for the winter season from 2nd November. four to five months and therefore thrives in Turkey's coastal plains and alluvial areas. Once mature it is cut and left in stacks to dry out in the sun. The dried stalks are then shaken to release the seeds. The 'open sesame' of Arabian Nights fame, probably derives from the sound the ripe seeds make when they burst from their pods. Fine handmade jewellery and clothes S Opposite the Marina Neyzen Tevfik Cad. no.224 Bodrum Tel: 316 7078 Traditional Christmas Dinner with all the trimmings 16 years of travel experience Why not enjoy a Turkey Feast on Christmas Day overlooking the spectacular Bitez Bay Minibus – Jeep – Moped A real taste of home Airport Transfers Only 45 YTL per head Half Price for kids Early Bookings advised Telephone Ann on 0252 313 0188 Daily Tours Since 1990 Rent a Car (from 29€) www.bodrumtour.com 0 252 313 3009 opposite Bodrum Post Office THE BODRUM OBSERVER 16 ISSUE 21 Cryptic Crossword No.21 Sudoku No 21 Level: medium The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Solution to Sudoku No. 20 Puzzle by websudoku.com Puzzle by websudoku.com This crossword contains a large number of unusual words. ACROSS 1 West African gazelle that's rather vocal (5) 4 Den of iniquity's discovered when teenage gang member is hauled back in front of wise judge (9) 9 Sound the waterway with a circular vessel (4-5) 10 Unlike airbag, a rag has neither ____ to encircle (5) 11 Obviously being drunk, I may call taxi round (13) 14 Tense fellows taking Ecstasy and grass (4) 15 Unfortunately, skinhead at heart bore race hatred (10) 18 Watering hole? (10) 19 God of love - and discord (4) 21 Ordered to resit maths exam, primarily in Fermat and Pythagoras? (13) 24 C o c k n e y S c o t s m a n belonging to a US sect (5) 25 Soldier gets issue, we hear, of woollen fabric (9) 27 Expresses willingness to keep goal - for the prison team? (9) 28 Comb-like swimming organ - a number can be found in fringes of coelenterate (5) DOWN 1 Will's merchant gives brandy to a couple of soldiers perhaps (10) 2 Ring about oven from Perth (3) 3 Try your speed against mine - for a bunch of flowers (6) 4 Straw-plait that's brown and durable (9) 5 Acid that causes disease in cattle, chiefly (5) 6 A cross I shall have to bear: not to be ultimately savoury of armpit (8) 7 Salts from Iceland love greenish-blue fish (11) 8 John captures black wolf (4) 12 At last detain Fagin, crafty robber, and you have the right to fine him (11) 13 Writer is wise to miss European varnishing-day (10) 16 Shows more ingenuity and stings more than one's competitors? (9) 17 L o v e s i c k s h e p h e r d disturbed hornets, bringing in the last of sheep (8) 20 13 letters written by one Conservative? That shows some sort of energy (6) 22 Broad connecting ridge that occupies some geographers (5) 23 Moor was ruined by him blowing away half the capital (4) 26 Thyme's regularly found in area of pasture (3) Thanks to Alberich www.freecrosswords.net THE BODRUM ECHO is an email notices service, without attachments, that arrives regularly each week. Use it if you want to buy, sell, contact, or seek information. It is very simple and has served as a good starting point for new settlers as well as old for the past four years. To s u b s c r i b e e m a i l [email protected]. Solution to Crossword No. 20 Turkish for all occasions BU NE PERHİZ BU NE LAHANA TURŞUSU What sort of a diet is this that has cabbage pickle it? English-Turkish Crossword No.6 All answers are Turkish words. To increase your vocabulary, try solving the crossword puzzle before looking up the answers in a dictionary Turks use this saying about someone who does not behave as they say they do ACROSS: 1 Helpers, assistants (11) 10 Meadow (3) 11 That, this (2) 12 A kind of camel living in South America (4) 13 It turns the verb into a past participle (2) 14 Oh! (2) 15 To become well-behaved (8) 17 Moment, backwards (2) 18 Abbreviation of Iridium (2) 19 White, backwards (2) 21 Province, country, backwards (2) 23 To go hunting (8) 25 White, backwards (2) 26 Used to connect two sentences as which, that (2) 27 Makes the word negative, backwards (2) 28 Bottom (3) 31 Name, backwards (2) 32 A music note (2) 33 To be intimate (11) 1 2 3 DOWN To get tired (8) Hunt (2) Industrial line (5) 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 16 20 22 24 25 29 30 31 Beam (4) Question form (is it?) (2) Warm (4) A music note (2) Mercy (4) To calm down, feel better (10) Drop (5) Back (4) Mother, main (3) Good fortune (5) Screw (4) To (for time) (4) Mark (2) Rope, backwards (2) A music note Prepared by Feryal Çeviköz Solution to Turkish-English Crossword No. 5 THE BODRUM OBSERVER 17 ISSUE 21 Please send details of coming events to [email protected] What’s On The Fifth Annual Skindiving competition in Bodrum is on 10 and 11 November. This year it commemorate's Dara Çetinkale, one of of Bodrum's first skindivers. 316 7718 Dance and Latin dance courses and dance nights Bodrum Belediye and Bodrum Latin Dance Club dance lessons at BBC Salsa Club, Bodrum. Courses in other towns on the peninusula might be organised. 0532 282 9624 Ay t u n ç B e n t ü r k D a n c e Academy, in the Karia Princess Hotel, Bodrum. (behind Migros). Courses and shows in Latin, Oriental, Hip-hop, Sirtaki. 313 9389, 0532 657 7968 The Bodrum Municipality Folk Dance Group starts again for 20 year olds and over, at the new practice rooms underneath Tansaş. 0252 316 77 18, 0532 374 31 42 Art galleries F r o m 11 N o v e m b e r t o 2 December, an exhibition of paintings about women by Hatice Önal, entitled Ne Olusa, Ne Olsun Seviyorlar (Whatever happens their love continues) at The Marmara Hotel Bodrum's art gallery Until 13 November, Mehmet Çelik's Ceramics exhibition at Jazz Now Art Centre and Gallery Oasis Shopping Centre (level below THY offices). 317 2057, 317 1019, 0543 658 6618. Open 1pm to 9.30pm everyday Collected artists' works at Bodrum Cam Sanat Galleria (The Bodrum Glass Art Gallery) behind the fruit stalls. A fine selection of artists' work exhibited. 316 9323 www.bodrumcamsanat.com The gallery is also an excellent artists' supplies shop Bodrum Municipality Art Gallery in the municipal buildings on the harbourfront. Further exhibitions are planned On display for winter in Kırmızı Cafe Restaurant, Bodrum Harbour, Canan Berber's dramatic paintings and collages November. Enquiries and applications to BAYK clubhouse Milta Marina, Bodrum On long term public display Burhan Doğançay's selected works in his private studio. Yamaç Evler, Turgutreis. Turgutreis Municipality Public Relations. 382 8373/4 For children 382 72 95 www.countryranch.net or www.irismaritime.com Markets Live music Hadi Gari Bar, Centre of Bodrum. Reservations: 316 0048, 0533 2090380. Restaurant and bar open for winter from November 15 The Marina Yacht Club at Bodrum marina. All year around live bands every night of the week between 11pm and 1.30am. 316 1228/9 [email protected] Kedi Müzik Klubü at Oasis. 317 1168 (after 7pm). Friday Live with Murat Arkan (guitar and vocals), Sunday night open jam sessions, Monday night Karaoke, and on Tuesday 'old 45s' night which restarted in October Tam Tam Bar Restaurant, 316 5791, 0532 366 2757. Friday and Saturday nights, Kemal Köker on guitar, İlknur Hanım's menu available. Derviş Görgün Cad no 37, Umurca Mah.,Bodrum. Bar Two, opposite Sabanci Park, on Akyarlar Road,Turgutreis. Occasional music Friday and Saturday nights. On 17 November, the popular local musician John Smith plays oldies, goldies and rock'n roll. 9pm to 1am. Enquiries to Aybars on 382 9282. Salsa Bar and Restaurant, Bitez, from 15 November, live music bands with a difference. Please tell us if you know of any more live music on the peninsula [email protected] Sailing The Bodrum Off shore Yacht Club holds the 3rd Fikret Kızılok Cup yacht regatta on 11 to 12 For weekend courses in sports such as: chess, wushu, taikwondo, basketball, football and swimming. Contact Filiz at Bodrum Municipality, 316 7718 Marmara College. workshop and courses include yoga, papermaking for adults and children. Jazz percussionist master Okay Temiz is giving his Rhythm Courses to children. 358 61 13/4. (If enough interest, he may do courses for adults too) Courses and workshops From 16 October to 16 November the First International Gümüşlük Stone and Concrete Sculpture Symposium, on the football field, Gümüşlük Enquiries Gümüşlük Municipality. 394 4480. Yalıkavak area residents who wish to learn Turkish are welcome to attend Turkish language courses that began on Monday, 2 October, 2006 at 10.30am at the municipal community activities room above the Yalıkavak Ziraat Bank ATM next to Halk Bank. Yalıkavak Municipality Public Relations. 358 4102. Ayşegül has returned to Bodrum to teach Turkish for all levels of ability. 05327685345 Private Turkish lessons in Yalıkavak. (See Classifieds, page 18) Leyla Konuk, artist, whose paintings have been on exhibition this summer at Bitez and Bodrum, is giving art classes over winter, in German or Turkish. 0535 3322673 Reflexology workshop Sunday 26 November 10:30am to 4pm with Debbie Yalçın. Places limited. 0535 6897353 Horseriding lessons and safaris at Turgutreis Country Ranch. Monthly memberships available. Phone: 0252 382 56 54, fax: 0252 Bitez Bit Pazar (secondhand and handcrafts) every Sunday 9am to 4pm. For general markets of food, clothes and household goods: Mumcular market every Sunday; Türkbükü every Monday; Milas general market every Tuesday; Bodrum every Tuesday for the 'cloth market' clothes and materials (no food); Ortakent, Gümüşlük and Gündoğan every Wednesday; Yalıkavak and Bitez every Thursday; Bodrum, Konacık and Yalıçiftlik have a market every Friday, Bodrum being only for fresh food. Turgutreis is the mega street market, perhaps in its last year in its present form for fresh food and household goods, clothes and you name it every Saturday. All start early mornings. There are also mahalle markets when a few fruit and vegetable sellers set-up on a street corner in a local area on a given day Further afield The photograph exhibition of the Paleolithic cave paintings in the Latmos Mountains above Lake Bafa and Heraclea, taken by the German archaeologist Anneliese Peschlow who discovered them in 1994, went on exhibition at the Sadberk Hanım Museum in Istanbul from 4 November. The exhibition will come to Muğla in May 2007 For the diary At 8pm on 25 November, the Bodrum Municipality Music Association will give a concert in classical Turkish art songs at the Bodrum Belediyesi Nurol Kültür Merkezi (Oasis) Akdeniz Çevre Platformu (AÇEP) meeting at Maya Hotel, Bodrum, 24, 25, 26 November. Discussions on environment, conservation, nuclear energy… At 8pm 30 November, the Avni Dilliğil theatre group will give a stage performance at the Bodrum Belediyesi Nurol Kültür Merkezi (Oasis) The annual Yıbaşı Şenliği, the end of year gift and fundraising bazaar will be held in Oasis Shopping Centre 16 to 21 December. Organised by the education and cultural association and charity, Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (ÇYDD) they will take applications for tables from handcraft artists and associations. 313 6269 weekday afternoon office hours The annual Christmas Room days will be held at Mangalcı Restaurant in Kızılağaç on the first and second Sundays of December. Bodrum Church Christmas Carols see page 5. Please list your Christmas and New year events in this column by contacting 313 7456 or [email protected] Meetings Bodrum Bridge Club. Tournaments every afternoon at 3.30 pm (except Sundays). English speaking tournament director. Visitors are welcome. Oasis Shopping Centre, below THY office. 317 1103 Uçan Üniversite is meeting again! After a long summer holiday we gather every Tuesday at 5.00pm in the atelier at Kıbrıs Şehitleri Caddesi, Ataman Is Merkezi H/1, Yokusbaşı/Bodrum. Interested as an artist? Please join us. As some members of the group left we are reorganising our activities. Please contact [email protected] Rotary Club meetings: Bodrum Rotary Club meets every Tuesday 8.30pm at Dedeman Hotel. Karia Rotary Club meets every Monday 8.30pm at Dedeman Hotel Habitat International Residents Group meets at La Fontaine Cafe Bar, Bodrum opposite PTT. First Wednesday of the month at 6pm. Volunteers for secondhand clothes and books stalls at the Oasis Christmas/New Year Bazaar are very welcome. THE BODRUM OBSERVER 18 ISSUE 21 Classifieds First 20 words only 10YTL Telephone 316 9090 ext 14 [email protected] Special autumn offer: place your classified ad for two consecutive issues. The price stays at 20 words for 10YTL Servıces Annette Ertan, Bodrum Consulting & Translations. [email protected] +90 554 261 8248 Kim's Library: a lending library of mainly English books can be found above Sünger Pizza, Bodrum, in SJ Yachting Office. Need a handy man? All types of work carried out to high standards. Electrical work, shelving, pictures, curtain rails, blinds etc. Flat pack furniture furniture assembled and installed. New home prepararion a speciality. No job too small or too large! Call Peter on 0538 231 7047 or e-mail [email protected] 8 MILES music dvd shop at Oasis. We rent a huge personal archive of original musical CDs & DVD movies. CDs are also on sale, secondhand books, original jewellery and ceramics. OASIS Shopping Centre, bottom floor, next to and behind cinema. 317 2446 GSM 533 7 4 3 2 8 3 6 e m a i l [email protected] Would you like to learn Turkish (and enjoy the experience)? Group tutorials with an experienced instructor will begin in the first week of November. Individual, private tutorials available on request. For details please phone 0532-575-23 56 Moving? Our removal service will re-start in November. Complete service:appliances removed and re-installed, furniture dsimantled and reassembled, lights fitted etc. Box loan and packing service also available. Call Peter on 0538 231 70 47 or e-mail [email protected] Brand new house for sale in Gümüşlük (with a pool). 0538 263 24 93 For Sale from owner: Delightful house, 1 minute from Bodrum Harbour, 100m2, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, modern kitchen, livingroom, fireplace, garden & roof terrace with castle view. Price: £130,000 Tele: 0535 312 0676 Business for sale or rent Must sell, leaving the country. Successful real estate business since 1996. Yalıkavak. 80 m2. reasonable rent. For further information: i n f o @ e u ro re a l e s t a t e bodrum.com: 0537 667 44 11 Cars Winter car rental 2006 models, Long rents available. Full insurance. Unlimited km. 0 2 5 2 3 1 3 3 0 0 9 www.bodrumtour.com Activities Courses in patchwork, paper collage and papermaking for children and adults. Bettina's Studio and Art Gallery at Marmara College. Information: 0537 580 67 39. Birdwatching with Brian Stoneman (DHKD) 0 5 3 6 3 1 9 3 2 6 6 www.kyteweb.net/birdsof bodrum Meetings Bill's friends (AA) Bodrum meetings in English Monday and Thursday at 5pm. In Turkish Tuesday and Friday at 6pm. 0535 790 67 60 or 0536 344 39 74 Personal appeal Property for sale MUST SELL detached deluxe villa in natural setting. Panoramic seaview over Yalıkavak marina. 4x4 pool. Remote control garage. Air/heating. 0537 667 4411 Missing: 4 copies of the Cornucopia Magazine which I brought to the Ladies Lunch disappeared - issues no: 28, 29, 30 and 31. Probably my own fault as you might have thought they were freebies. If you did pick one up and didn't pay for it please contact me Bettina 0537 580 67 39 I will be delighted to have it back or sell it to you. Suggestions from the Ladies Lunch When you gather 115 women in one place there are sure to be plenty of ideas buzzing around and the annual lunching ladies event has proved to be a great forum for voicing ideas and wishes. The car boot sale is now a regular event in Bitez for example. So what do they want this year? The list is long but with a little effort and organisation the community will benefit, so volunteers please. Sometimes there are clubs and organisations already offering exactly what they are looking for. It's just a case of knowing about it, keeping an eye on the Bodrum Observer and the peninsula's unique e-mail service the Bodrum Echo for sales and services. If you aren't already a member then contact Karen at [email protected] A reading circle (book club). The usual format is a monthly meeting with 6 to 10 people, a book is chosen in advance, read and discussed by members at the next meeting. Greenhouse Kıtap Evi in Istanbul is prepared to import and deliver books from Europe so each member of the group can get a copy of the chosen book. Marina Yacht Club has suggested their comfortable sitting room as a meeting place with a cake and coffee deal of 8YTL per head. What better way to spend a couple of Dereköy Valley Local residents are looking for volunteers to monitor the wildlife of this valley - the birds, animals, insects, and flowers - in fact all aspects of the nature there. You don't need to be an expert. Anyone who has knowledge or is interested in helping to protect this last unspoilt valley in the peninsula can get involved. If you can spare some time this winter, please contact Brian Stoneman on 0536 319 3266. hours on a winter afternoon! So if you are interested in joining contact [email protected] and let her know if you would be willing to be the co-ordinator. Investment Club. Members meet once a month and invest! Anybody out there with some financial knowledge or interest in setting up or participating, e-mail [email protected] Yo g a / M e d i t a t i o n Monika [email protected] 0536 7235166 and Melek [email protected] 0536 3442974 can provide information regarding classes and workshops Dog Training Contact Rosemary at [email protected] 0533 4939005 or the Turgutreis Country Ranch on 382 5654 or 0532 274 4517 Walking/trekking Group - For organised weekly walks and treks, sometimes venturing a little further afield, there is a weekly walk in winter. Contact the Bodrum Nature Sports Club (Doğa Spor Külübü) [email protected], www.bodosk.com Salsa/Oriental Dancing Courses are being run by the Bodrum BODRUM FORUM www.bodrumforum.co.uk An information and discussion forum for all people visiting and residing in and around the Bodrum peninsula. Share your Bodrum experiences. Ask and give unbiased advice to other members from bar and restaurant reviews, bargains found, through to your experiences of moving abroad. Good advice starts here….. For more details contact: Heidi Yıldız 05333865444 ARE YOU A BRIT LIVING ABROAD BUT MISSING THE UK? ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT COMING HOME? ITV1 are making a new documentary series about British Ex-Pats who are considering moving back to the UK. We're keen to hear from Brits who have lived abroad for at least 5 years without (or very rarely) visiting home, but who are now thinking about returning permanently to Britain. Perhaps you miss your family and friends, maybe schooling is a problem for your kids, or you simply yearn to step back into British culture. We'll help you explore the reality of coming home, and prepare you for deciding whether to stay abroad or return to your roots. If this sounds like you, or if you know anyone who might be interested, please contact Amy Robbins as soon as possible by email: [email protected] Or call (+44) 020 7697 1425 municipality. Call 0532 2829624 or enquire at the BBC Salsa Club Bar in Bar Street. At the Karia Princess Hotel the Aytunç Bentürk Dance Academy has recently opened offering lessons covering Latin, oriental, hip hop and sirtaki. Call 313 9389 Clothes Exchange and Charity Shop Cumhuriyet Kadınlar Derneği (Republic Ladies Association) has started a charity shop in Yalıkavak where clean clothes and furniture are gratefully received. The shop is situated opposite the windmill on the sea front. Call Sevim Özdikici on 385 2184 for details. Also, Habitat is collecting second hand clothes for the Christmas and New Year fair to be held in Oasis from 16 December. Contributions can be delivered to Oasis on 15 December or you can contact Angela 0536 827 8686 or Terttu 0538 503 4404 Other ideas: Turkish Cookery Courses, Sushi Making Course, Amateur Dramatics, Painting Course, Photography Course, a Mothers and Toddlers Club and for the youngsters a Scouts/Guides type organisation. So if you know of anybody offering any of these, please l e t u s k n o w a t [email protected] and we can print details in the next issue THE BODRUM OBSERVER 19 ISSUE 21 Cinema Guide Please call cinema to confirm screening details Cinemarine Oasis 10 to 16 November 317 0001 EVE DÖNÜŞ 14:45, 16:45, 19:00, 21:30, Sat & Sun also 12:00 THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA SAW 3 Testere 3 12:00, 14:15, 16:45, 19:15, 21:45 Comedy, drama 2006, 109 mins Language: English with Turkish subtitles Director: David Frankel Starring: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, Rebecca Mader Meryl Streep is brilliant as demanding fashion editor Miranda Priestley. Her first assistant strives to please and emulate her. She hires a young woman who knows nothing of the fashion industry, has never read the magazine, and doesn't know who Miranda Priestley is. When Miranda demands that she obtain the next unpublished Harry Potter manuscript, she gets a complete makeover and determines to succeed in the job. 14:15, 16:45, 19:15, 21:45, Sat & Sun also at 12:00 Crime, horror, thriller 2006, 107 mins Language: English with Turkish subtitles D i re c t o r : D a r r e n Ly n n Bousman Starring: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, After eluding the cops, psychopathic killer Jigsaw ( To b i n B e l l ) t u r n s a n abandoned warehouse on the edge of town into a gruesome torture chamber in this third instalment of the horror series. Jigsaw's new protégée Amanda kidnaps a doctor who's forced to keep the evil master alive. Barely clinging to life, Jigsaw begins to carry out his gruesome plans for the lady doc and another helpless victim (Angus Macfayden). THE TEST Sinav 14:15, 16:45, 19:15, 21:45, Sat & Sun also at 12:00 Comedy, drama 2006, 120 mins Language: Turkish Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak Starring: Jean Claude Van Damme İsmail Hacıoğlu, Yağmur Atacan, Rüya Önal Portrays the life of high school students who suffer under the pressures of the university entrance exam. They come up with the daring idea of cracking the university question database. But there is only one thief in the world who possesses the skills to do this... and how can they convince him to come to Turkey and do the job? HOKKABAZ 12:15, 14:15, 17:15, 19:45, 21:15 Comedy 2006, 122 mins Language: Turkish Directors: Ali Tamer Baltacı, Cem Yılmaz Starring: Cem Yılmaz, Mazhar Alanson, Özlem Tekin, Tuna Orhan, Tuncer Salman, Ayca Abana Revolving around a young man who plays a small time stage magician who is fired from his job and goes on tour around Turkey accompanied by his best friend and unstable father. Filmed in Istanbul, Gallipoli and Eceabat. Drama, 2006, 101 mins Language: Turkish Director: Ömer Uğur Starring: Erdal Tosun, Sibel Kekilli, Altan Erkekli, Mehmet Ali Alabora, Perihan Savaş COMING SOON! Karia Princess Bodrum 316 6272 THE GUARDIAN 14.00 (weekdays only), 16.30, 19.00, 21.30 Action, adventure 2006, 136 mins Language: English with Turkish subtitles Director: Andrew Davis Starring: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sadopaternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but difficult pupil with derision and constant punishment. The aim is to bring out the best in the victim and to make him into a he-man. The Guardian is a typical example and stars Kevin Costner as a veteran US Coast Guard deep-sea rescue swimmer. He's assigned to teach at the Coast Guard rescue school after a particularly hairy mission off the coast of Alaska and gives the overconfident, boastful young Ashton Kutcher a very difficult time. BARNYARD Parti Hayvanları Sat & Sun only: 12:00, 14:00 Animation, family, comedy 2006, 90 mins Language: Turkish Director: Steve Oedekerk When the farmer's away, all the animals play ... and sing, a n d d a n c e . E v e n t u a l l y, though, someone has to step in and run things, a responsibility that ends up going to Otis, a carefree cow. 20 ISSUE 21 He wanted the Turkish Republic to last forever The day is 10 November 1938. Sixty eight years ago, at the Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul at five minutes past 9 o'clock in the morning, at the age of 57 years, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkish Republic, died. Every year on 10 November at the same time the people of Turkey come to a halt and stand in homage to his memory. Sirens sound all over Turkey and people sound their car horns. The flags of Turkey fall to half-mast. Some people cry, some promise to work harder to keep his reforms alive. Some drink a glass of rakı and eat white roasted chickpeas, one of his favourite tastes. The songs he loved are sung in restaurants, on the radio and TV stations. He spent 15 years as political leader of the Turkish Republic after it was set up at the end of a long, tiring war of liberation. In that short 15 year period he introduced a broad range of sweeping reforms - in the political, social, legal, economic, and cultural spheres. His achievements in Turkey are an enduring monument to Atatürk. Few have achieved so much in so short period as he did. Atatürk transformed the life of a nation decisively. This year Turkey celebrated the 83rd anniversary of Republic Day remembering his words 'My humble body will be ground one day surely. But The Turkish Republic will last forever'. Tributes have been offered to him through the decades by such world statesmen as Churchill, Roosevelt, Nehru, de Gaulle, Adenauer, Bourguiba, Nasser, Kennedy and countless others. A White House statement, issued on the occasion of The Atatürk Centennial in 1981, paid homage to him as a great leader in times of war and peace. It is fitting that there should be high praise for Atatürk, an extraordinary leader of modern times, who said in 1933: I look to the world with an open heart full of pure feelings and friendship. His words about peace are well known: Peace for nation, peace for the world. 'The name of Atatürk reminds mankind of the historical success of one of the greatest men of this century: his inspirational leadership of the Turkish Nation, his open view in understanding the modern world and his might and courage as a military leader.' John F Kennedy,1963. Feryal Çeviköz Volleyball T h e Tu r k i s h w o m e n ' s volleyball team has moved into the second round of the 15th world championship, along with 15 other teams including China, USA, Germany, Brazil, Poland, Russia, defending world champions Italy and championship surprises SerbiaMontenegro and Taipei China. In the first round played in Nagoya Japan, the Turkish team defeated Peru and Egypt, but lost to Italy, Cuba and SerbiaMontenegro. The team went into the championships ranked as number 15 in the world and will play the second round against Taiwan, Japan, Poland and Korea. AA Chess Tournament Overall winner Can Ertan (far left) with his parents Barış and Annette, and Atilla Gürmen (far right) Bodrum municipality's Bodrumspor's new fixture for chess, the Republic Cup Chess Tournament started on Friday 3 November 3 with 157 participants although preparations had only been made for a maximum of 116 to register and compete in the four age classes. The tournament was held at the Bodrum Sailing Club at Içmeler and was organised by Atilla Gürmen and two more arbiters. At the prize giving on Sunday 5 November, Mayor Mazlum Ağan was reported to be astonished at the turnout for the competition. There were 67 participants of primary school age, 58 of middle school age, 21 Lise and 13 adult participants. A parent took the mayor to task for the municipality not supporting chess talent in Bodrum and for failing to support the chess trainers' course held at Marmara College recently. The Habitat international residents group stepped in at the last moment and together with ÇYDD subsidised the 30 teachers on the course. All 41 students, at least 50 per cent of whom were women, passed the test and went back to their schools where already an increase in chess courses have been reported. Chess playing children look forward to getting a Satranç Lokali from the municipality soon as well as more support for Atilla Gürmen and other Chess Club organisers. Results: Little ones: Ekin Aktaş - Nafız Ilıcak school, Gündoğan Yıldızlar: Emre Can Oral Marmara College Lise: Doğukan Tok - Bodrum Lisesi Adults: Can Ertan - Anadolu Lisesi