Kocam maalesef bütün yaptıklarımdan ve yapmadıklarımdan annesine şikayet ediyor.

My Try is here, nifrtity:

A little while more or a little while less what does it matter  -

this is as much as I could take from you.

It was not your words that finished me

but this passion, my love.

I will leave this place,

don’t ask my love to account for me.

From the temple of love

I hit the road.

Let him not cry after me.

Loneliness is my love.

I will walk off.

Anything you want:

you will find another one.

What difference does it make to you anyway?

You will forget me, my dear.

I will leave this place,

don’t ask my love to account for me.

From the temple of love

I hit the road.

Let him not cry after me.

Loneliness if my love.

I will take leave.

What a timely quote. I am so sad.

”Ormanımdan Ağaç Kesenin Başı Kesile”

(Fatih Sultan Mehmed 1451-1481)

“If someone cuts a tree from my forest may his head be cut.”

Old Turks used to have their cult of tree worship. Beech, oak, cypress, juniper and plane were holy trees for them. Their favourite trees seemed to be fruitless, massive, light in color, coarse and shadowing. Maybe as a result of this cultural tradition trees have been planted for centuries in Istanbul. There are certain trees which are prominent in Istanbul until today.

ÇINAR ‘plane’ symbolizes greatness and permanence. It often appears next to a mosque, a tomb or a fountain. Parents often plant planes in the name of their newborn children to wish them long and successful life. The oldest and most magnificient planes in Istanbul are in Bahçeköy area.

The evergreen SERVİ ‘cypress’ guarantees that the ancestors are in the paradise and their offspring is living happily. The greatest cypresses of Istanbul grow in the old cemeteries like Karacaahmet.

ERGUVAN ‘Judas tree’, the symbol of Byzantine, grows everywhere in Istanbul.

MANOLYA ‘magnolia’ grows especially in the manorhouse gardens on the shores of Bosphorus.

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ÇİTLEMBİK ‘nettle tree’ grows in many spiritual and historical places of Istanbul.

In a proverb, ÇAM ‘pine’ is compared with müftü, a religious teacher. In Istanbul pompous oaks spread like huge umbrellas typically on hills.

MEŞE ‘oak’ often gets nicnames like baba or dede. Oaks are often used as wish trees. You can find great oaks for instance in the surroundings of Hagia Sophia and at Sultanahmet square.

MİMOZA ‘acacia’ trees are the mark of spring. Go to the islands to enjoy them.

Source: http://www.istanbulkulturenvanteri.gov.tr/halk-kulturu/detay/envanter_id/197

Hello dear. I am fine. Thank you for remembering me. Tayyip is a good and trustable leader and a sincere prime minister. You should not think bad about him. I like Tayyip a lot and support all his thoughts. Foreign media conveys for you a different picture about what is happening. Turkey is not Syria. There is never going to be a war here. You know Gezi Park of Taksim. We rested there together you and me. It is the park opposite to the head office. On the first day people marched against the abolition of this park. They were right for sure. On the first day the police force did not attack. But on the second day the situation extended. Different organizations began to prepare illegal slogans. And made damage everywhere. In the end the police used force. CHP party created the whole problem. This weekend the action is going to come to its end. Taksim is going to be fine believe me.

Hayatımda hiç bir roman çıkarmadım.

Maalesef havuzda yüzen kayınvalidem henüz timsahı farketmemiş.

Two questions:

1. What is the interest of CHP and the extreme right in these events?

2. If Erdoğan falls what is going to happen to the peace process with Kurds?

aşkım is a strong word. It is only used between lovers.

From the demonstrators´ point of view it certainly looks like the whole nation has united but I doubt that. It seems to me more like Turkey has divided or is in the process of dividing into two and that is really really worrying.