There is a definite mystique associated with living by the Bosphorus and those who live in the villages along these waters refer to themselves as “Boğaz çoçukllar,” meaning children of the Bosphorus. They have a real sense of lived connection with this ever-changing body of water. As a long-time resident of the Bosphorus, I have managed to learn some of what the natives know. For one thing, here, Nature is regarded as a kind of school par excellence. On any given day, for example, I have only to look at my window at the sea and the sky to learn what the weather will be. In the summer, I can usually tell in the morning whether there will be thundershowers that day. In winter, I know when a big storm is coming, not only by the color of the waters, which change from one or another shade of blue to dark gray, or even black, and not only by the clouds gathering, but by the direction of the wind. The general name for wind is rüzgar; in archaic Turkish it was duval, but each particular wind has a different name. Samiel is a hot, dry wind. Then there is the wind from the southwest, the lodos, and this wind can be especially enervating. Yıldız is the name given to the north wind. Winter storms come on the wind from the northwest, the karayel and on the wind from the northeast, poyraz.


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nice one roshwitha..
I am one of them ..
It is 'Boğaz çocuklari' btw

thanks for pointing out the Turkish words, a bit late now,should have consulted with you first, impossible to change the heading now. C'est la vie!

I dont think it is a problem at all..

Which iş adamı is your father since you live(d) there? I am so jealous Looove walking by the sea there

Beykoz - Turks feel a deep affection
Whether you travel to Beykoz by boat down the Bosphorus or by road, the distinctive atmosphere of this outlying district of Istanbul strikes you immediately. You leave the crowded concrete city behind, and find yourself enveloped by forest. Then you know you have arrived. It has been claimed that Beykoz was settled 2700 years ago, although by whom is uncertain. What is known is that during Roman times there was a votive altar at Anadolu Kavasi at the mouth of the Bosphorus. Here sailors heading into the Black Sea made sacrifices to Zeus and Poseidon for fair winds and stormless seas. The temperamental Black Sea was so feared that no seaman would think of entering its waters without calling upon divine assistance to ensure his safehttp://www.us-tr.com/icerik/articles/beykoz_istanbul.html return.



The Turks have felt a deep affection for Beykoz ever since they captured the region around seven centuries ago. Ottoman sultans and statesmen built many hunting lodges and country houses in this beautiful area facing the Bosphorus strait to the west and surrounded by woods.