hiiii Sibel
welcome back
we are verry happy that u came back next to us in the TC.
waiting as much as it takes for the photos.

i don't know if anyone heared before but there is another " GALLiPOLI" film."Gallipoli" is a 1981 film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War( MAVIS wroth, by mistake i think,the second world war). They are sent to Turkey, where they take part in the Battle of Gallipoli.
A sub-text of the film is of "war as a game" and the two main characters are , Archy Hamilton (played by Mark Lee) and Frank Dunne (Mel Gibson).
it is a wonderfull movie, i saw it i think 6 years ago ( i was verry little 12 years old ) so i don't remember good this film. but i remember that i loved it and that i cried at the end .i wish i could see this movie again.

yalan-lies

you should see Lyndie's essay called " Tourist Industry in Turkey"

the universiade 2005 has started in izmir. if anyone is interested u can visit the site http://www.universiadeizmir.org
the site is both in turkish and in english. u can also find here many informations about izmir and some verry nice videos

Here is an article from daily news about the " Turkish Record "

Foreign tourism in Turkey jumps 22 percent in July
Wednesday, August 10, 2005


ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News


The number of tourists visiting Turkey in July rose 22.12 percent year-on-year to hit 3.16 million, official data showed.

The increase occurred despite a bomb blast in the popular Aegean port of Cesme that wounded 20 and another in Kusadasi that destroyed a minibus, killing five people.

The data provided no breakdown to show whether tourist numbers dropped at all in the second half of the month following the blasts. In addition, Israel on Monday warned its citizens to avoid Turkey's southern coast, citing "terror threats" against them, underlining the vulnerability of the country's tourism industry.

Tourist numbers jumped 25.80 percent year-on-year to 11.72 million in the first seven months of this year, data from the Tourism Ministry showed this week. Germans remained the largest group to visit Turkey in July, accounting for 20.05 percent of all foreign visitors. Russians and Britons followed as the next biggest groups.

Tourism revenues are a vital source of foreign currency for Turkey as it tries to curb a widening current deficit. Analysts say a good summer tourist season will help dent the deficit and even turn it to surplus during the holiday season. Turkey expects to generate $18 billion from tourism in 2005. Tourism revenues topped $15.89 billion last year, up from $13.20 billion in 2003. Analysts say Turkey could exceed its 2005 target, noting that even in the relatively quiet first quarter, revenues rose 16.4 percent year-on-year to $1.994 billion.

The renewal of terrorist attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) seems to have come at a time when many people have begun to accept terrorism as just another risk in life, since back in the 1990s such a wave of attacks would have resulted in many travel cancellations.

The security threat that forced Israeli officials to divert four cruise ships from Turkey's Mediterranean port of Alanya last week may have been linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda rather than the PKK. Following the arrest of suspects in the al-Qaeda suicide bombings in Istanbul in November 2003, some of the prisoners confessed to have originally been targeting an Israeli vessel in a Turkish port. Major cruise lines have been planning to return to Istanbul next season, providing tens of thousands of room-nights to local hotels.

Should the Israeli experience be repeated, those plans could be changed unless Turkish authorities

I agree with Priapos,goooo Besikats
besiktas will win
and i don't say this only because a romanian, Pancu, i playing there, but because i really think besiktas is the best
unfortunately i was not born a besikats, but i am doing my best to become a good besiktas..

i have to say that i agree with Slavica, The Barber of Sybiria, it is a verry good film, one of the best.... i saw it last year and i was amazed

hei, duskahvesi, can i have the first album from tarkan too? i know it has been a long time since u wroth that but i saw it only now because i am new here. lutfen....
and i was wondering if anybody has the translation in english from tarkan's song AYRILIK ZOR, and maybe the song too... cause i only heared somebody singing some lines..and loved it

i think my favorite film is " Modigliani" with Andy Garcia. it is an international film ,(USA / France / Germany / Italy / Romania / UK ). i don't know if it is in cinemas from all europe, but i know in romania it was ( but maybe only because it was done in romania. anyway i recomended it to u.